Co Tyrone born author is celebrating the release of his new novel focused on a raft of popular conspiracy theories.
Mechanical engineer Martin Treanor, 60, now lives in Lisbon with his wife after moving to the Portuguese capital last year.
Having previously had success with his book the Silver Mist, the Augher man has now published his latest offering The Logos Prophecy.
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The book has been described as ‘a gripping Dan Brown style thriller, where history meets science and conspiracy plots are rife’.
Martin said much of the book draws on common conspiracy theories, although he isn’t much of a conspiracy theorist himself.
“The book really deals with the scenario of what if every conspiracy theory were true,” MArtin says.
“I wouldn’t believe in most of them myself but the thing that got the conversation going originally was how so many people do believe in them.
“Shapeshifting lizards or flat earthers, the ones that believe them wholeheartedly believe in them.
“A lot of them are very popular. I don’t believe in them but I kind of understand why some people do. They do fascinate me a lot though and that’s why I wanted to write the book.”
The Co Tyrone man, who has also spent time living in London and Denmark, says he first got into books in his early days growing up.
“I got into writing because I had always been a reader, since I was a wee lad,” he says
“When I was in my thirties I said would give the writing a crack, I started writing a few short stories and they weren’t very good.
“I wrote a novel then, which wasn’t very good either, but with everything you do you’re learning a wee bit.
“It was around about my third or fourth novel that I had learned enough to have a book published.”
The Logos Prophecy is available to buy now on Amazon and most bookstores.
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