Chapter 1 Diana Devlin scanned the September night from the rectangular window of her Cessna 402 as the twin-engines purred. She enjoyed listening to the smooth and familiar motors. The mechanical music was like a fine symphony to her ears and part of her fastidious nature wanted to make sure nothing sounded amiss before she [...]
Prologue What’s so scary about the future is that half the world’s population is below average in intelligence. — from the notebooks of G. A. Perles Sometimes, with the sun warming my face and the grass tickling my neck, I fall through the years and find myself in another place entirely. It is always the [...]
Mercy To be honest, I’ve had a skinful. I find myself in an area of derelict buildings around the back of Dublin Heuston Station, close to the river. Cloud obscures the moon and stars; the Liffey’s matt waters absorb rather than reflect light. This doesn’t look like the same river I cross every working day. [...]
Prologue Effie could hear the bairns quarrelling outside. It was long past time for them to come in and get ready for bed. She pulled her cardigan closer against the chill Northumberland air and struggled to her feet, one hand pressed to her side. Leaning on the fireguard, she shovelled a few meagre lumps of [...]
Chapter One It was feeding time and humans were the only thing on the menu. Krystoff’s acute vision took in the deep crimson that covered the gray cracked sidewalk, the smell of blood thick on the air. He stopped to inhale. “You can’t hide,” he said mockingly, his words echoing off the cold concrete. He [...]
Nigel Lacey has successfully run a number of very busy paintball sites over the last 26 years (1985-2011) in the UK, sometimes processing over 200 players a day. Having experienced almost every conceivable paintball situation during this time, he has written this manual with the newest paintball operator in mind. There are plenty of pitfalls [...]
Prologue London The wrong place the wrong time. It was a typical old world London pub, rich dark wooden beams, leaded windows, a log fire smouldering in a cast iron basket, the clientele shouldering their way to the bar; occasional bursts of laughter breaking through the general hubbub of conversation. Aromatic smells of cooking drifted [...]
Among the ancient cathedral, old colleges and the countryside roam strange creatures, modern day witches and the 5th Reich .The result is murder, mayhem, a search for a holy relic, a journey through an ancient deadly tunnel and a loss of loved ones. The new laird and the knights meet up again with Laura Loomis [...]
FORWARD In the year of our Lord 1565 two powerful military forces prepared themselves for war. Far to the East across the sparkling waters of the great Mediterranean Sea, the formidable Turkish Ottoman Empire was planning to add to centuries of expansion. Soon, they would begin the invasion and conquest of Christian Europe. Their Sultan, [...]
Chapter One Afghanistan/Iranian border – 2004 As the early morning sun threw its first brilliant shafts across the jagged Namakzar Mountains, SAS Troop Sergeant Pat Farrell heaved the last sandbag onto the firing parapet of his newly dug slit trench. Settling the sandbag into position, he hammered it firmly into its final resting place with [...]
