The Villager

By Matt Kruze

A tranquil village.

An international conspiracy.

A predator with diabolical intentions.

Returning home to his corner of rural Buckinghamshire, former Paratrooper and Afghanistan veteran Sam Faris receives a disturbing call from his friend Celia.

Celia’s husband Andrew has descended into an emotional abyss, barely able to communicate. Desperate to identify the source of his sudden malaise, Celia turns to Sam for help.

But Andrew’s fate has been sealed. A stranger is stalking the village and in a conspiracy that will rock the very core of international security, Sam’s fellow villagers will be taken one by one until his home is rendered a ghost town.

Fresh from a brutal tour of duty in Kabul, Sam must call upon every facet of his combat experience to outwit this strange and terrifying presence. But it’s a different and more deadly arena here on his own streets, and the enemy has a chilling agenda.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matt Kruze
• Release date: Jul 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301652389

Matt Kruze

Matt Kruze is a fiction writer with a penchant for crime and mystery thrillers. Following a well-received short story, The Villager, set in his home village, Matt has since published his debut full length novel, Pursuit.Matt lives in Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom and is always happy to chat to aspiring and established writers.

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