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Where in the world is Thomas Caine?

December 8, 2018 by Andrew Warren Leave a Comment

Click on the Map for an Interactive Tour of Thomas Caine’s Deadliest Missions…

There’s one thing we know for certain about betrayed assassin Thomas Caine… The man sure gets around!

My Depth Charge Co-Author Aiden L. Bailey very kindly put together this incredible interactive map of Thomas Caine’s missions.

Who is Thomas Caine? His background is classified. His past is a mystery. Until now… Just click on the map above, then select a book cover to to access the interactive PDF, and discover more about who Caine’s past, and what missions (books) you might not yet be aware of.

Normally, Thomas Caine doesn’t like being followed. But in this case, he’ll make an exception…

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Depth Charge: Location Report 1

December 3, 2018 by Andrew Warren Leave a Comment

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN…

Depth Charge, the new thriller in the Caine: Rapid Fire series, is launching soon! In my latest collaboration with author Aiden L Bailey, we had a blast taking Thomas Caine to more international locations than in any of our previous books.

While a standalone story, Depth Charge is set a short time after the events of Sandfire. Many of the characters introduced in other books in the Thomas Caine series are also brought together here for the first time.
What has been particularly exciting about this book is most of the locations have been places either Aiden or I have visited. I drew on my travels in the United States, China, Colombia and Indonesia, while Aiden drew on his experiences in Bolivia, Peru, Hawaii and Indonesia. We’ve peppered the story with scenes and sights we experienced first hand.

With the book launch only a few days away, it’s time for Part One of the Depth Charge Location Report (you can read Part Two on Aiden’s website) …

Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Formerly a British colony, Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China located just across the bay from Macau. This vibrant, densely populated and modern city is where Caine escapes after a close brush with death against the MSS.

Hong Kong is often considered the center of espionage because of its unique legal and immigration system. No visa is required for travelers from more than one hundred countries to enter Hong Kong, and unlike mainland China, there is no laws in Hong Kong that define espionage as a crime.

Caine meets up with CIA Case Officer Rebecca Freeling, and the two might have just discovered that six months of secret operations against China might just have been blown wide open.

 

Baltimore, United States

Baltimore is an important coastal city of America and located 60km northeast of Washington DC. Due to the city’s proximity to the Federal Government and the CIA headquarters, Caine has made Baltimore his home. In Depth Charge, for the first time we get to see Caine in a domestic setting, cooking a meal for the special someone in his life in his minimalist apartment. Of course, the evening doesn’t turn out how Caine expects it to…

 

Amazon, Peru

Caine and Tyler take a quick trip across South America, via a small plane piloted over the Amazon rain forest. Covering an area of 5.5 million square kilometers, the Amazon is the largest rain forest in the world and renowned for its biodiversity. Caine and Tyler spend the night in an isolated airfield in the heart of the Peruvian jungles, sharing a bungalow with thousands of insets and a python.

 

West Virginia, United States

West Virginia is famous for its beautiful pine forests and rugged mountainous terrain. The isolated nature of the state, despite its close proximity to Washington DC and the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, make it an ideal location for remote safe houses.

In Depth Charge, one such heavily secured safe houses becomes home to a Chinese defector. It is not long before the defector feels isolated, and realizes she might have just be in over her head. Rebecca Freeling has a tough job convincing the uneasy young woman that she made the right decision.

 

Xinjiang, China

The largest and remotest region in China, Xinjiang is located in the far west of the country. The landscape consists of rugged mountain ranges, sandy deserts and vast grasslands. It is home to a number of ethnic groups, including the Uyghur people who are being oppressed by the ruling Community Party, and incarcerated Chinese in ‘re-education’ camps appearing across the region.

Separatist conflicts and radical Islamic groups have plagued the region in recent years, as has terrorist attacks and clashes between the separatist and government forces.
Into the tumultuous environment, Rebecca and Tyler illegally enter Xinjiang on a rescue mission, but soon find themselves betrayed and incarcerated by the Chinese authorities.

