Khaleel Datay's Blog - Posts Tagged "datay"
New Publication
Publication of my latest e-book, TO KILL A SPY, went live on 24 April 2015 on Amazon.
Its been an incredible journey. What started out in 2012 as a short story to resolve outstanding issues from THE WINTER DECEPTION, snowballed into a full length novel of over 100K words. The characters of Winter, Chandrasekhar and Vusi just didn't want to let up. Set almost entirely in South Africa, we follow Nick Winter's quest for revenge of the brutal assault on Jasminder Singh. Spies, political intrigue, gangsters and vengeance at the tip of Africa.Khaleel Datay
Its been an incredible journey. What started out in 2012 as a short story to resolve outstanding issues from THE WINTER DECEPTION, snowballed into a full length novel of over 100K words. The characters of Winter, Chandrasekhar and Vusi just didn't want to let up. Set almost entirely in South Africa, we follow Nick Winter's quest for revenge of the brutal assault on Jasminder Singh. Spies, political intrigue, gangsters and vengeance at the tip of Africa.Khaleel Datay
On writing again
The writing of THE WINTER DECEPTION
, and TO KILL A SPY, had been a wonderful experience for me in the espionage genre. Two months ago I published a book under a pseudonym in a different genre, more personal, and very fulfilling. 3 books in five years had exhausted me, but the itch to write again is working away at me. Blade Patel - One of the new characters in TO KILL A SPY
- was so much fun to develop, that I've decided to do my next book with Blade as the main protagonist. A former fraud, crook, and all round bad boy, Blade has that roguish good looks and charm that wins over the toughest critics. Having recently been inducted into South African local intelligence's DOMESTIC BRANCH ( something like an MI5), Blade's wife is killed by an international crime boss. He opts out of the game, painting on the mountain side to soothe his grief. But Blade's not the kind of man who gets to walk away. Abducted by a man he had 'killed' Blade's life turns a corner when he's contracted to take out his wife's killer. No problem right? But can Blade deal with the conditions, and consequences?...see where it goes.....
, and TO KILL A SPY, had been a wonderful experience for me in the espionage genre. Two months ago I published a book under a pseudonym in a different genre, more personal, and very fulfilling. 3 books in five years had exhausted me, but the itch to write again is working away at me. Blade Patel - One of the new characters in TO KILL A SPY
- was so much fun to develop, that I've decided to do my next book with Blade as the main protagonist. A former fraud, crook, and all round bad boy, Blade has that roguish good looks and charm that wins over the toughest critics. Having recently been inducted into South African local intelligence's DOMESTIC BRANCH ( something like an MI5), Blade's wife is killed by an international crime boss. He opts out of the game, painting on the mountain side to soothe his grief. But Blade's not the kind of man who gets to walk away. Abducted by a man he had 'killed' Blade's life turns a corner when he's contracted to take out his wife's killer. No problem right? But can Blade deal with the conditions, and consequences?...see where it goes.....
