Body Holiday - A Time to Prey

Derek E Pearson is a journalist, art historian, cook, illustrator, photographer and editor. He lives with his wife Sue in a cluttered flat on the Greater London/Surrey borders. When asked what his dream future would contain he replies: "Tolerance, wit, enough space in which to enjoy life, enough time to get things done."

Surrey Life magazine (UK), January 2015 edition, TV presenter Juliette Foster on the first 'Body Holiday': "This imaginative, sexually explicit book has more swear words in it than a Gordon Ramsay show, yet its edgy "in your face" writing and tightly structured plot are so addictive that it's damn near impossible to put down - Ex-glamour model Ruth and her husband Pearce want some time out. Swapping bodies and life styles with Milla and Franklyn through a process called 'Transition' should be a breeze; after all, there's no better way of getting reacquainted with a partner than through the body of a younger stranger. Unfortunately, though, something goes horribly wrong... The car chases, small but chilling amounts of gore and explosions of Armageddon proportions give the story the adrenalin coated rush of a Grand Theft Auto game. Yet there's also a quasi gallows humour running through the narrative, neatly alleviating the underlying tension - Body Holiday is a novel that entertains and raises questions: could an out-of-hand relationship with technology fray our moral compass? How much privacy should we surrender to a constantly changing world and what guarantees are there that what's thrown into cyberspace will be used responsibly?"