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Caffeine Nights are releasing six novellas all about Konstantin Boryakov, the tramp from The Fix. They're backstory and a lead up to a new novel in 2015.

The first to be released was Dream Land which is on an Amazon countdown, another couple of days to go.

Here's the blurb:

DREAM LAND, Konstantin’s first 48 hours in Margate. Neither will be the same again. 
From the author of best-selling THE FIX, comes an introduction to Konstantin Boryakov, the enigmatic tramp who claims to be ex-KGB and in hiding. A man with a dark past and a darker future.
 
Konstantin has just arrived in the UK, Margate to be specific, having escaped persecution by the authorities in his own country. The second he steps out of a car he gets into trouble, targeted by local villain Dave the Rave. But Dave chose the wrong man to pick a fight with… 

Just out is Plastic Fantastic:

From the author of best-selling THE FIX, comes another chapter in Konstantin Boryakov’s life, the enigmatic tramp who claims to be ex-KGB and in hiding. A man with a dark past and a darker future.
Fidelity Brown has a problem. She owes a local up and coming hard man cash, lots of it. Cash she doesn’t have because her night job – a dildo wielding, rubber clad dominatrix going by the name of Plastic Fantastic – isn’t paying enough yet. 

But Fidelity thinks she knows someone who can help her… 

All Konstantin Boryakov wants is to be left alone. Cast out by the organisation that had nurtured and trained him Konstantin is a man without purpose, that is until Fidelity comes knocking on his door.
Cue double dealing, kidnap and revenge as Konstantin rises again. 




Dream Land has been positively reviewed over at Crimesquad today:

"...a tight punchy novella..."
Synopsis:
Konstantin has just arrived in the UK, Margate to be specific, having escaped persecution by the authorities in his own country. The second he steps out of a car he gets into trouble, targeted by local villain Dave the Rave.

But Dave chose the wrong man to pick a fight with...

Review:
Nixon has penned a tight punchy novella with a distinct voice. Dream Land is anything but dreamy and the whole feel is that of gritty noir fiction in which there are no winners, only degrees of losing.

Konstantin and Dave the Rave dominate the story as they both strive for their individual goals. For me Konstantin was the far more interesting character and I’d love to know more about his past.
Reviewed by: G.S.
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