Justin Collins is confronted by an eccentric detective who accuses him of complicity in killing his own wife and daughter. Justin suspects that a criminal gang is behind everything.
He embarks on a quest to find the truth piece-by-mysterious-piece, while an unknown hand attempts to stop him, threatening all that he has rebuilt. He is forced to confront his enemies, his past and his own blue fate.
Cass Tell is the pen name of an author of suspense action/thriller novels. The plots of his novels often contain underlying thought-provoking themes of love, culture, religion and worldview.
His adrenalin-driven stories contain bait-and-hook plots filled with intrigue and emotional resonance. The main characters in his books tend to be somewhat broken souls struggling against insurmountable forces. Staged in fascinating international settings, his novels always leave an after-thought and provide a unique reading experience.
Cass Tell does not want to be in public light, guards his privacy and avoids disclosing his true identity. He does most of his writing from a small village on the Costa Brava in Spain. When he is not writing he travels the world. His novels tend to be set in international settings, and he has visited most places that appear in his novels.
Cass Tell’s parents were from Europe but he spent some years attending school in the western part of the United States. After graduating from university he worked for large corporations and then started and sold a company which allowed him some financial independence. Wanting to explore other avenues, he left the business world to reflect on bigger issues and fulfil his passion for writing fiction.
During my travels around the world I’ve made a simple observation. For the most part, people are bound by their cultures. From this I’ve wondered how much control we have on what we become. And, to what extent do we chose our destiny?
William Ernest Henley in the poem Invictus said, “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” Alfred Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King said, “For man is man and master of his fate.” Is this true? While humans have the ability to make choices that produce certain outcomes, either for good or bad, to what extent are we absolute masters of our own fate?
In reality external dynamics can influence our destiny. Unforeseen events or even a chance meeting with someone can set us on a new trajectory. The choices of others can put us into predicaments we never expected. How much control do we have on our destiny, and how much of it is it in the hands of others, or even a higher being?
So, is fate something of our own choosing or is it something external?
In Squeeze, Justin Collins finds himself with an unusual dilemma. It was caused by sinister men that took over Vine Industries, and they didn’t stop there. Within this, fate has dealt Justin an unexpected hand. Now he is in an extraordinary situation that he didn’t directly choose. How does he reconcile this?