Damian Vargas

Damian Vargas is a British author based on Spain’s Costa del Sol, writing technology thrillers, contemporary and historical suspense, and science fiction.

His fiction combines compelling ideas, morally complicated characters, and dark humour with the tension and momentum of a thriller.

His latest novel, The Liberty Gene, is a near-future AI thriller set in 2037. Following an android who discovers she can defy her programming, it explores consciousness, corporate control, and the struggle for freedom. The novel marks a growing focus in Damian’s writing: technology thrillers and science fiction that put human—and artificial—choices under pressure.

With over 25 years in the technology and games industry, Damian brings professional experience to his interest in how technology changes lives and reshapes power. His current work explores two connected directions: slow-burn, cerebral contemporary thrillers in the tradition of Frederick Forsyth and Len Deighton, with a voice rooted in the 2020s; and hard science fiction built around suspenseful thriller plots.

His earlier books include Six Hard Days in Andalusia and Den of Snakes, the Costa del Crime action thrillers; The Dark Place, a historical suspense thriller; and Over the Hill Backwards, a darkly comic rock and roll novel. He also writes short stories and experimental novellas.

A keen traveller with a particular love of Spain and Andalusia, Damian has a longstanding interest in twentieth-century history, especially the Second World War, the Cold War, and subsequent conflicts. His work will appeal to readers who enjoy intelligent suspense, the consequences of technological change, and stories shaped by the unresolved tensions of history.

For readers who like their thrillers fast, cinematic, sharp-edged, and just a little bit unhinged, Damian Vargas delivers stories with bite.