Beyond Enkription: The Burlington Files

Beyond Enkription is the first tome Bill Fairclough has written in the series. When we say Bill has written these novels he did write the originals but since then an army of connoisseurs has helped refine, research and edit the series. The series is about the Burlington family and their ubiquitous relationships with state backed intelligence agencies over many decades. The series covers events involving the Burlington family ranging from the First World War up until 2014. Our story starts in 1974 and is loosely based on authentic events and characters some of which rocked and shocked the contemporary establishment. There is no way we could make this stuff up unless we were on weed or worse! You can sigh with relief though. There won’t be one book published for each year since 1974. We intend to publish six stand alone novels based loosely on Bill’s (Edward Burlington’s) life. However, these novels were primarily written to form the basis for a series of films and if no films are released successfully the number of novels issued may be reduced because of the time and cost required to publish each one. At over 180,000 words, Beyond Enkription is the longest spy novel published so far this century. It took more than 10,000 hours to write, review and research. Thus it ended up being an unusually large book which means it costs Amazon, CreateSpace and Kindle a lot to publish it at all Amazon stores whether in paperback or eBook format suitable for reading on any phone, tablet, Kindle, laptop or other device. It’s heavily subsidised so unless it tops some Best Sellers’ lists for six months or more we estimate we’ll have paid a lot more for you to read it than it costs you to buy it! As only a few books have recently ever been “top of whatever literary pops” there are for that long, it looks like you’ll be onto a winner. It also has secondary uses ... next year’s bonfire night, a vampire-bat swatter or a doorstop for want of more obvious examples.Accordingly we are subsidising the cost of each paperback and eBook sold in the expectation that successful films will be made based on the novels. That is a good reason to get each book as soon as it is published as they are more likely to increase than decrease in price. Furthermore, if we make any profits, which are only expected from the release of films, the board has decreed they should be given to good causes.The first novel, Beyond Enkription, is set in the heart of the disco fevered 1970s and the Cold War amidst the escalating Irish Troubles in the purportedly united British Isles. A synopsis is set out below.Roger and Sara Burlington have been involved in espionage since 1939. While Roger is still a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Sara’s address book appears to be more like a Who’s Who of NATO’s intelligence services than a housewife’s little black book. Both Roger and Sara desperately wanted their sons, Hugh and Edward, to follow in their footsteps but things didn’t go to plan given Edward’s rebellious nature. As a consequence, Edward unwittingly ends up working as an MI6 asset. Early in 1974 he is nearly killed not once, but four times. Indirectly it is all MI6’s fault ... so far as his parents are concerned. Sara decides someone high up in MI6 has to pay and persuades Roger to exact revenge. Meanwhile Edward is sent to supposed safety from London town to Nassau to continue his career as an accountant. However, the CIA has a representative on the Joint Intelligence Committee and is therefore already aware of Edward’s exploits and capabilities. They turn him into their asset within 48 hours of his landing in Nassau. Meanwhile Hugh’s involvement with MI6 becomes increasingly intriguing as the entangled plots and layered webs of deceit, betrayal and revenge reverberate across the world and throughout the Burlington family and their trusted supporters. For more information/reviews please visit http://www.theburlingtonfiles.org and follow the links