War is raging. Numbers are dwindling. It's a dangerous world for an underdog.
The Underdogs of Spitfire’s Rise are falling apart. In the series’ penultimate novel, the remnants of Britain’s last army are called into battle again – this time to avert the violent deaths of tens of thousands of prisoners. The neurodiverse skills and defiant bravery of the Underdogs are pitched against the might of military science and the terrifying Acceleration project.
Meanwhile, Oliver Roth has been offered a promotion that would make him the second most powerful person in Britain. But it’s conditional on the success of his next mission: the discovery and annihilation of Spitfire’s Rise.
The Underdogs fight for the safety of countless prisoners, clueless that their home is being hunted. As each side launches their respective attacks, it’s only a matter of time until one triumphs decisively over the other.
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Chris Bonnello
Chris Bonnello is an award-winning writer and an international speaker, also a novelist and a special needs tutor. He is the author of the Underdogs series of neurodiverse war novels, and the writer behind autisticnotweird.com. His diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome came at the age of 25, after growing up believing himself to just have – as documented on official forms by a professional educational psychologist – a 'slightly odd personality'.
Bonnello launched Autistic Not Weird in April 2015, a venture which has seen him attract over 127,000 Facebook followers and over 2.5 million website hits, and delivering speaking engagements as far away as India and Sydney Opera House. His first two Underdogs novels were crowdfunded through Unbound and was enthusiastically received by readers worldwide, especially in the special needs and disability communities. The second book has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s 'Not The Booker Prize'.
Bonnello passed his master’s degree in Creative Writing with distinction, graduating in December 2017. He was also the winner of the Top Journalist and Online Social Media categories at the 2017 and 2018 Autism Hero Awards, and most recently received the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual on the Autism Spectrum at the National Diversity Professionals Awards in 2019.
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Hi everyone,
The good news- the final book in the Underdogs series is 60% of the way to its (surprisingly big) target, and is the majority of the way to the publication process beginning!
The bad news- the progress may be happening, but it’s slow.
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Well, feedback is coming in from those who have already read the Underdogs: Acceleration ebook (check your Unbound account if you’ve not seen it yet). I can’t say anything without running the risk of spoilers, but I’ll just say I’m delighted (and relieved) at how positive it is. Thanks to all who have contacted me about it, typically through Underdogs’ Facebook page.
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Underdogs: Uprising – the fourth and final book in the series – is soon to be open for pre-order, and the launch date I’ve been given is November 22nd (next Monday).
I won’t clog up your emails with much information beyond that, not least because I want to avoid giving spoilers for Underdogs: Acceleration (with the ebook…
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