 

Singapore

Singapore is a modern island nation in South East Asia on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It is a technological, logistics, entertainment, tourism, shipping and finance hub and a global leader in so many aspects of modern life. The cultural diversity and security of the nation make Singapore, like Hong Kong, an ideal hub for international operatives like Caine.
Caine reunites with Rebecca and Tyler in Singapore after their grueling adventures through Asia and South America. But the dynamics of their relationships have changed, and not everything is as it seems…

These are only half the amazing locations we visited in Depth Charge! At nine countries and three continents in one book, we realized this is a new record in frequent flyer mileage for Caine. To read the other half of this location report, visit Aiden L Bailey’s post at his website, www.aidenlbailey.com .

Have you read the other exciting book in the Caine: Rapid Fire series?  grab the first box set here, and get all three volumes for a bargain price!

Depth Charge launches Dec 11th, at all your favorite online ebook vendors.

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Techno-thrills with Aiden L. Bailey

May 19, 2018 by Andrew Warren Leave a Comment

We’re just a few short days away from the release of the next Caine: Rapid Fire adventure, SANDFIRE. This is my first collaboration in the Rapid Fire series, and I really enjoyed working with fellow thriller author Aiden L. Bailey. I’ve been a big fan of Aiden’s books for a while now, and I was thrilled to join forces with him to bring readers a new take on Caine and his mysterious past. I thought it would be fun to interview Aiden, and let readers see what it was like to dive into the shadowy world of betrayed assassin Thomas Caine…

ANDREW: Tell us about your experiences writing Thomas Caine. Did collaborating with another author change your writing process in any way?

AIDEN: Writing Caine was both an exciting and daunting process. On one hand Thomas Caine is such a great character and it was fun to put him through the adventure we created for him in Sandfire. I couldn’t say no to an opportunity like that. On the other hand, if I got it wrong, I’d be the guy who forever ruined the Caine series.

Caine’s character was the most challenging aspect for me in Sandfire. He’s a tough guy who brings justice to those who abuse positions of power. He’s also sensitive to the needs of people trapped in difficult situations and self-reflective to his own nature. It was about finding a balance between all aspects of his personality.

The writing process itself ran like a dream. We worked well together perhaps because we already write in similar styles and tell the same kinds of stories. We ‘got’ what each of us was trying to achieve with SANDFIRE. If one or the other didn’t like some aspect to the story, we just came out and said it. We always ended up going with the option that was best for the story and the character.
What was most helpful was watching how you revised and edited the drafts, making the language shorter, sharper and more succinct while refining Caine’s character. I’ve adapted that approach to my writing now, and I’m writing faster as a result. It was a great experience and I am grateful I had the opportunity to write in the Caine series.

On a final note, early reader feedback has been positive and encouraging, so hopefully I won’t be the guy who ruined Caine.

ANDREW: What do you think is the key to crafting a hard hitting, fast paced story in the novella format?

AIDEN: There are several elements I try to incorporate into every story I write — novels or novellas — to remain true to the conventions of the espionage action thriller genre. These included starting and ending the story with the main character so readers are immediately and always invested in the hero. End every chapter on a cliff-hanger or surprise revelation. Keep an underlying sense of danger and tension in every scene. Put the main character in situations that seem almost impossible to escape. Ensure all major characters have strong motives and that their own journeys aren’t always in alignment with any other character. Keep backstory to a minimum and when required bring it out in dialogue where I can. Lastly, transport readers into exotic locations and be creative with action sequences.

I’m never sure how well I do this, but with SANDFIRE, we worked hard to get as many of these elements into the narrative. Hopefully we succeeded.

ANDREW: Your next book, Blood Ivory, is scheduled for release shortly after Sandfire. What can you tell us about this new thriller on the horizon?

AIDEN: Blood Ivory is a short action adventure thriller novella featuring the hero Simon Ashcroft from The Benevolent Deception and The Assyrian Contraband but is set before both those adventures. There was also a strong emotional hook in the story that compelled me to write it.

Ashcroft is a former Australian Army soldier employed as a counter-terrorism officer with the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS). He’s tasked with identifying the links between Philippine terrorists and Tanzanian ivory smugglers. In East Africa he’s trying to stay dispassionate about the plight of elephants who are being slaughtered wholesale across the continent, but he can’t.

I’d seen elephants in the wild in East Africa when I traveled there, even came face to face with one in the bush without meaning too. They are incredible animals and you sense immediately that they are very intelligent and very emotional creatures, who feel and hurt and love as strongly as humans do.

