Excerpt:
“There’s only one way. Jump.”
“You come up here and do it.”
“Mother of Mary, just jump and stop whining.”
“Whose side are you on?”
“Listen to me. It’s deep where the water crashes
into the pool. If you can jump clear then you’ll hit the pool just right. It’s
either that or be caught, because no way can you get down that rock face.”
What a choice. Kill myself in the fall or be shot
by the guys who were now fast on my trail. I looked back again. The buggy had
reached the river’s edge and was less than two hundred metres away.
Still, I hesitated.
My mind was made up for me as a searchlight beam
swept over me. The first round cracked past my ear as I launched myself into
space.
The drop sent my guts up into my mouth as I tumbled
in the air for an eternity, then hit the water with a stunning impact that
knocked the breath out of me.
Somewhere a part of my brain was functioning as a
rational logical machine. It took over and told my frozen, aching body that I
had to swim away from the fall of water before I could surface. I was only
under for about twenty seconds, but to me it seemed like an eternity before I
felt someone grab my arms.
Everything went black as I passed out.
When I came to, I was lying on the bank wrapped in
an emergency space blanket and Danny had his hand over my mouth. I could see a
shaft of light playing on the surface of the pool from above and caught the
intermittent sound of voices through the crash of the waterfall.
BLURB:
Thomas Gunn (ex-Special Forces) and his partner Julie are running
for their lives. Who are they running from? And why? It all starts when Thomas
decides to investigate the mysterious murder of his billionaire industrialist
father. He’s shocked when his every move is blocked, especially by top levels
of the UK government. But when his attempts to track down an elusive American
business partner of his father’s turn lethal, he and Julie become moving
targets, racing to outwit those who clearly want them dead. The danger rapidly
escalates when Thomas is reluctantly compelled back into working for British
Military Intelligence, exposing an international conspiracy that puts the
freedom of the western world at grave risk.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
AFN Clarke is a full-time author,
screenwriter, the son of a British MI6 operative, former officer in Britain's
elite Parachute Regiment, pilot, sailor, racecar driver and father of four
who's lived in Hong Kong, India, Libya, Iran, Europe, the UK, USA, and
Australia. He's written seven books of fiction and his bestselling memoir,
CONTACT, was serialized in a British newspaper and made into an award-winning
BBCTV film.
This rich background allows Clarke to
bring his own unique and eye opening experiences to his latest Thomas Gunn
thriller series that are fast-paced, thought provoking and frighteningly real
and have captured the imagination of readers world-wide. As he says: "For
me, good books are a great way to shut out every day life, suspend normal ways
of thinking, and allow yourself to be captivated by another world. That’s what
I continually strive to deliver to my readers."
Books include: The Orange Moon Affair
and The Jonas Trust Deception (Thomas Gunn thrillers), Contact, An Unquiet
American, Dry Tortugas, Dreams from the Death Age and Armageddon (The Book of
Baker Satire Series), Collisions, with more coming soon. Available from Amazon;
coming soon to Nook, iBooks, and Kobo.
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