Trained as a scientist, he has written three novels, plus non-fiction books, most recently The Future of Humankind: Why We Should Be Optimistic, the sequel to Cosmosapiens: Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe, which spans scientific disciplines from cosmology to neuroscience, and Housing Co-operatives.

He then shows what they have in common before making his own unique forecast by projecting into the future the distinct pattern in the scientific evidence of an accelerating cosmic evolutionary process over some 15 billion years.

[1] Professor Denis Noble CBE, FRS, FMedSci, MAE said the book, published in 2023, “really brings all the relevant facts and problems together in a magnificently coherent way.

The Architects’ Journal said “John Hands’ timely and exemplary guide is marvellous...this is a book for all concerned with the role of and effects of housing in this society of ours”,[14] while The Guardian commented “Shock, horror, drama.

It is set in the crisscross world of the KGB and the Vatican, with scenes (extraordinarily prescient, it turns out) of Ukrainian nationalism: an elaborately crafted plot leads to a surprise outcome.” George Bull in The Sunday Times called it a “fast moving first novel [that] explores the penultimate battle, fought with dastardly and Machiavellian brio...read this clever and vivid book.”, while Harriet Waugh in the Sunday Telegraph described it as “Genuinely scary, exciting, well plotted and nicely written.”[18][19] Prophetic espionage novel in which an amoral undercover agent is plunged into a crisis of loyalties when resurgent nationalism threatens war between Russia and Ukraine.

The character of John Darcy is as convincing as any I have encountered in espionage fiction...Hands builds and holds a palpable sense of tension that has all the drama and intimacy of good theatre.

The achingly tantalizing crawl towards the climax is a masterpiece of suspense.”[25] The Editorial Review on Amazon.com said “A top CIA agent, John Darcy, quickly brought to life with the kind of details that only an artist would include, is forced to take independent action when a ghost from his own past combines with an act of horrific destruction.” Jonathan Kemp in The Catholic Herald commented “This book is not merely a thriller.