In the past 100 years African elephant populations have been reduced by 97%. They are near extinction. It is such a tragedy that some people place greater value on dead tusks than they do on the value of living, caring elephants. This is the theme of Blood Ivory.

ANDREW: Tell us about your character Simon Ashcroft. What do you think sets him apart from other thriller heroes?

AIDEN: Ashcroft is an Australia soldier turned spy turned security contractor who across four books just can’t seem to find his way home to his family. He has two young daughters he barely sees and a job that is dangerous, working for incompetent people who don’t always have his back. Past missions have taken him to all the worst danger spots in Africa and Asia. But he’s not afraid to confront threats and deal with those who impart unjust misery on others. He’s a man of action often getting into difficult situation requiring creative means of escape. I like to think he has a sense of humour.

As to what sets him apart, I’m not sure. I’m probably too close to the character to give an objective view on that one.
Feedback from readers however is that Ashcroft is able to feel and express empathy but can lock those feelings completely down in dangerous situations. He isn’t haunted by his deeds like many other thriller protagonists evident in him being able to have a family despite his shadowy work. Readers have also said they find him charismatic, which is nice, and the complete opposite of the secluded stoic personality type common in this genre.

ANDREW: I’ve been a big fan of your Benevolent books since the beginning… what are your plans for this mind-bending techno-thriller series?

AIDEN: The Benevolent Series is an espionage technothriller that features Simon Ashcroft from Blood Ivory and The Assyrian Contraband.

In the first book, The Benevolent Deception, Ashcroft is assigned to find and protect Casey Irvine, a tourist on safari in Kenya. After saving her life, they discover wildlife poachers, corrupt police and even the local military have targeted Casey for assassination. She has no idea why and neither does Ashcroft.

As Ashcroft and Casey run for their lives across East Africa, a new global threat emerges. Cyberterrorists have unleashed a digital weapon known as ‘Shatterhand’. An insidious program that can command the world’s military forces, manipulate the media and impersonate the President of the United States.

The sequel and concluding novel is tentatively titled The Shatterhand Code. It’s written now and I’m going through the editing phase. There are several twists and turns to keep readers guessing right up to the last chapter as to what really has been going on over the two books. A conspiracy behind the conspiracy. I hope to release the full series towards the end of the year.

ANDREW: Both of our books feature lots of travel, and exotic locations around the world… what are some locations you plan to feature in your upcoming books? Any travel plans in your future?

AIDEN: Blood Ivory is set in Tanzania and Kenya, specifically the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Tsavo West National Park featuring shootouts with poachers and wildlife aplenty. Other scenes include an assassination in the Tanzanian city of Arusha and an confrontation at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Shatterhand Code features a chase through the slums of Mumbai, a perilous pursuit on the roof of a fast-moving train in the tropics of Western India, gun battles in the streets of Abu Dhabi, a dangerous journey across the deserts of Saudi Arabia and paramilitary action in the tropical scrub of northern Australia, to mention a few locations. I try to make exotic locations feel as real as I can, while simultaneously looking for what is unusual or unique about each place, then sharing those experiences with readers.

Although I have no travel plans for the immediate future, I do plan to return to Africa one day and see the places I missed last time I went. About half the ideas I have for adventure thriller novels are set in that continent, so it’s not really surprising I’m eager to return.

ANDREW: I know we’re both big Ian Fleming fans, and you asked me about my favorite Bond novel. Now it’s my turn… What is your favorite Bond novel, and what scene stands out for you the most?

AIDEN: While Live and Let Die was the first Bond novel I read in my teenage years, and it left a lasting impression, I would have to say Dr No is my favorite novel. The scene where Bond battles the squid was so unexpected, surreal and typically Bond. I don’t know why that scene hasn’t been adapted into one of the films yet, but I can see why in 1962 when the Dr No film was made it would be near impossible to do with the technology available at the time.
Incidentally, the squid scene heavily influenced a sequence in The Assyrian Contraband where Simon Ashcroft comes head to head with a bull shark.

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SANDFIRE releases May 22nd, and will be free in Kindle Unlimited. You can check out the other Caine books HERE.

You can learn about Aiden L. Bailey and his books at his website, HERE, and his Amazon Page, HERE.

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CAINE: RAPID FIRE

January 7, 2018 by Andrew Warren 2 Comments

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your 2018 is off to a great start. I’m particularly excited because next month, I’m not only launching a new book… I’m also starting a new series featuring betrayed assassin Thomas Caine!

