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Irreverent dark humour

According to
Ronald…

Six months to live or die trying.

Ronald Knewer has rather a lot on his mind: his health, his unrequited love for Alice, and a world that may depend on him. A darkly humorous psychological thriller, with a little of the supernatural.

Paperback · 28 October 2026

The cover of According to Ronald… by Stephen Howes

A cautionary tale

It is 1999, and the world is all set for the Millennium Bug... But will it turn out to be an apocalypse or a damp squib? The answer may well be in the hands of one man. In the end, it could all be ‘According to Ronald...

‘How best to describe Ronald Knewer? A deluded fantasist, a liar and storyteller, a purveyor of red herrings, a fibber, deceiver and wily prevaricator. A teller of porkies, a fabulist, an exaggerator, a charlatan and a libertine...’ *

* Well, he is all of these, except that last one, (Ronald made that one up). But if it helps, he is also a hypochondriac, and, if he carries on, he is probably very close to being sectioned.

The problem is – where do we start to discover the truth amongst all his chaos? That is, if there is any truth to be found? Or is he just a hopeless, disruptive case who just happens to be vital to the way of the world?

Whatever, he’d better get his skates on – the Consultant just told him that he probably has only a few months left to live... and he should ‘dream his dreams’. Whatever that entails...

Why I wrote this book

If Ronald manages to survive…

This may be book one of a trilogy. (But all will be ‘read alone’ – just in case.)

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