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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.
But who are these ruthless conspirators that wield such
unimaginable power? How are they connected to his father? And what dark secrets
from the past will Thomas uncover in his relentless quest for the truth? This
action-packed thriller spans the UK, USA and Europe and keeps you guessing to
the very last page!
“The Orange Moon Affair” and “The Jonas Trust Deception”, the
second in the series, have been hailed by the San Francisco Book Review as
“fast-paced books you won't want to put down and you won't want them to
finish." Available from Amazon (ebook and paperback).
Excerpt
Nightmares crowded my sleep and I
woke in a sweat, some twelve hours later, gasping for air and thought that
Julie’s death was just a nightmare, a figment of my imagination. But I knew it
wasn’t.
I needed air and crawled to the door
leading out onto the patio that overlooked the beach and the Sea of Cortez. It
felt similar to Gozo, but it was subtly different; the smell of dry sage tinged
the slight breeze and somewhere close by, lingering smoke from a mesquite
barbecue blew lazily across the beach. Bile rose in my mouth and I dry retched
onto the sand as the image of Julie, bloodied and broken in the helicopter,
blasted into my mind.
The moment passed and I sat at the
water’s edge as small wavelets ran up the beach and sank into the sand.
Julie’s death killed something in
me. Something I thought I had recovered from after my last tour in Afghanistan.
She gave my life a soul that had been destroyed, and now with her death, my
soul was as dark as it had ever been.
De Costas would pay for her death.
All that was left in me was the
instinct for survival and revenge; the only emotion, pure hatred for the man
that had caused all this. It was this that had kept me alive when I should have
been dead. It was this that created the desire to fight back to full health.
An hour later I hobbled slowly back
to the bedroom, lay down and fell into a dreamless sleep.
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.
Connect with AFN Clarke:
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An interesting excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThanks for featuring my book, I really appreciate it! As I am in Australia, with time difference I won't be able to check back in till late afternoon USA/UK/Europe time, but be assured I will check back and look forward to answering any questions/comments readers have.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you have a moment, let me know what it is that you love most about your favorite books, an author can never learn enough about what it is that makes the difference between a good book and a great one. AFN Clarke (author)
It's a pleasure to have you here, AFN (sorry, I don't know your first name).
DeleteWhat I like about a good thriller is the fact I can't figure out who did it before I turn the last page. Unfortunately, few authors can surprise me.
Myself I'm into historical fiction, although I could write a book about my life too. If you want to contact me, please do so. I have plenty of time to respond.
It's my aim to write thrillers that keep you guessing to the very last page! I think I do a reasonable job according to most of my reviewers, but we do better in some people's eyes than others, and so it should be - there is such a wealth of readers out there and so many good authors and so much more choice and ability to discover authors you never knew about with the advent of digital publishing. I for one am pleased about that, the more books out there the better, as far as I am concerned.
DeleteI will look up your work, historical fiction is something I have always enjoyed. And what about that book about your life? Sounds intriguing ..... thanks again for hosting my book, I wish I had the time and energy to keep up a good blog, good for you for doing that :)
Oh, and so sorry, my name is Anthony. My first book/memoir was published as AFN Clarke (Anthony Frederick Neville Clarke) and it I was fortunate that it did extremely well and so have kept that name as my author name ever since.
DeleteI like the excerpt
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm glad you liked it.
DeleteI like the book cover and book excerpt, Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked the book and excerpt, really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and take the time to read it. Much appreciated :)
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