Bøger af Angus Kennedy

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS DEAD ON HIS LIVING ROOM FLOOR Suddenly you're jerked into a scene right out of a tense action fiction book. You'd planned a transpacific travel adventure with him and other close friends on your huge sailboat. You're jerked right into a nightmare like an FBI thriller, a CIA black ops and a detective crime book rolled into one. YOU ARE A FORCE RECON MARINE, RETIRED You are a lethal engine designed not just for combat, but intense mental reconnaissance while fighting. With huge thrust a brand new action adventure series comes on like a nuclear reaction. Don't kill anyone's best friend and for sure, not a Force Reconnaissance Marine's. YOUR BEST FRIEND'S STATELY HOME LOOKS LIKE A WARZONE Your heavy duty, Marine Corps, battle damage assessment, remote sensors location and your initial terminal guidance training all kick in at once. A disgusting detective crime scene right out of an ordinary suspense mystery book is in your face. But it's more like an action fiction book; it's instantly obvious that something more sinister than ordinary mystery crime stories is going on, something big and weird right out of a thriller series. The destruction of your best friend's home is like one sees in war novels, like American Sniper, like the weapons in Spec+ial Forces fiction generate. Some big, sinister group is on your back like the government conspiracy against Jason in the Bourne Identity, like heavy government surveillance novels, like CIA fiction, like all of it: FBI thriller, CIA black ops, and a detective crime book. Not a pretty scene. YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU WILL FIND THE UNFRIENDLIES Because of your training for deadly force encounters you put all your resources to work without a second thought. "The United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance detachments, or FORECON, operate in deep reconnaissance, direct action, and the control of supporting arms; to convey military intelligence beyond the means of a commander's area of influence in the battlefield . . . ." Wikipedia YOU ARE A VERY HEALTHY VET LIKE CHRIS KYLE, THE AMERICAN SNIPER When you retired from the Marines, you never stopped long enough for Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome to rule your life. On returning to civilian life you saw clearly, from combat shocking you into an eyes-wide-open view of life, that the Uber-Rich own everything. That you needed money to have a wife and kids. So, you put your heavy duty black op training straight to work in the money markets. WHAT IF ALL THAT FORCE RECON KILLING HAD GIVEN YOU CLARITY They operate at such great distances that they are beyond the boundaries, or fan, of any artillery and/or naval gunfire support (NGFS); unlike their Division Recon brethren, whose operations are primarily within the artillery and gunfire support fan. Silence and stealth are vital . . . ." Wikipedia WHAT IF YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE BROKEN THE TRILLION DOLLAR BARRIER You've seen clearly that billionaires are as tedious as any other financial group. Bored with making money, you retired to your Texas ranch, you re-channeled your energy into raising outstanding Quarter Horses. You're ready to sail half way around the world, and all the sudden a brand new, 21st Century Thriller Series is launched. The first novel, A Trillion Dollar Man explodes off the page to launch the Trillion Dollar Man Series. Like American Sniper, a U.S. Government trained killer comes home and starts doing good for the world rather than collapsing in post-traumatic stress. A new type of hero goes after the killers who are poaching large mammals globally. Not only harvesting parts off the proud elephants and rhinos in Africa, but also slaughtering and harvesting parts off Smokey the Bear right here in U.S. National Parks. But they make a big mistake when they leave the Trillion Dollar Man's best friend sprawled on his living room floor with a huge hole through his breast, a blast from a weird .12 gauge sh

Andrew Johnston, an Australian wine writer, goes to Dubrovnik to prepare an article for his editor on the wines and wineries of southern RhAne. He never realized how this trip will impact his life until an old acquaintance crosses his path bringing new surprises and challenges. In author Angus Kennedya (TM)s Two Tickets To Dubrovnik, readers will follow Andrew as he composes his editorial piecea "while facing the conflicting challenges between his heart and his head. They will be compelled to take deep breaths, discover insights, and witness a beautiful story of life, a little romance, and the clash of two very different cultures. The historic walled city of Dubrovnik, the heart of the ancient Republic of Ragusa and now part of Croatia, provides the setting for Australian wine writer, Andrew Johnston, who travels there to prepare an article on the wines and wineries of the southern RhAne region of France. During his stay in Dubrovnik, he meets up with an old Bordelaise wine making acquaintance, Lucien Delasalles, and is introduced to his family connections in the city, including his sister, Niki. Andrew is attracted to Niki but is warned by his landlady about Nikia (TM)s brother, Jakov, and his unsavoury friends, and against becoming too close to Nikia (TM)s family. Interested and intrigued by Niki and her family, Andrew devotes more of his time to them and endeavours to discover more about the facts underlying the veiled warning that he has received. In spite of inviting the attentions of the local police, Andrew perseveres with his enquires but control of his life is taken out of his hands as he sees his ordered existence and his developing interest in Niki being blown away by the unfolding events surrounding her family. The time-enduring environment of the ancient town provides a sharp contrast to the rapidly moving events in this modern Balkan world and the outcome reflects the complex relationships that have always existed among people, no matter how apparently stable their environment. In its unexpected conclusion, readers will find themselves with Andrew back in Australia, reminiscing on his short stay in Dubrovnik and the many things that happened. Two Tickets To Dubrovnik will leave them with questions and a desire for more stories of the same kind.