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First British Edition Hale (2003) |
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Chicane
In a new job, but unable to forget the horrors of his last assignment, freelance photojournalist Michael Fraser is unprepared for the tragedy that introduces him to Anna Todini. When he agrees to help her, he finds himself entangled in an international conspiracy that aims to undermine the future of the West’s military defences.
Against his better judgement, but no longer able to ignore attempts on Anna’s life, Fraser is forced to relive his past and fight for his own survival in remote and dangerous regions of Eastern Europe. To keep Anna alive Fraser must depend on men who operate outside the law and he has somehow to discover whether or not he has been fatally betrayed.
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First British Edition Hale (2001) |
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White Desert
Here were five people brought together by a poisoned past and by a unique opportunity to make a fortune. But that fortune would not easily be won for there was terror and betrayal to be overcome and in one of the wildest and most unforgiving places on earth.
Chris Ryder: world-weary and burnt-out, on the run from an international organization that is determined to silence him.
Alexei Volodya: ex counter-terrorist specialist from the Russian Spetonaz group.
Miguel Corrales: wealthy Colombian businessman with wide-ranging, South American mining interests.
His niece, Isabel Corrales: an attractive young woman with a bitter score to settle.
Haxhi Markovic: self-trained assassin for hire, and sexual predator.
A visceral novel from one of the country’s most widely praised and popular novelists.
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Eye of the Warrior
Writing as Richard Hawke
Death, sexual indulgence and freshly-awakened instincts - for Peter Kirkland, petrochemical geologist, these are the elements of a frightening distortion of reality surrounding the myths and legends of a weapon once powerful enough to have changed the course of history.
For Kirsty Rowan too, an attractive American-born journalist working in Britain, the English longbow is more than the stuff of legend. It is, instead, the weapon that will plunge Kirkland into the nightmare of battle in his violent search for truth.
Fighting against his own imagination, with reality disintegrating around him, Kirkland sees the girl he loves slipping from his grasp while the imprint of the bow on his subconscious dictates, not just whether he will recover Kirsty and find what he so desperately seeks, but whether he, himself, will live or die.
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First British Edition Hale (1999) |
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Cogan's Falcons
In the hot, cloying atmosphere of one of the world's largest swamps, it is easy to follow trails that are not what they seem to be. For air accident analyst Jim Cogan the trails offer more than an explanation for the crashes he is investigating, for they lead him into an unmanageable and obsessive relationship with a young woman for whom the swamp has become a refuge in her bid to stay alive.
Determined to unravel the mystery of her past, but already entangled in a conspiracy to secure international air supremacy, Cogan takes her on a journey to a desolate region of Iraq. There, the development of a frightening new weapon system is threatening to destabilize the whole of the Middle East. Against a backdrop of terror and betrayal, Cogan and the woman find themselves fighting simply to survive.
'action-packed, tersely written thriller..." Sunday Star Times (NZ)
‘Peel is a remarkably skilled exponent of what he calls his 'politically incorrect' genre, overseas reviewers singling out the qualities of tight, fast-paced plotting, no-holds-barred violence, romantic interest and pared-down, laconic dialogue, and comparing his work with that of Alistair Mclean’. Oxford History Of New Zealand Literature In English. 2nd Edition.
More Praise for Colin D. Peel
SNOWTRAP:
"SNOWTRAP opens with a bang..... The plot is
uncluttered and well constructed but characters take a back seat to the action in this
swiftly moving thriller." Publishers Weekly (USA)
NIGHTDIVE:
"A plot that has the rat-a-tat pace of thirties pulp..... Nothing interferes with
the story's greased slick....." Kirkus (USA)
"Gripping thriller set in Micronesia Islands...... By an author who has already
proved himself a master of the suspense story. Here is a good fast mystery with tons of
local colour and good character development. It can be read in one short evening of chills
and pleasure." South Bend Indiana Tribune (USA)
FLAMEOUT:
".....Peel's novels offer unadulterated escape for his readers. Like his earlier
"NIGHTDIVE", this one is sheer, all out
white heat action..... Peel's chases scorch land, sea and air, and the action hurtles from
the American west to England, Israel and finally Lebanon. A breathless page turner all the
way." Buffalo News (USA)
HELL SEED:
"Fascinating bit of Sci-Fi." Tacoma News Tribune (USA)
"The more I got into it the more exciting I found it -- and ingenious. If you are
the kind of reader who enjoys a good scare HELL SEED
provides it." New Zealand Herald (NZ)
GLIMPSE OF FOREVER:
"Intensely fascinating novel..... You will find yourself ready to believe almost
anything." The Citizen (UK)
"Master of his craft..... Another thrilling science fiction by Colin Peel.....
Masterly grasp of A difficult form of writing....." New Zealand Herald
(NZ)
HELL’S ARENA:
"Good novel..... Deadly transcontinental chase." Bolton Evening News
(UK)
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First British Edition Hale (1997) |
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Cherry Red and Dangerous
Running contraband across the Gulf of Oman is routine for John Farrell -- until he takes the daughter of a wealthy businessman on board his boat, and discovers his cargo is a new form of devastating high-explosive.
For Almira it is the beginning of an obsessive attraction that plunges her and Farrell into a nightmare world in which foreign Governments are competing to acquire red mercury, a material that can equal the performance of nuclear weapons.
After surviving the horror of an explosion in the Hajar mountains and fighting for Almira’s life, Farrell is betrayed and left with only one choice -- to embark on a mission to destroy a military installation in Iran where warheads are being readied for a deadly attack on Israel.
About The Author
British by birth, Colin Peel has spent the greater part of his life outside of his native England. After some years designing weapon systems in the aerospace industries of the USA, Europe and Canada, he moved to the South Pacific where he has held senior positions in a number of large, international companies. In 1990 he became a full-time writer.
Although many of Peel's novels reflect his experience of working on classified defence projects, he has also written stories about terrorism, the heroin business, gun-running, nuclear testing and diamond smuggling.
With his wife Julie, he lives on the coast of a remote peninsula in New Zealand -- an environment that allows him to pursue his interest in dogs, wildlife and archery.
Colin Peel is the author of over 20 books, translated into 6 languages in 10 different countries.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Chicane
(Hale,
2003)
Jul 03
White Desert
(Hale,
2001)
Eye of the Warrior
(Capsco Press (NZ),
1999)
as Richard Hawke
Capsco Press (NZ) Pbk Jan 00
Cogan's Falcons
(Hale,
1999)
Cherry Red and Dangerous
(Hale,
1997)
Blood of Your Sisters
(Hale,
1996)
Dark Armada
(Hale,
1995)
Covenant of the Poppies
(St Martin's Press (NY),
1993)
(USA)
Atoll
(St Martin's Press (NY),
1992)
(USA)
Hell's Arena
(Hale,
1990)
Smoke From Another Fire
(Hale,
1985)
as Lindsey Grey
Firestorm
(Hale,
1984)
Snowtrap
(Hale,
1982)
Glimpse of Forever
(Hale,
1980)
Hell Seed
(Hale,
1978)
Ulverscroft Large Print Bks Pbk Mar 01
Nightdive
(Hale,
1977)
Ulverscroft Large Print Bks Pbk May 01
Flameout
(Hale,
1976)
Cold Route to Freedom
(Hale,
1975)
On a Still Night
(Hale,
1975)
One Sword Less
(Hale,
1973)
Bitter Autumn
(Hale,
1973)
Adapted to Stress
(Hale,
1972)
Chicane
by Colin D. Peel