Introducing:

CAINE: RAPID FIRE

Rapid fire reads… Rapid fire action!

The Caine: Rapid Fire series will consist of short, action-packed novellas.  Each book will focus on a story from Caine’s early career in the CIA’s Special Operations Group, as well as the period of exile after his betrayal. I may also feature some stories about his allies and enemies, like Jack Tyler, Officer Mariko Murase, Rebecca Freeling, and others.

I’ll still be writing novel length Thomas Caine thrillers as well, but the Rapid Fire series will cover the gaps in between. Think more books like Devil’s Due… quick shots of literary adrenaline!

In fact, Devil’s Due is going to be re-branded as Caine: Rapid Fire Book 1. I have a new cover on the way, and I can’t wait for you to check it out. But in the meantime, take a look at the cover and blurb for Caine: Rapid Fire Book 2: COLD KILL!

Caine returns in an action-packed, lightening fast read. Cold Kill is a quick shot of literary adrenaline…

Thomas Caine is being hunted.

To protect a friend, the vengeful assassin has taken on a sinister branch of the Russian Mafia. Blood has been spilled, and these ruthless gangsters know better than anyone that revenge is a dish best served cold.

Caine soon finds himself captured in the frozen mountains of Siberia. With no equipment, no supplies, and no weapons, he must survive in this icy wasteland, as a team of Russian mercenaries hunts him down. These expert killers are led by an infamous manhunter known as The Iron Wolf… a ruthless Spetsnaz commander who collects trophies from his human prey.

Can Caine outwit this lethal pack, and prove himself the ultimate predator in a ghastly game of death?

On the hunt for a new thriller? Set your sights on Thomas Caine… This 142 page novella takes place before Tokyo Black, and features a fast-paced adventure from Caine’s past.

Cold Kill take place before Tokyo Black, and picks up a few months after the events of Devil’s Due. Caine will have his hands full as he struggles to survive the bitter cold of Siberia, and the vicious hunting party on his tail!

I also plan to to use the Caine: Rapid Fire series to do some collaborating with other authors whose work I respect and enjoy. I reached out to the author who wrote my favorite thriller of last year, we are working together on Rapid Fire book 3!  We’ve already begun outlining the story, and I get goose bumps just thinking about it. This author I and share similar literary and thriller influences, and I know he will knock it out of the park…

So keep your eyes peeled. Cold Kill is launching next month, and I’ll have more details coming soon! Let me know in the comments what adventures or characters you’d like to see pop up next in Caine: Rapid Fire…

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Thriller Author Interview: Ty Patterson

September 11, 2017 by Andrew Warren 4 Comments

Ty Patterson is the USA Today best selling author of the Warrior action-thriller series, featuring special forces operative Zeb Carter, along with a fantastic cast of quirky and fascinating supporting characters. Many of these characters have gone on to star in spin-off projects of their own.  Ty is known for having an amazing connection with his readers, and he seems to have a knack for writing exactly what they want to read next! I’ve been a fan of Ty’s writing, and his exemplary work ethic, for a long time. So, I’m thrilled and honored to present an interview with Ty himself. I hope you all enjoy it!

Tell us about yourself… how did you become a writer?  What other writers influenced you?

I have always been writing, short pieces of fiction or humor, that got published in various magazines. What pushed me into writing longer stories, thrillers, was a combination of events. I found myself spending a lot of time on social media, which got my better half to challenge me to put my time to better use 😊. The other was that, I had started writing bits and pieces of a particular story, which started coming together, and became The Warrior.

I am heavily influenced by thriller writers, which I guess is understandable, since I love and write in that genre. Joseph Finder, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Dashiel Hammett, Robert Crais. Greg Rucka, are some of my go-to authors. Your books, Andrew, are great reads as well, and I never fail to watch out for your latest releases.

Another author, Louis L’Amour, not strictly a thriller author, has been a great influence as well.

What led you to create Zeb Carter? As a character, What do you think makes Zeb so popular with your readers?

That’s a very good question. I was very keen to not create just another loner hero, when I started writing. Therefore, I made Zeb to be the lead operative of a team. I think what appeals to my readers is that interesting dynamic: Zeb is a loner, but heads a team. He is not much of a conversationalist, but his crew are witty, and love pulling his leg.

