From the Storm

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Author: Adrian J Walker ISBN: 1230001178784
Publisher: Cactus Pie Books Publication: January 11, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Adrian J Walker
ISBN: 1230001178784
Publisher: Cactus Pie Books
Publication: January 11, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

"We don’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 girl’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. 

He’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, he’s off to ‘find himself’ 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." ***** 

"…beautifully written…" ***** 

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

"…spins threads of complex, often moving and entirely gripping narrative…" ***** 

"I genuinely feel like I've discovered a huge hit before it's about to take off…" ***** 

"Best book I've read in years" *****

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"We don’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 girl’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. 

He’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, he’s off to ‘find himself’ 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." ***** 

"…beautifully written…" ***** 

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

"…spins threads of complex, often moving and entirely gripping narrative…" ***** 

"I genuinely feel like I've discovered a huge hit before it's about to take off…" ***** 

"Best book I've read in years" *****

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