International high finance, war, living history and suspense linked by the veiled experience of past lives.
One man, three lives, two wars and a terrorist plot spread over three centuries. New York industrialist Charlie Parker tries to dismiss flashbacks to earlier lives as a rifleman in the Napoleonic wars and a RAF pilot in the 1940 Battle of Britain as mental aberrations. Right now he needs to concentrate on saving his youngest daughter who has been abducted by Al-Qa’ida terrorists. Taken a few weeks before the family Trust Company is holding its Centenary Celebration at Carnegie Hall. There has to be a link but so far the security forces have been unable to come up with one. But no-matter how he tries to ignore them, the flashbacks increase in intensity until he finds himself living past and present almost simultaneously. Determined to discover once and for all if any proof exists that might verify these aberrations, he flies to England to explore the area where the last life took place.
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The flames had engulfed the entire engine now and were licking back in the slipstream towards the cockpit. I could see him struggling frantically with the handles, then the entire engine cowling exploded and the cockpit disappeared in a mass of flame. ‘ Dear God, help me, help me someone, help me please.’ A terrible screaming filled my ears rising to a high keening shriek of an animal in terrible agony.
‘Oh Sweet Christ I’m coming, Gerald, I’m coming,’ I heard myself sobbing as I rammed the throttle open and dived on the flaming furnace, lining it up in my gun sights and thumbing the firing button, loosing a deadly stream of tracer from the eight Browning machine guns. The screaming stopped abruptly and seconds later what was left of the Spitfire exploded in a great ball of black and yellow flames. But I dived on, blinded by tears, oblivious and uncaring of the surrounding battle, the dreadful screams echoing in my ears, my thumb frozen on the firing button long after the magazines rattled empty
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Title: Private Lives
Author: Simon Marshland
ISBN: 978-1-905809-52-3
Genre: Literary Fiction
Pages: 254
Reviewed By: Brian Knight
Official Premium Promotional Services Rating: *****
Charlie Parker, Billy Kite and James Pewsey share more then a secret - they share the same fate.
Full of turmoil and massive confusion, Charlie attempts to deal with the death of the woman he adored and missing child. In a state of grief, he battles with his emotions while the FBI search endlessly for his kidnapped daughter. Reality mixes with improbabilities, and yet it is imperative for him to decipher right from wrong, especially when Billy Kite and James Pewsey come calling. Now it seems the truth is blurred with imagination, but he knows that neither truth nor honesty will save his child. An obsessive reality his daughter must be found is the only thing that matters.
Charlie comes from a humble middle class family. His mentor and friend while growing up is his grandpa, whom shares a lifetime of wisdom—engraved knowledge that Charlie later in life, puts into practice.
Charlie has an adventurous journey as a bachelor. He loves his single lifestyle, until one day, with just one look, his life changes forever—he falls madly in love with a beautiful young woman who shortly after becomes his wife. The tailspin affect she has on him doesn’t stop with just adoring love but through her family name changes his career and financial state forever as he soon discovers she is both gorgeous and extremely wealthy.
Together, they journey through life, but not without the unexpected times that his two friends try to take over.
“Private Lives” delivers the full range of emotions. The reader will find themselves laughing one minute and crying the next—and be ready to fight soon after. The author, Simon Marshland displays a great command of pace and character development throughout the story. Marshland entwines the multiple characters
with fascinating plots and detailed settings into a symphony that the reader will cherish. The British twist on word usage only adds to the flavor of this riveting story.
I highly recommend this intriguing tale of Charlie Parker for those who enjoy a roller coaster ride of emotions on every page. “Private Lives” is a book to keep on your shelf as you will want to read it over and over again. “Pirate Lives” is one of those novels that will surely show you something new each time you read it...and you will want to read it more then once.
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Stan became a sheriff’s deputy, married a dispatcher, and had a daughter. His wife died 7 years ago leaving him l
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