Brotherly
Love
by
Edmund
J Gubbins
Ken Flood
lived a quiet life with his wife and two daughters in Plymouth, working as a
lecturer in the University, minding his own business and relatively happy and
content. Until, that is, his brother Norman arrived unexpectedly one day asking
for help in a proposition which, to Ken, appeared to verge on an attempt pull
him into the murky waters on the edges of crime. Ken was forced to answer the
question of what is more important to him, family loyalty or straightforward
loyal citizenship? Was he to question what was being asked of him by his
brother or just help in any way he could? What happens if the activity he is
asked to undertake looks very dodgy, if not criminal to Ken?
It all
started innocently enough when Ken arrived at work one early one morning to
discover his brother Norman in his office seeking help. Ken has to decide quickly whether to
help his brother out of brotherly love or let his brother face his unknown
pursuers alone? Reluctantly Ken agrees to help and soon finds himself outside
the law being chased by people he does not know, trying to deliver a mysterious
package given to him by his brother to a man in London. Running in panic, not
know who are his enemies, who are his friends, not even whose side his brother
is on, Ken draws some of his close friends into his game, the only source of
help he can find. In a dramatic climax after fear filled weeks of running and
hiding from enemies he could not identify, Ken comes to know the truth about
his brother and how Ken has been fooled.
Ken realises
the problem is his brother and he soon believes Norman is on the other side,
though sides in this game are not easily distinguished to Ken. Finally in a fit
of loyalty, Ken decides to help his brother escape from the country only to see
him gunned down while escaping. Through this Ken finds the truth and vows never
to become involved again.
It is a story of fear, of somebody out of
their depth in a world made strange, of chance encounters with people willing
to help, of finding hidden depths behind a placid exterior and of the extent
which loyalty to ones family can led on down paths best left unexplored.
Legacy from Mary
by
Eddie Gubbins
Ken Flood is an academic and events in the wider world do not effect his way of life. He has recovered from the incident where he became involved in his brother Norman's mysterious world to go back to his quiet academic world. Then his friends Joshua and Mary die in suspicious circumstances. They have never met. The only connection there is between them, beside friendship with Ken, is a country called Mengambi. Joshua is a Mengambian studying under Ken for his Ph D. He is an outspoken critic of the present government of Mengambi. Maria undertook short courses in the country on the subject of strategic management. Suddenly Ken is caught up in the game of power exercised in Mengambi when he agreed to take Mary’s place teaching on the short courses in Mengambi. All he set out to do was find out what actually happened to his friends whether there was more to his friends deaths than had been reported. His brother asks him to keep his eyes open and gather any information he can while he is in the country. Can he survive the pressure from his employer in Mengambi and the request by his brother to gather information?
The third novel involving Ken Flood and his brother Norman is now in its first draft with only half a chapter to write. It has the working title of For The Love of Pauline.
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