"Discover Britain's coolest new fast-action

hero - and help save men's lives"

WELCOME to my website. My name is Steve Cage. I'm an author, film director, and former special effects designer in movies and TV.

I'm pretty sure the kind of thrillers you like reading are those that seem like movies. "It was like watching a film". How often have you said that when telling somebody to buy a book you enjoyed?

Have you ever wondered why you think like that?

Movies and TV shape our lives, especially today with multi-channel TV, DVD, and the Internet. But we still read books – in vast numbers. Books give us something more. Usually it's greater story depth or a better understanding of the characters. Even if we're reading a fast-action thriller, as opposed to a deep and meaningful literary novel, we can get inside the characters' heads.

When you read a book you're more pro-active than when you watch a movie. In a sense you create a book as a movie in your mind's eye, as you read it. But even if you're a voracious reader of thrillers, modern movies and TV shows have shaped your world view. Without realising it you have imprinted in your head, as a kind of template, their structure, feel, and pace. It's why a modern "filmic" novel feels good as you turn the pages and visualise it, hear it, and feel the story flow.

"Setting a new precedent for British thrillers"

Carole Carr, Waterstone's Reading

Now here’s an interesting fact, if you're living in Britain. More than 90% of movies shown in UK cinemas are American. They surround us in advertising. They promote American culture and values. They influence the way we walk and talk. Since the 1960s American TV shows have dominated our TV schedules. Look around you. The way we dress is largely influenced by American culture. Love it or hate it, American pop culture dominates the world and it isn't going to go away.

The savviest British writers understand this. Even if, like me, they're writing primarily for the British market, they have one eye across the pond, especially as it has the biggest fiction market in the world. So, a couple of years ago I decided to write a series of energetic, movie-style action thrillers for the modern market. That’s how NOW THE KILLING STARTS, and Hunter, were born. 

"Great, refreshing, up to the

minute book read in one day as

I couldn't put it down"

Paul Trundle

 The Everyman Campaign

When I'd nearly finished writing NTKS my life was turned upside down when I was hit by testicular cancer. It was scary but I got through it and survived.

TC is the cancer guys in the UK are most likely to get. I had to do something. Via my publisher, I decided to team up with Britain's leading male cancer charity, Everyman. I'd donate my royalties from NTKS and use it as a platform to help raise awareness of TC and other male specific cancers such as prostate, which in the UK kills a guy every hour. If I'd written a flowery literary novel I'd struggle. It wouldn't be cool in the eyes of enough guys. But a fast-action thriller full of sexy girls, guns, and big bangs was the ideal vehicle to grab as many guys (and their girls) as I could.

Everyman is part of the Institute for Cancer Research, based in London. Its patron is Dermot O'Leary, who introduces The X-Factor. Lots of other celebs have been involved including Piers Morgan and TC survivors Charley Boorman and snooker player Jimmy White.

£1 from every copy of my book goes to Everyman, to support research and fund awareness campaigns.

Published in April 2011

From mid April 2011 onwards, you'll see the book front-of-store or on the 3-for-2 tables across the UK in Waterstones and WH Smith (including airports etc) and also in independent bookshops in smaller towns - please support them! Or you can buy it online from the usual online retailers. If you're outside the UK, anywhere in the world, you can get the book both discounted and POST FREE by hitting The Book Depository logo right here:

There's also Amazon, plus Smiths and Waterstones online.