From the Storm

From the Storm

"We donâ€™t know what his name is or where he came from, but he is living in my room."

In the near future, a young man seeks adventure in the French Alps. Lost, feverish and caught in a freak snowstorm, he finds refuge in a lonely mountain farm where he stumbles upon a young girlâ€™s diary from eighty years before. Claudette tells of farm life disrupted by a blizzard and the arrival of a stranger with a terrible injury. With her father sick, the eight-year-old chronicles her struggle to look after the farm, and its unwanted guest, alone.

In present day London, Joseph Martin has screwed up. Once he was a lethal assassin, the best gun-for-hire. Now, in his autumn years, even he has to admit he is losing it. His failing skills have landed him in trouble with a dangerous client. Only the successful completion of an eerily familiar mission can save his skin; a mission which takes him into deepest Asia, where he must face a past he has long tried to forget.

Heâ€™s not the only one on the road in Asia. London city boy Ashley Gritten is travelling. Shedding the challenges of his privileged life in Kensington, heâ€™s off to â€˜find himselfâ€™ in the drugs, girls and debauchery of the backpacker trail. But something else finds him. Something much, much worse.

Who would have thought that a rich kid and an ageing hit man would have so much in common? And what does all of this have to do with Elmo, a pianist on his death bed in Venice?

A dark and humorous story of how selves are lost and lives are found.

REVIEWS:

"What sets this apart from a standard thriller is the heart beating behind it all." *****

"â€¦beautifully writtenâ€¦" *****

"Great characters, perfectly paced with a suitably twisting plot." *****

"â€¦spins threads of complex, often moving and entirely gripping narrativeâ€¦" *****

"I genuinely feel like I've discovered a huge hit before it's about to take offâ€¦" *****

"Best book I've read in years" *****
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-18
Format	Kindle eBook

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