Billy Stone is an ex-Marine and boxing champ living a lavish criminal lifestyle whilst on the run in Thailand. But, when a botched hijacking on the Burmese border leaves three men dead, Billy must make fresh alliances with a feared mafia boss, whilst trying to keep hold of a newfound love and himself out of one of the world’s toughest prisons. In this follow up to the Amazon number 1 bestseller Poisoned Saints, Billy runs headfirst into trouble whilst on a marijuana run inside the treacherous Burmese border. Back in Thailand, Billy is forced to make a new deal with a murderous crime lord whilst keeping Islamic terrorists and ruthless Russian gangsters at bay. As love unsuspectingly enters his life in the form of all American girl next door, Mel, Billy struggles to keep his gang of criminal misfits in line; Che, his old Stambro friend and struggling drug addict, Nate, a former US Marine and Compton psycho and Orly, the laid-back, weed smoking Frenchman. Can Billy keep up his affluent lifestyle whilst cultivating his newfound romance? Can Che resist the hedonistic delights of South East Asia? In the contrasting land of Buddhism and the death penalty lessons will be learnt. Billy must stay one step ahead of his past whilst out smarting the present, or be forced to Keep on Running.
Ben Coulter was born in 1980 and raised in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. He has been writing 'as long as he can remember' in one form or another. The aim with his debut novel Poisoned Saints, was to portray to the reader an authentic criminal lifestyle through the art of fiction, whilst using the regretful foundation of experience. Poisoned Saints was released at the end of last year to a pleasing on-line response. The Poisoned Saints trilogy is now complete with Keep on Running Released in May 2013 and When The Saint Comes Marching Home released in December of the same year.
Ben's fourth novel 'A SoCal Story' is set for release on the 25th of March 2016 and is available for pre-order now!
I was lucky enough to get this free after reading a tweet by the author. I'm not very good at writing reviews but here goes! I have not read anything by Ben Coulter before so didn't know what to expect but have to say that I really enjoyed this book. It was funny, shocking and sad. I would recommend it completely:-)
A great thrill ride across SE Asia. Travel with Billy from the chilled beaches and islands of Thailand, the shady jungle border with Burma as well as Laos' sleepy capital on the banks of the mighty Mekong. Don't forget the infamous Bangkok Hilton prison. Its a gritty and genuine journey with Billy and his motley crew. This, the second book of the trilogy, was my first but it won't be the last.