His intense loyalty to his team, and to his country, without being jingoistic, is also what makes him popular.

How long did it take you to become a best selling author? Did achieving that success change anything for you in terms of your writing process, or that kind of books you write?

A long time, Andrew 😊. I, like many new authors, was certain that The Warrior, my first book, would be a mega bestseller. I was confident that Hollywood would come calling in the first week.

Reality hit me a few months later. It made me realize that the power dynamic was firmly in the readers’ hands, not in mine. All I could do was write the kind of stories that they needed to hear.

I hit the USA Today Bestselling List, last June, with Zero. That was my eight book, a good three years after The Warrior.

I think a lot of authors think that indie publishing is a race. It isn’t. It is a journey.

What I write hasn’t fundamentally changed since I first started out. I still write action thrillers, but I have started releasing more often. I have a year long release schedule, which means there’s a new book by me, out there, every quarter.

It is the non-writing parts of indie publishing that I have had to learn. Professional book covers, a good editor, meeting deadlines, managing a reader list…. those are as important, if not more so, than the stories themselves.

In 2015, I also started a new series, the Gemini Series, featuring twins, Beth and Meghan Petersen. They are part of Zeb’s crew, but I wanted them to have their own stories.

Those books are more in the detective/private investigator genre. I wanted to attract a different audience with those books, and also not have all my eggs in the action thriller basket, which was why I started that series. Those books are coming along well.

Based your body of work, you must be an incredibly prolific writer! Tell us about your writing process… do you write every day? Do you set a word count target? What tools do you find indispensable for your work?

I write every day except on weekends and when on vacation. My word count target is 2k a day. That is an achievable target for me. I could write more, but that would have an impact on other parts of my work day. I self-edit as I write, so that when I complete a book, it is good to go to my external editor.

In terms of tools, I am pretty backward. I use MS Word for my writing, and that’s pretty much it!

When writing, I turn off all devices, except for the radio. Soft music in the background is my companion.

What do you think are the key ingredients of a page-turning spy thriller?  What do you look for when you read for your own pleasure?

I think in terms of three Ps. Person, Plot, and Pace.

Person – a protagonist readers can identify with. For me, that’s someone strong, but at the same time, sensitive. A protagonist who has a strong moral code but accepts that life isn’t black or white.

Plot – something believable. I like books which are set in contemporary times, and write on the same lines. For example, terrorism, financial fraud, cyber terrorism, those are all current hot themes anywhere in the world. The books I read have a lot of those themes.

Pace – this is what makes me continue reading a book or give up. I love books in which something happens in each chapter. In action or spy thrillers, the ‘something’ is usually a confrontation, a set back, a pivot.

Describing how paint dries, wouldn’t hold my attention 😊.

Which reminds me, I don’t like books that are crammed with technical details – such as descriptions of weapons, or rate of fire. I find such details interfere with the flow of story.

I go back to Louis L’Amour whenever I have to describe an ideal book. His Westerns had the three Ps in ample!

How did you get involved with self-publishing?  What do you think the future of publishing will be for independent writers like yourself?

I never even considered going to trad publishers or agents. I disliked the idea of sending hundreds of emails and waiting for someone to bite.

Indie publishing suits me. I am a person who likes to be in control of my own destiny. Self publishing allows me that freedom. I can choose which editors or cover designers to work with. I set my own writing schedule. I am beholden only to my readers.

I think indie publishing is here to stay. The line between trad and self-publishing are blurring. What I mean by that is, readers, now accept that there is a kind of author who publish their own work.

Frankly, readers are caring less and less whether a book is trad or indie publishing. It is the content that matters.

Now, what that means, is that indie authors will have to up their game. Market forces will demand that the books they put out look as good as what trad publishers release.

Covers, blurbs, proof-reading, editing – all those matter now.

The indie authors who neglect all those aspects will not succeed in the long run.

In terms of the long term, I think indie and trad publishing will co-exist. Trad publishers will not become extinct. They play an important role in the publishing eco-system. They can get books into physical stores – something indie publishers aren’t able to do as a group.

I also think indie authors will start getting more respect from our trad peers. After all, we don’t have a support system behind us. Our success is totally down to us, and not to a ‘brand name’ publisher.

You have an incredibly dedicated and engaged fanbase… what advise would you give new authors on building, nurturing, and engaging with their audience?

