Condor - Paperback

by Andy Maslen (Author)

A suicide bomber boards a crowded bus in central London. Ex-SAS captain Gabriel Wolfe, now struggling with PTSD, is having a coffee just yards away.In the ensuing carnage, Gabriel is plunged into a bloody memory of his last, botched mission.Plagued by visions of the dead comrade he left behind, Gabriel now freelances for The Department, a secret British Government hit squad.He wants to take out whoever ordered the attack.Gabriel's desire for vengeance leads him to Eden, the Brazilian rainforest compound of a religious cult called The Children of Heaven.The cult's leader is "Père Christophe", a psychopath with a taste for fine wines, Mozart and extreme violence.This edge-of-your-seat action thriller is the third full-length outing for Andy Maslen's "hero among us", Gabriel Wolfe. Condor combines heart-stopping action with nightmarish scenes of psychological breakdown.Gabriel's enemies include a sadistic Colombian cartel boss nicknamed "The Baptist", a vicious biker gang - the Sons of Satan - and, in the heart of the rainforest itself, a psychopathic cult leader with a taste for classical music, fine wine and extreme violence.If you like your heroes flawed as well as resourceful, you'll love Gabriel Wolfe. He's been called "deadlier than Bond", and "more human than Reacher".

Author Biography

Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood. Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the Sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant. He eventually landed a job in marketing, writing mailshots to sell business management reports. He spent 10 years in the corporate world before launching a business writing agency, Sunfish, where he writes for clients including The Economist, Christie's and World Vision. Andy completed the first draft of his first novel - Trigger Point - in six weeks, after deciding to embrace his destiny and "be" a writer. He has also published five works of non-fiction, on copywriting and freelancing, with Marshall Cavendish and Kogan Page. He lives in Wiltshire, with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.