Echo Blue

by Mark Mannock

Are you safe?...

Nicholas Sharp receives a mysterious phone call from Jack Greatrex… then Greatrex disappears.
In a hunt that takes him through South America, Texas, the mountains of Northern Spain and eventually the Middle East, Sharp encounters world renowned environmental activist Captain Deagan Jones from the notorious Crimson Wave. As Sharp uncovers a chain of complex deceptions, Jones’ teenage son is kidnapped. The stakes never higher, the ex-Marine sniper turned musician fights to prevent an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe with unimaginable consequences.


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382 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2023

About the author

Mark Mannock was born in Melbourne, Australia. He has had an extensive career in the music industry including supporting, recording with or writing for Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, The Eurythmics, Irene Cara and David Hudson. His recorded work with Lia Scallon has twice been long-listed for Grammy Awards.
As a composer/songwriter Mark’s music has been used across the world in countless television and theatre contexts, including the ‘American Survivor’ TV series and ‘Sleuth’ playwright Anthony Shaffer’s later productions.
Mark has also been active in music education across Australia promoting student’s ownership and voice in their own educational music journeys. He has won several awards for his endeavours in this area.
Mark is presently writing the successful ‘Nicholas Sharp’ thriller series about a disillusioned former US sniper whose past plagues him as he makes his way in the contemporary music industry. Sharp is a man whose insatiable curiosity and embedded moral compass lead him to places he ought not go. The series is currently read in over 50 countries.
Mark is also writing the new Lachlan Byrn Thriller series. Is Byrn an assassin, vigilante or serial killer?
Mark lives in Kettering, Tasmania with his family. His travels around the globe act as inspirations for his writing.
Mark enjoys hearing from his readers, so please feel free to contact him.

Reviews

[Ralph Phares · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicholas Sharp can find himself in some pretty convoluted scenarios and this one is undoubtedly a whopper. His friend, Teddy Best, an ardent environmentalist, stumbles upon some worrisome evidence of sabotage, demolition cord, that could result in serious environmental damage by blowing the underwater crude oil and gas pipelines. But this friend doesn't return home. His wife calls Nick, hoping he can help. When Nick arrives in Guyana, the wife, Amanda, has disappeared as well.

Alarmed, Nick calls in his close friend and help, Jack Greatrex, and together they go in search of Teddy. What they uncover is a nefarious plot by middle eastern oil magnates to eliminate all offshore oil exploration by sabotaging the oil wells and transmission pipelines. This is done with the willing help of a off-books black-ops group called Compass Black. It also involves imbedding subversive elements into Crimson Wave, one of the largest pro-environmental groups in the world, as well as kidnapping and holding hostage the teenage son of its chief office holder, Captain Deagan Jones. All of this leads us to the climax in the Gulf of Mexica where a Mexican Standoff of sorts plays out. Just a note here, there will be NO spoiler here. Just suffice it to say that if you aren't glued to your seat, unable to put down this book by the mid point, you will definitely be welded to it by the three-quarters point and seeking sleep by the ending pages! But you'll keep going. I know you will. I did!

[Sherie Miklas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicholas Sharp and Jack Greatrex are together again to stop a planned environmental disaster with global consequences. There are so many twists and turns that I never saw coming. If you love a chase scene, this book has them on steroids. There’s a couple of helicopter chases that had me holding my breath, but the chase in the Gulf of Mexico during a raging storm had my stomach churning. I could feel the swells of the ocean while they raced against the clock. I couldn’t put this one down.

[Christmas Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the opening scene - a stomach churning journey - you can actually feel the shock - to the last chapter - it's a wild ride that keeps the onion layers peeling. The helo scene is brilliant.
Highly Recommended.

[Tg · Rating 5 out of 5]

In every way, this book was absolutely sensational. Action, grit, suspense, excitement, style, and superb writing. If you read only one book this year, make sure it’s the original Echo Blue by Mark Mannock.

[Eleanor Andersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is the first book I've read by this author, but it won't be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, action from start to finish, and edge of the seat page turner.