A Covert War [Paperback]

"A promising first novel and...[an] obviously gifted narrator" --Financial Times

"Mr Parker...knows how to tell an exciting tale." --Eastern Daily Press

Marcus Blake's ramshackle security agency has no clients to speak of until Susan Ellis walks into his office and asks him to help find her brother who has gone missing in Afghanistan. In that moment, Marcus' world is turned upside down and he is plunged into a covert war where arms and drugs are traded by renegades within the CIA. Now, in his quest to find Susan's brother, Marcus faces terror and betrayal in a murky world where one cannot easily tell a friend from a foe.

I have been writing thrillers for many years and have experienced the highs and lows of being a writer. My first novel, NORTH SLOPE was published in 1980, and is now available as a POD paperback on Amazon. I have been married to Patricia for fifty one years and we live in Spain. We have four sons and ten grandchildren. My hobby is writing, of course, and to date I have had seven novels published. You can see my list in Author Central. My other hobbies are snooker, speedway, football and music. I play snooker, watch football and speedway, and play the keyboard (not too well). I am a born again Christian and have played keyboard in my fellowship for several years. I worked as a maintenance technician most of my adult life, serving sixteen years in the Royal Air Force, and about seventeen years with a food manufacturer. I retired in 1996 (I was fifty five years old) and moved out to Spain a year later. Pat and I have lived here, on the Costa Blanca for thirteen years. We are now planning to sell up and return to the UK. Other jobs I have done include Merchant Seaman, Office boy, and general maintenance for a chicken farmer! I have received many excellent comments about my writing, but the proof of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. I am a member of the International Thriller Writers and am a contributing editor with them. In 2009, I worked on a global project with eleven other writers and produced a novel called PASSAGE TO REDEMPTION. This is now available as a POD novel by Acclaimed Books Ltd. (www.acclaimedbooks.com)of which I am an associate. For those of you who want to know a little more about me, and see me 'in the flesh', check out my website www.michaeljparker.com, where you'll be able to see a couple of TV interviews I have had. Enjoy your reading; especially mine! --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.