Anitra’s Petition, the latest novel by our chairman Ian Clark, writing as Clark Nida, published by Undead Tree Publications (2026), got its “Hello, World” moment at Whitby Goth Weekend’s Bizarre Bazaar last Saturday and Sunday (2-3 May 2026).
Several copies were sold to customers attending the Bazaar in Whitby Leisure Centre.
A Press Release for Anitra’s Petition is shown below:
Dr Ian Clark’s extraordinary career spans mental health nursing to iOS software development, meanwhile authoring or co-authoring 10 fiction titles, 2 non-fiction, plus numerous learned papers.
Writing as Clark Nida, Anitra’s Petition is his sequel to The Titan Kiss: the foundation story of the Stellans: the “star-children”. They are human/alien hybrids with the lifespan needed to conquer the universe. Rampaging across the Moon, Mars and Titan, Anitra’s grandfather Jack Williams pursued his groubian daughter-in-law Tvoul to establish the hideous fate of his missing son.
Eighteen years later, coming-of-age in her Durham pit-village, star-child Anitra is sought out by an eldritch lady looking like her dead mother. Now she must flee for her life to Mars, and petition the Goubernator for human rights. En-route she meets Hermes, the Goubernator’s son. They fall in love, risking her petition.
The First Edition of 100 numbered copies aids Freedom From Torture, the biggest UK charity offering specialised medical help to torture victims. They arrive broken in body, mind and spirit, but 1 in 3 will be turned away for lack of funds – which shames us all. This has prompted the author to ensure that all proceeds are donated to FFT, not just a sniff of the profits.
The Second Edition, due later this year (2026), will be an internationally-obtainable paperback and Kindle edition. It will have an ISBN and be on sale via the usual channels.
Use our Contact page to apply for a review copy of Anitra’s Petition. (Sorry… not available outside the UK.)
Read about (and obtain) the prequel: The Titan Kiss.
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