Bøger af Gavan Connell

Following his relentless search for revenge following the rape of his daughter, Donald Slayer, the former US Navy SEAL is trying to live a normal life in retirement in his maternal grandmother's home city of Merida, Mexico. His long time friend, federal police sergeant, Javier Fernandez is assigned to solve what appears to be a case of international baby smuggling and kidnapping. Along the way, he needs Slayer's 'special skills' to work outside the parameters permitted by a police investigator while Slayer is drifting inadvertently into a relapse of his PTSD symptoms resulting from his military service. The intrigue deepens when staff at the US Consul in Merida become implicated and then Javier becomes embroiled in another case that leads to a contract being taken out on his life by a drug baron from Cancun. Desperation on the parts of those criminally involved in both cases lead Slayer and Javier and their families down a twisting path that becomes littered with emotional and physically violent challenges that will test relationships that have lasted decades. While Slayer tries to conquer the demons which are threatening to take over his life, we are taken back several times to his missions in Afghanistan where we gain an insight into his past and why he is loathe to share his ghosts. As one would expect, there is a twist at the end that makes one wonder just what Slayer might be up to in the future.

Ch0n is a cloned space commando marooned accidentally on a resource-rich, earth-like planet inhabited by strange plants, mammals, reptiles, birds and iron-age humanoid sapients when his landing craft crashes and his companions are all killed.. He is ordered by the commander of the mother ship to log everything he sees, does and finds during the estimated seven years a rescue mission will take. Chon finds himself reluctantly involved in an inter-tribal war that sees him deploy his far superior weaponry and tactical know-how in an attempt to unite the three warring tribes, the Arw'an, Buq'ue and Matang. Aided by the knight, Jez and the beautiful but ruthless amazon, Karin, he manipulates his enemies into a final grand battle to defend his fortress against the Matang king's armies. In doing so, he hopes to realize his dream to establish a united kingdom where he may spend his time on the planet in peace. Unbeknownst to him, the experience of being a warrior-king tempers him over time until he realizes his destiny is to take the woman, Karin as his wife and to defend the kingdom against any and all opposition. Ch0n's chronicles take us meticulously though the unfolding situation between the three tribes to the final battle that will decide whether Chon himself lives or dies and whether or not the once-nomadic Arw'an will be enslaved in their own lands. These are the first Chronicles of the Arw'an, finally released after to Earth explorers by the High Priest Temen of the Ename, a fierce maritime tribe that appears in the second Chronicles

In the second instalment of Ch0n's chronicles, we follow Ch0n's development away from his space capsule, as well as that of the Arw'an tribes and the Knight, Jez. Despite winning the war and the peace, there is no rest for Ch0n and his army. A passing ship tries to capture Ch0n and take him back to Earth. He evades capture and in doing so, finds himself with four reluctant castaways who will have to adapt to life on Arw'an or die at the hands of a ruthless and non-trusting Karin. As part of their exploratory expeditions, Ch0n and Karin discover some ruins and caverns where it appears there has been some form of past occupation by other aliens and their investigations lead them to the discovery of a fierce maritime people, The Ename on the other side of the sea. They make contact with them but their attempt at peaceful negotiation is thwarted by treachery and betrayal of trust leading to a series of skirmishes. On meeting Karin, the High Priest, Verge reveals an Ename prophecy whereby the Ever Queen, a direct descendant of the 'Sky People' would one day be re-incarnated to rule over the Ename. Ch0n appoints him as the royal archaeologist and together, he and Ch0n discover many of the secrets left behind by the 'Sky People' that allow Ch0n to further develop his domination over the known world. Finally, in an attempt to create a lasting peace, Ch0n and Karin resort to seizing the throne of the Ename in a fiery confrontation with disastrous consequences for all concerned