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The Evolution of Fear
The Evolution of Fear
The Evolution of Fear
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The Evolution of Fear

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Vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker is on the run, with a price on his head. When his lover, Rania, goes missing, he begins a terrifying search with unimaginable consequences...

'Hardisty doesn't put a foot wrong in this forceful, evocative thriller... the author's deep knowledge of the settings never slows down the non-stop action, with distant echoes of a more-moral minded Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne' Maxim Jakubowski

'Remarkably well-written and sophisticated' Literary Review

'A fast-paced action thriller, beautifully written' Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography

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Claymore Straker is a fugitive with a price on his head. Wanted by the CIA for acts of terrorism he did not commit, his best friend has just been murdered and Rania, the woman he loves, has disappeared.

Betrayed by those closest to him, he must flee the sanctuary of his safe house in Cornwall and track her down. As his pursuers close in, Clay follows Rania to Istanbul and then to Cyprus, where he is drawn into a violent struggle between the Russian mafia, Greek Cypriot extremists, and Turkish developers cashing in on the tourism boom.

As the island of love descends into chaos, and the horrific truth is unveiled, Clay must call on every ounce of skill and endurance to save Rania and put an end to the unimaginable destruction being wrought in the name of profit.

Gripping, exhilarating, and above all, frighteningly realistic, The Evolution of Fear is a startling, eye-opening read that demands the question: how much is truth, and how much is fiction?

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Praise for Paul E. Hardisty

'A stormer of a thriller – vividly written, utterly topical, totally gripping' Peter James

'Just occasionally, a book comes along to restore your faith in a genre and Paul Hardisty's The Abrupt Physics of Dying does this in spades' The Times

'Trenchant and engaging' Stav Sherez, Catholic Herald

'A solid, meaty thriller – Hardisty is a fine writer and Straker is a great lead character' Lee Child

'Laces the thrills and spills with enough moral indignation to give the book heft ... excellent' Jake Kerridge, Telegraph

'Fast-paced and cleverly written, this novel has bestseller written all over it' West Australian

'Exceptional ... beautifully written, blisteringly authentic, heart-stoppingly tense and unusually moving. Definite award material' Paul Johnston

'A forceful novel by a writer not afraid of weighty issues' Maxim Jakubowski

'Searing ... at times achieves the level of genuine poetry' Publishers Weekly STARRED review

'A page-turning adventure that grabs you from the first page and won't let go' Edward Wilson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOrenda Books
Release dateApr 1, 2016
ISBN9781495627743
The Evolution of Fear
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Paul E. Hardisty

Canadian Paul E Hardisty has spent 25 years working all over the world as an engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. He has roughnecked on oil rigs in Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa. He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, and was bumped from one of the last flights out of Addis Ababa by bureaucrats and their families fleeing the rebels. In 1993 he survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a. Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The first four novels in his Claymore Straker series, The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear, Reconciliation for the Dead and Absolution all received great critical acclaim and The Abrupt Physics of Dying was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Telegraph Thriller of the Year. Paul is a sailor, a private pilot, keen outdoorsman, conservation volunteer, and lives in Western Australia.

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    The Evolution of Fear – A Stonking ThrillerPaul E. Hardisty is back with his latest book The Evolution of Fear, the follow up to his successful debut The Abrupt Physics of Dying. Wow, what a stonkingly brilliant thriller we are given, this is a solid, full on thriller and Hardisty is proving to be an excellent thriller writer.Hardisty has created a fantastic character in Claymore Straker who is a combination of Bourne and the Terminator for being literally indestructible, the charm of Bond and the diplomatic skills of Alan B’stard! What we the reader get is a thriller that is vividly written, in clear prose, that grabs you by the throat and takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions which makes this book compelling and utterly gripping.Claymore Straker is a fugitive and wanted not just by various intelligence agencies there is a price on his head from a Russian crime family. He has been accused of terrorist acts in the Middle East, he has found out his best friend has been murdered. Rania, the woman he loves, is in danger but she has disappeared and he needs to find her. He knows he has been betrayed and the world is looking for him but he needs to keep going and put an end to those who threaten him and his love.As he escapes from Cornwall he heads in to the eye of the storm and heads to Istanbul and then to both sides of the border on Cyprus. As the circle closes around Straker he needs to be careful who he trusts with his life and that of Rania, but he needs to find the reason behind why she is missing as well as too who is holding her.He has to fight his way from Istanbul to Cyprus where he comes in to contact with not only Greek and Turkish extremists but the Russian Mafia, which is never helpful. The closer Straker gets to the truth and Rania the more things tend to go sideways and he has to fall back on all his military training to survive.Like his body, he finds that Cyprus is under threat from destruction, and like any politician, what have they got to hide? There is unimaginable destruction being wrought on either side of the Green Line all in the name of money, where politics is being used as a side show to hide the truth. The Evolution of Fear is an innovative thriller that keeps the reader hooked all the way through this novel, and like Straker never gives an inch to doubt. Hardisty is wonderfully descriptive at the same time aware of the politics of the region without preaching but he is the master of the detail. I cannot express how brilliant this thriller as it is totally engrossing, drawing you in from the start and you need to roll with the punches all the way through. Hardisty gives no quarter to doubt, you will either be right behind Straker or at least fear him, who could be described quite easily as the Master of Disaster to his enemies.A brilliant sequel to The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear is an exceptional thriller with non-stop action and delivers on every level. A truly stunning thriller!

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