I don’t engage as much as I would like with my fan base. That said, my suggestion would be create a fan base in the first place. That starts with something as simple as a mailing list.

Then, cultivate that fanbase. Share exclusive content with those readers. Get them to engage in return. Conduct polls. Ask them to suggest character or place names. Acknowledge those readers in your book.

Believe me, if a reader can hold a book up and find herself or himself in the acknowledgements page – that’s gold dust. Those readers will go a long way towards supporting you.

No author should forget that, for all the Facebook ads we run, for all the sponsored mailing lists we can get on to, word-of-mouth is the greatest tool at our disposal.

If an author gets a dedicated fan base – that’s word-of-mouth multiplied several times over.

What’s upon next for you and your writing?  Do you plan to stick with action thrillers, or are there other genres you would like to tackle? Any other projects or endeavors you’d like to highlight?

I am thinking of starting a new SciFi series. The interesting thing is I don’t like scifi that deals with aliens or interstellar warfare. I am sure it will sound sacrilegious to many, but Star Trek does nothing for me 😊.

So my SciFi series will be action thrillers, set in the future. A bit like J.D. Robb’s In Death series, but without the romance, and with more action.

Right now, all I have got is a working title. I am still working on a release schedule. I am thinking of publishing either late this year, or early next year.

The title will be, The Last Gunfighter of Space 😊.

If you could be any hero of the spy thriller genre for a day, who would you choose and why?

Andrew, I used to repair large diesel engines, when I started my career. I sold tea to street-side stalls. I exported luxury leather products. I sold software. Now, I write thrillers.

The point is, my characters have their own lives, and I have mine. I don’t have much interest in living their lives 😊.

And on that cop-out answer, thank you so much for interviewing me.

I’d like to thank Ty for making the time for this interview.  He’s a great writer who has earned his success, and a fantastic guy as well!  If you’d like to learn more about Ty Patterson and his books, please visit his website HERE.

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Fire and Forget: Location Report #2

August 25, 2017 by Andrew Warren Leave a Comment

I’m thrilled to report that work on Fire and Forget (the new Thomas Caine thriller) is coming along well.  I’m a little more than two thirds of the way through, which means I’ve hit another milestone… So it’s time for another location report!

KHARTOUM, SUDAN

The Republic of  Sudan is the third largest country in Africa.  It is a primarily Muslim country, and in 2011, it’s president officially sanctioned the implementation of Sharia Law.  Khartoum, the nation’s capitol, sits at the meeting point between the White Nile, which flows north from Uganda, and the Blue Nile, which flows west from Ethiopia. The two Niles meet near the Tuti Bridge, and form the singular Nile River, which continues north into Egypt.

The Tuti Bridge is not far from one of the city’s most famous landmarks, the opulent Corinthia Hotel. This modern, egg shaped structure is a luxurious five star hotel, and Caine stays there during his time in the city.  But the decadent, towering hotel is a far cry from the poverty in the surrounding neighborhoods of the area.

TUTI ISLAND, SUDAN

Tuti Bridge crosses the Nile, and leads to Tuti Island (of course). This ancient farming community actually predates the city of Khartoum, and its inhabitants have preserved their way of life there for centuries. Before the bridge was constructed, farmers had to take boats and ferries across the river to deliver their crops and produce. To this day, the farms on the island still provide most of the fruits and vegetables in Khartoum.

Caine visits an old contact there, who uses the sparsely populated island as a secure meeting spot. While there, he is treated to a savory feast of local dishes, including one of my favorites, kofta, a blend of spiced beef and lamb…

MALAKAL AND EZ ZERAF, SOUTH SUDAN

From the dark alleys and vibrant spice markets of Khartoum, Caine travels south, to the war-torn city of Malakal, South Sudan.

After a brief stop is this barely recovered war zone (which is actually the second largest city in South Sudan) Caine soon finds himself on the move once again. When his stolen truck runs out of gas, he and his ally must travel by foot past the Ez Zeraf game reserve. This protected area is home to numerous wild animals, including tapir, elephants, and even lions.

Well, that’s all for now! Once I finish the first draft (hopefully not long from now) I’ll post my final location report, and announce a reveal date for the new cover!

Until then, have a great weekend, and keep reading!

Thank you,

Andrew Warren

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