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August 6, 2018
Film Review: Mission Impossible Fallout exceeds expectations
The sixth film in the successful Mission Impossible spy franchise led by arguably the best recognised actor in the industry, Tom Cruise, was a delight from start to finish. I’m not sure why I liked Mission Impossible Fallout so much, but I did. For a long time I never much went for Cruise’s movies, feeling like he was trying hard to prove something about himself that didn’t need to be proved. Although I always had a soft spot for the early Mission Impossible films.
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Then along came Jack Reach...
May 30, 2018
Blood Ivory launches 5th June
Simon Ashcroft returns in BLOODY IVORY launching June 5th. As a special “Thank You” to my readers, here is a sneak-peek of the action in the bloody battlefields of Africa’s Ivory Wars…
Simon disembarked as the four wheel drive slowed. In a crouch he jogged towards the poachers. He saw an elephant stagger on its feet, then fall. When Orszak had driven fifty meters, he pressed the horn hard. The poachers finally saw him, oblivious to his presence until now due to the gunfire and wails of sc...
May 24, 2018
Thrilling Locations: Blood Ivory
Blood Ivory is a story from Simon Ashcroft’s past when he was a counter-terrorism intelligence officer with the Australian Secret Intelligence Services (ASIS). He’s on a mission in northern Tanzania hunting the financiers of a South East Asian terrorist organisation.
Investigations lead him to the some of the richest wildlife reserves found anywhere on the planet. But in Africa, wild megafauna attracts poachers. Men who kill other men and animals for the prize of tusks and rhinoceros horns so...
May 19, 2018
Sandfire Book Trailer
Before he was betrayed, Caine was still an assassin… In this explosive mission from his past, can he prevent war from consuming the Middle East?
SANDFIRE is only a few days away from release now, out on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited 22nd May. I’m excited about it’s imminent release so I thought I’d share a book trailer fellow author Andrew Warren and I created for our Caine: Rapid Fire espionage thriller adventure.
SANDFIRE is released 22nd May. See you all there.
May 17, 2018
SANDFIRE launches May 22nd…
My first collaboration with Andrew Warren, SANDFIRE featuring action hero Thomas Caine, launches May 22nd. As a special “Thank You” to my readers, you don’t have to wait that long for a taste of the action! Please enjoy this sneak-peek of a mission from Caine’s past…
CAINE PUSHED ON HIS POLES and kicked his skis, gathering speed as he headed down the trail. He followed Argyle’s tracks as they disappeared down the steep mountainside. She had escaped down the opposite side of the trail he...
May 12, 2018
Rapid Fire Action: An Interview with Andrew Warren
In the lead up to the release of Sandfire, I thought I’d interview my co-author Andrew Warren who created the intriguing character of Thomas Caine and made him the cool CIA operative he is today. It was a great experience working with Andrew on this Caine origins story. So I decided to ask him some questions on why he decided to explore Caine’s past with a series of standalone adventures.
AIDEN: What is the Caine Rapid Fire Series?
[image error]ANDREW: Caine Rapid Fire is a series of fast-paced, shorter...
May 9, 2018
Blood Ivory: A Simon Ashcroft Novella Coming Soon
#simonashcroft, #thrillers, #bloodivorybook, #waronivory
A ruthless syndicate of ivory smugglers. A mercenary with a blood vendetta. How many elephants can one man save?
[image error]Counter-terrorism officer Simon Ashcroft thought he’d seen it all, until he witnesses the bloody massacre of a herd of elephants. He becomes compelled to fight those responsible and bring them swift jus...
April 25, 2018
Thrilling Locations: Sandfire
One great thing about collaborating with Andrew Warren on Sandfire, is that we both have a love for international travel and thrilling locations. I hope you’ll agree, we came up with some some stunning new locales for Thomas Caine to visit. With the book launch less than a month away, it’s time for Part Two of the Sandfire Location Report (read Part One on Andrew’s website)…
Sandfire is an early adventure in Caine’s career, set when he was still a member of the CIA’s Special Operations Group...
April 23, 2018
Sandfire: Caine Rapid Fire 3 Coming Soon
#thomascaine, #thrillers, #sandfirebook, #whatissandfire
Before he was betrayed, Caine was still an assassin… In this explosive mission from his past, can he prevent war from consuming the Middle East?
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As the CIA’s deadliest operative, Caine is tasked with eliminating America’...
February 16, 2018
The Benevolent Deception 99c/99p for 5 days only
For the next 5 days, The Benevolent Deception is on sale for 99c/99p in the United States, the United Kingdom, and equivalent sale prices in Australia, Canada, India, Germany and everywhere else Amazon sells Kindle books. The book remains available to read for free as part of a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
The Benevolent DeceptionA former spy must protect the one woman who might just unlock the truth behind the world’s worst cyberterrorism attack . . .
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