What do you think?
Rate this book
The Daniel Series #2
Challenge
Lt. Cmd. Daniel Dawes RN, Lt Lauren Greer RN and their lover Bonny McAdam, have recently escaped conflict in their homeland. Bonny and Daniel have created an idyllic love nest in a cottage on the banks of the River Dart. Lauren is an instructor at the nearby Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth. Daniel flies SeaKing Helicopters from RNAS Culdrose. Bonny is studying at Exeter University. The three are about to be drawn into a far away war and an adventure that will challenge and change their lives forever.
The year is 1982. In Argentina the Military Junta, led by General Galtieri, is losing its grip and fears it will overthrown by a popular uprising. A distraction is needed to take the people’s eyes off the border war with Chile and the violent repression by the state security police. The long-standing dispute over ownership of a small group of islands in the South Atlantic offers such a distraction.
In Britain the Conservative government of Mrs Thatcher is also in political trouble. Her radical policies have made her the most hated Prime Minister on record. John Nott, the Minister of Defence, announces a huge cut in defence spending. The fundraising is aimed at offering the electorate a big tax cut bribe before the next election. The Royal Navy is the prime target and most of its large ships are to be sold off. The two aircraft carriers, HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible will be passed to their new owners by December 1982, along with landing ships, support vessels and many smaller warships. The Royal Navy is to be reduced to inshore defence and fisheries protection. This is the most radical defence cut ever attempted by a British Government.
These announcements, and the notice that HMS Endurance is to be recalled from her South Atlantic Falklands base, do not go unnoticed in Argentina. Britain will no longer have the capability to defend the Falklands and Argentina will have the glory of retaking the Malvinas. Plans are made to invade in December 1982.
However a misunderstood piece of intelligence deceives the Argentineans. A movement order to a Royal Navy atomic submarine in the Mediterranean is understood to be redeployment to the South Atlantic. They panic and bring forward invasion plans. They must invade now at the end of March. They calculate that Britain won’t resist. Are not all the signs clear? They are disbanding their once mighty navy and HMS Endurance is gone. Galtieri says: ‘We must strike now for the glory of the motherland.’ He hopes to keep power a little longer.
This novel deals with adult themes and is aimed at mature open-minded men and women who enjoy reading of thrills and romance set amid meaningful eye-opening historical realism. David Rory O’Neill, Cork, Ireland. 2012.
The year is 1982. In Argentina the Military Junta, led by General Galtieri, is losing its grip and fears it will overthrown by a popular uprising. A distraction is needed to take the people’s eyes off the border war with Chile and the violent repression by the state security police. The long-standing dispute over ownership of a small group of islands in the South Atlantic offers such a distraction.
In Britain the Conservative government of Mrs Thatcher is also in political trouble. Her radical policies have made her the most hated Prime Minister on record. John Nott, the Minister of Defence, announces a huge cut in defence spending. The fundraising is aimed at offering the electorate a big tax cut bribe before the next election. The Royal Navy is the prime target and most of its large ships are to be sold off. The two aircraft carriers, HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible will be passed to their new owners by December 1982, along with landing ships, support vessels and many smaller warships. The Royal Navy is to be reduced to inshore defence and fisheries protection. This is the most radical defence cut ever attempted by a British Government.
These announcements, and the notice that HMS Endurance is to be recalled from her South Atlantic Falklands base, do not go unnoticed in Argentina. Britain will no longer have the capability to defend the Falklands and Argentina will have the glory of retaking the Malvinas. Plans are made to invade in December 1982.
However a misunderstood piece of intelligence deceives the Argentineans. A movement order to a Royal Navy atomic submarine in the Mediterranean is understood to be redeployment to the South Atlantic. They panic and bring forward invasion plans. They must invade now at the end of March. They calculate that Britain won’t resist. Are not all the signs clear? They are disbanding their once mighty navy and HMS Endurance is gone. Galtieri says: ‘We must strike now for the glory of the motherland.’ He hopes to keep power a little longer.
This novel deals with adult themes and is aimed at mature open-minded men and women who enjoy reading of thrills and romance set amid meaningful eye-opening historical realism. David Rory O’Neill, Cork, Ireland. 2012.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2011
3 people want to read
About the author
David Rory O'Neill
33 books8 followersBorn and raised in Belfast until troubles and tribal violence drove him away, David grew to be a non-conformist wanderer. He found peace and his true calling as a storyteller in the Irish tradition and now lives in a vast art and book filled house on the side of the Galtee mountains in Ireland. Beloved-Brigitte and a cat with issues called Bobby, share his life here. David Rory O'Neill has written fourteen novels and more are bubbling and brewing.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
October 16, 2022
A group of seven children from Stillwater County go on a trip to Granite Peak. Something they have done before but this time the trip turns into a dangerous twist and they all wonder if they can survive the mountains which are noted to have bears. One of the children is a diabetic and will the insulin pump last?
The parents along with the Forest Rangers form a search party after they have not returned home the first night. The second night more then 100 rescue trained professionals are looking and now the growing fear of are they alive or hurt is one everyones mind. They think they might of seen them but it is now dark and not in an easy area to reach. They think they might of seen something and so they throw down more then twelve backpacks of food, water, blankets, first aid kits and several insulin pumps. Luckily, one of them, Juliet is lucky to climb a dangerous tree and get some of the packages for them. They are now comfortable and decide they can rest a little easier that night.
By the third day the along with the National Guard they are all rescued and considering what they went thru only one of the boys suffered a leg injury, the other was treated for his diabetic condition but was ok.
On the one year anniversary so much has changed for each family, one of the boys fathers had died which was not a surprise as he had been lingering on. Another is having a baby while and will be getting a divorce. Another has moved to Denver to be closer to her family with one of her sons while the other son is working on a ranch for the summer. Another of the mothers is thinking of getting married and yet another couple who had divorced seem to each be moving on.
Losing a child can be a life changing event but even though they all survived each of the families impacted have suffered in different ways. Easy and fast read.
The parents along with the Forest Rangers form a search party after they have not returned home the first night. The second night more then 100 rescue trained professionals are looking and now the growing fear of are they alive or hurt is one everyones mind. They think they might of seen them but it is now dark and not in an easy area to reach. They think they might of seen something and so they throw down more then twelve backpacks of food, water, blankets, first aid kits and several insulin pumps. Luckily, one of them, Juliet is lucky to climb a dangerous tree and get some of the packages for them. They are now comfortable and decide they can rest a little easier that night.
By the third day the along with the National Guard they are all rescued and considering what they went thru only one of the boys suffered a leg injury, the other was treated for his diabetic condition but was ok.
On the one year anniversary so much has changed for each family, one of the boys fathers had died which was not a surprise as he had been lingering on. Another is having a baby while and will be getting a divorce. Another has moved to Denver to be closer to her family with one of her sons while the other son is working on a ranch for the summer. Another of the mothers is thinking of getting married and yet another couple who had divorced seem to each be moving on.
Losing a child can be a life changing event but even though they all survived each of the families impacted have suffered in different ways. Easy and fast read.
Displaying 1 of 1 review