Hyena Dawn
Against a vivid canvas of violence and corruption, Hyena Dawn is a compulsively readable adventure novel set in the war-torn lands of Southern Africa.
Hard-headed and impetuous, Rayne Gallagher flees his native South Africa after a tragic accident and joins the Rhodesian Light Infantry. He is embroiled in a war in which he has neither interest or cause when, unable to resist the lure of danger, he is recruited to lead a mission for the CIA in Mozambique. Amassed at the port of Beira is a vast military force led by Russian General Vorotnikov, which is preparing to invade Rhodesia.
The general's grand scheme will shatter British plans for a peaceful transition from colony to democracy and create a major political and economic base for the USSR on South Africa's borders. Gallagher and a select group of mercenaries must ensure that the invasion never takes place. Theirs is a fight to the death - with the future of the whole of Southern Africa in the balance.
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Night Of The Predator
By the author of 'Hyena Dawn', 'Night of the Predator' is the powerful story of a family fighting for survival in a land on the brink of apocalypse. Dr Max Loxton, environmentalist and entrepreneur, has an obsession: to save one of the most sacred areas of Africa from certain destruction at the hands of an unscrupulous mining company. It is an obsession that draws him into a world of deceit and treachery, threatening to destroy his new-found love, his fortune and his love.
David Loxton, Max's father and deadly adversary, is a politician and armaments manufacturer. Determined to build his country to a position where it controls the future of Africa, he has enlisted the support of right-wing fanatic, Dolph Klopper, who dreams of the resurrection of a race of supermen.
Sweeping from the boardrooms of Johannesburg, to the wilds of Botswana, from secret cabals in the townships to ex-Nazi hideouts, 'Night of the Predator' is a fast-paced thriller of terrifying topicality. It is a chilling reminder of what might have happened had Nelson Mandela been assassinated after his release.
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Eye Of The Cobra
The outstanding new adventure thriller by Christopher Sherlock author of Hyena Dawn and Night of the Predator, who is fast establishing himself as the most exciting new talent in this genre since Alistair Maclean. Eye of the Cobra is set in the world of Formula 1 Grand Prix motor racing in the 1980’s, a setting which mixes the international jet set with the most explosively dangerous sport in the world.
Wyatt Chase is determined to emulate his father in becoming Formula One World Champion. Haunted by nightmares of the past, fuelled by the desire to vindicate himself, he will stop at nothing to realise his dream. After his father’s tragic death in a car accident and the dismantling of the racing team he found, Wyatt is lucky to be taken on as a second driver with a new Formula 1 team, Calibre-Shensu, owned by a ruthless American entrepreneur and a Japanese industrialist.
Wyatt’s dare-devil courage and split-second timing win him early success, but after the race in Rio everything starts to go wrong. One of the team, Suzie von Falkenhyn, disappears during the race; his fellow driver, the fiery Ricardo Sartori, is disqualified and Wyatt himself is heavily criticised for his ‘winning is all’ attitude. But more dangerous still, someone is using the team as a cover for sinister, highly secretive business dealings, and Wyatt finds himself swept up in a conspiracy that threatens to overwhelm him - and the woman he loves.
Moving swiftly from the passion and drama of the race track to the rolling hills of the Columbian drug lords; from the intrigue of the boardroom to the discipline of the Japanese dojo, Eye of the Cobra is a hugely enjoyable, gripping read.
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Call Of The Lion
Following on the bestselling success of Hyena Dawn, Night of the Predator and Eye of the Cobra, Christopher Sherlock’s gripping new novel mixes the dangerous and topical world of international arms-dealing with the African settings which have become his hallmark.
After a lifetime spent recording the atrocities of war on film, Paul Norton moves to an isolated game reserve in Botswana to rebuild a life shattered by the murder of his father and the breakdown of his marriage. But his growing love for beautiful American conservationist Dr Anne Madison is thrown into turmoil when he himself turns assassin to avenge the slaughter of his father’s beloved lions.
Paul’s action brings him the enmity of one of the most powerful men in Africa, multi-millionaire tycoon Wayne MacLeod; and Anne’s life too, is endangered by the deadly rivalry between them. Then the Gulf War looms, casting its dark shadow over their personal struggles, and Paul discovers that MacLeod is involved in a project of supreme danger - one he is in a unique position to combat – building a nuclear supergun for the Iraqi tyrant.
Call of the Lion is the story of one man’s search to find his true identity. From the killing fields of Iraq to the wilds of Africa, from clandestine meetings in the world’s capital cities to a lonely castle in Scotland this is a tale of courage and the triumph of one man against a world out to destroy him.
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Paradise Island
Paradise Island is a thriller set in modern day sub-Saharan Africa. The key protagonists are Candice Cain, a US photo-journalist; Carlos da Gama, the editor of a highly influential Mozambiquan newspaper and Courtney Regal, the owner and operator of a multi-national conglomerate with a South African heritage. The story opens with a dramatic, violent scene from Carlos’ early childhood, forty years before, in Angola and rapidly advances to Paradise Island, a semi-fictitious locale on the east coast of Mozambique.
Candice takes on an assignment to complete a photo essay on the effects of landmines on Paradise Island, a former holiday resort mined during the civil war in Mozambique. Candice has a tortured past – the only child of a professional soldier her father has brought her up like the son he never had, schooling her in all aspects of self-protection and the martial arts. At the time of the story Candice is building a reputation as a press photographer who exposes the dark side. She is still developing and has yet to come to terms with herself, especially her violent side.
Candice soon realizes that there is something sinister developing on the island when she fights off a gang of thugs who have been sent to kill her. During a series of fast escalating events, she meets Carlos da Gama, an investigative journalist who has come to Paradise Island to expose the situation.
Carlos was a charismatic student activist who was involved in the anti-apartheid at Wits University in Johannesburg in the seventies. Carlos was eventually deported by the South African security police and gained an international reputation as an outstanding journalist. Carlos is a brilliant orator, incredibly charismatic and without fear.
Candice and Carlos fall in love. They realize that a massive oil field is being developed which will inevitably destroy the marine reserve of the Paradise Archipelago, but that this finding pales into insignificance as they fight for their lives as they try to stop a revolution, masterminded by Courtney Regal, which is engulfing South Africa and its neighbouring states. Regal needs to eliminate Carlos and Candice if he is to succeed in his objective of gaining total economic and political control of the gigantic oil fields he has discovered.
The novel revolves around the uncertain future that faces sub-Saharan Africa in the new millennium as a result of corruption and the unscrupulous activities of big business. The novel reflects the underlying reality of modern day Africa – the continent may be an exciting place to live, but the subtext of violence, uncertainty and political opportunism is always present.
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