Check out Brad Fleming's book Role of Dishonour for $.99!
What readers are saying about Role of Dishonour:
“I love
a book that allows me to see the characters as well as feel their emotions.”
“Brad Fleming weaves a very real tale of dishonesty,
betrayal, and enemies amongst friends, collateral damage, and the horrible
stages that go along with a war within a war.”
“…an inside view to what was happening in Ireland of the
height of their troubles. But it wasn't that that grabbed me about this story.
It was the undercurrent love affair, which had an almost Romeo and Juliet feel
about it.”
“I was deeply emotionally involved with the characters.”
“I certainly recommend this story to anyone who enjoys a good
thriller/mystery/suspense. Congratulations Mr. Fleming.”
This is a fast paced thriller centered around the violent and unsteady
times of the “Troubles” in Ireland.
For generations Northern Ireland has withstood a vicious campaign of terrorist violence that has left thousands dead and countless more horribly injured. The British and Irish Governments seem powerless and to have settled for what one leading politician calls an acceptable level of violence.
There appears to be no solution to the conflict. But, when a Provisional IRA bomb kills two grandparents and a four-month-old baby on a lonely border road, four men from widely different backgrounds – a politician, a policeman, a soldier and a journalist – decide enough is enough. They embark on a daring plan to exact vengeance – and to end the Ulster Troubles once and for all.
Role of Dishonour is about violence and vengeance, treachery and treason, retribution and reward. Men die – women and children too. It’s a world where one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter. For generations the troubles in Ireland have pitted Protestant against Catholic, Unionist against Nationalist and Loyalist against Republican. There seems no end to the mindless spiral of death and destruction.
Yet the book is also a poignant love story, set against the background of one of the most beautiful pieces of earth God ever made. It’s the story of a man and a woman from different backgrounds and different worlds who find one another and tentatively begin to forge a relationship amid the chaos and despair. Are they to be star-crossed lovers or will true love triumph in the end?
There appears to be no solution to the conflict. But, when a Provisional IRA bomb kills two grandparents and a four-month-old baby on a lonely border road, four men from widely different backgrounds – a politician, a policeman, a soldier and a journalist – decide enough is enough. They embark on a daring plan to exact vengeance – and to end the Ulster Troubles once and for all.
Role of Dishonour is about violence and vengeance, treachery and treason, retribution and reward. Men die – women and children too. It’s a world where one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter. For generations the troubles in Ireland have pitted Protestant against Catholic, Unionist against Nationalist and Loyalist against Republican. There seems no end to the mindless spiral of death and destruction.
Yet the book is also a poignant love story, set against the background of one of the most beautiful pieces of earth God ever made. It’s the story of a man and a woman from different backgrounds and different worlds who find one another and tentatively begin to forge a relationship amid the chaos and despair. Are they to be star-crossed lovers or will true love triumph in the end?
Here are several excerpts from Role
of Dishonour:
“The reason you’re here is because each one of you has a certain
talent, a particular expertise which, properly directed and, properly
co-ordinated, could have a decisive effect on the situation existing in Ireland
at the present time. I must also tell you that, while the prize is great, the
risks to each one of us are considerable. I am speaking of physical risks
gentlemen. Failure could result in imprisonment for all of us–or even death!”
“He saw her then–sitting alone on a high stool at the left end of
the bar counter. Quite simply, she was the most striking woman he’d seen in a
long time. She appeared totally oblivious of his arrival and he found himself
stopping involuntarily in order to study her more closely. Dexter was not
normally so rude, or so easily impressed, but here was a woman well worthy of a
second look.”
“The events of the last 24 hours had put Northern Ireland back on
the front pages and on TV screens worldwide. Politicians from all sides were
parading in front of the cameras and microphones. Every hotel in Belfast was
packed with journalists and TV crews representing, it seemed, just about every
country in the world.”
“They awakened in each other’s arms in the half-light of the
October dawn. They made love again, more gently this time, much more slowly.
She even allowed him to lead and was content to adapt to his pace, be
subservient to his desires. It was no more than the poor man deserved after the
unforgivably blatant manner in which she had seduced him the night before.”
“People who live for their country serve it better than those who
die for it. The doctrine of an eye for an eye ultimately leaves everybody
blind.”
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HOW IT FELT TO PUBLISH MY FIRST BOOK (Brad
Fleming)
It’s a little like holding your first child. Not
quite as good, but pretty close. For a start, it took a lot longer to
create—and the blood, sweat and tears of its creation were nothing like so
pleasurable.
The satisfaction of finally seeing it in print,
however, was special. This was all my own work, a job that didn’t require a
partner, although many kind people helped in finally getting it out there.
Doctors cure patients. Mechanics mend cars.
Prospectors seek gold—and sometimes find it. Writers write—and the industrious
(and fortunate) ones get to see their book in print. It’s a warm and special
feeling, matched only on the day when someone tells you “I’ve just read your
book. I thoroughly enjoyed it; couldn’t put it down. When’s the next one due?”
Brad’s Bio:
Before becoming an author Brad Fleming was in journalism, broadcasting
and public relations all of his working life. Born in the small fishing village
of Kilkeel, Co Down, in the shadow of where the famous Mountains of Mourne
sweep down to the sea, he worked in local newspapers before moving on to a
national daily paper in Belfast. Later he broadcast on news and sport for the
BBC. In his thirties he made a career switch to join the British Government
Information Service, a job which took him to many corners of the world.
Linda, you do such a great job with your interviews!
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