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R B and The Committee #1
Hell's Fury
She lies in an Afghani prison cell, disowned by the CIA and regularly tortured. Seven months into her prison term, a lone operator stages a daring extraction. But who is Decker, the mysterious man behind her rescue?
He claims to represent The Committee, an international group made up of ex-professionals from the CIA, FBI, Interpol, MI5, Scotland Yard, Mossad and ASIS; a private organization that serves and protects where the current intelligence or justice agencies fall short.
Decker also claims to know her long-dead father, and brings to the table an offer she can’t refuse; “Go on one mission, and I’ll tell you about your father’s secret life.”
Her assignment: John Hope. Her orders: kill him.
He claims to represent The Committee, an international group made up of ex-professionals from the CIA, FBI, Interpol, MI5, Scotland Yard, Mossad and ASIS; a private organization that serves and protects where the current intelligence or justice agencies fall short.
Decker also claims to know her long-dead father, and brings to the table an offer she can’t refuse; “Go on one mission, and I’ll tell you about your father’s secret life.”
Her assignment: John Hope. Her orders: kill him.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2012
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P.D. Martin
19 books137 followersP.D. Martin--Phillipa Deanne Martin--was born in Melbourne, Australia, and developed a passion for crime fiction and storytelling at an early age. This interest was backed up with formal education through a bachelor of behavioral sciences (with majors in psychology and criminology) and a postgraduate certificate in professional writing (creative writing).
Phillipa also writes children's and young adult fiction under Pippa Dee.
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April 7, 2015
The pain she felt was intense – she was sure her ribs were cracked as shallow breathing was all she could manage. But when she heard footsteps outside her cell she was determined to inflict some kind of injury before being tortured again. In the darkness she found the door and waited – the surprise she felt; the relief when she realized it was a rescue and not more torture that awaited her washed over her in waves. But she didn’t relax, couldn’t relax until she was sure she was safe…but would she ever be safe?
After being abandoned by the CIA to seven months in the Afghanistan prison where she was terrorised, tortured and raped, Ally didn’t trust the man named Decker and his information about the Committee. But the offer of three months in Paris to recover while she thought on Decker’s offer of a job as a freelance operator for the Committee, no strings attached, was tempting. The catalyst was the fact that Decker had information on her long dead father – information she was desperate to learn. But would she be able to do what they required of her? Before Afghanistan probably not, but now? Who knew… She only knew she would never be the same person she once was; her soul was shattered, her spirit broken…
I thoroughly enjoyed Hell’s Fury by Aussie author P.D. Martin. A psychological thriller with a brilliant plot, the incredible pace and gritty content wouldn’t let me put the book down. This is the first in a new series by this author, "RB and the Committee #1". I have loved all her previous work (Sophie Anderson series) and this one didn’t disappoint. I have no hesitation in highly recommending Hell’s Fury, and can’t wait for the next installment to be published.
After being abandoned by the CIA to seven months in the Afghanistan prison where she was terrorised, tortured and raped, Ally didn’t trust the man named Decker and his information about the Committee. But the offer of three months in Paris to recover while she thought on Decker’s offer of a job as a freelance operator for the Committee, no strings attached, was tempting. The catalyst was the fact that Decker had information on her long dead father – information she was desperate to learn. But would she be able to do what they required of her? Before Afghanistan probably not, but now? Who knew… She only knew she would never be the same person she once was; her soul was shattered, her spirit broken…
I thoroughly enjoyed Hell’s Fury by Aussie author P.D. Martin. A psychological thriller with a brilliant plot, the incredible pace and gritty content wouldn’t let me put the book down. This is the first in a new series by this author, "RB and the Committee #1". I have loved all her previous work (Sophie Anderson series) and this one didn’t disappoint. I have no hesitation in highly recommending Hell’s Fury, and can’t wait for the next installment to be published.
August 24, 2012
Hell's Fury marks the explosive debut of CIA-turned-freelance assassin and operative RB…or should I say Ally Logan? Or is it the chain-smoking Jane Calloway? The elusive Mrs. Paige?
It's difficult to say because, in her latest novel, PD Martin has introduced a dark, mysterious heroine with a murky past, a violent present, and an uncertain future.
Rescued after seven months of torture and imprisonment in an Afghani prison by the shadowy group known only as the Committee, Ally--as we know her through most of the novel--struggles to find her way in an unfamiliar and dangerous world where old allies have abandoned her and new compatriots may prove to be as trustworthy and dangerous as the criminals she hunts down. Ally's talent as a skilled covert agent are often the only thing keeping her alive…and Martin puts those skills on display often in scenes as thrilling as they are powerful.
In telling Ally's tale, Martin doesn't shirk from the hard questions, dealing head-on with tough personal subjects such as her heroine's challenges with PTSD, mental trauma, and sexual abuse. Societal issues such as human trafficking and corruption are also addressed unflinchingly; there are no vanilla bad guys or easy-on-the-conscience, man from U.N.C.L.E. missions here.
Pick up a copy of Hell's Fury and give Ally and The Committee your time. You won't be sorry…as long as you don't get on Ally's bad side.
It's difficult to say because, in her latest novel, PD Martin has introduced a dark, mysterious heroine with a murky past, a violent present, and an uncertain future.
Rescued after seven months of torture and imprisonment in an Afghani prison by the shadowy group known only as the Committee, Ally--as we know her through most of the novel--struggles to find her way in an unfamiliar and dangerous world where old allies have abandoned her and new compatriots may prove to be as trustworthy and dangerous as the criminals she hunts down. Ally's talent as a skilled covert agent are often the only thing keeping her alive…and Martin puts those skills on display often in scenes as thrilling as they are powerful.
In telling Ally's tale, Martin doesn't shirk from the hard questions, dealing head-on with tough personal subjects such as her heroine's challenges with PTSD, mental trauma, and sexual abuse. Societal issues such as human trafficking and corruption are also addressed unflinchingly; there are no vanilla bad guys or easy-on-the-conscience, man from U.N.C.L.E. missions here.
Pick up a copy of Hell's Fury and give Ally and The Committee your time. You won't be sorry…as long as you don't get on Ally's bad side.
June 12, 2012
Being a bit of a fan of thriller's, I was very intrigued by PD Martin's HELL'S FURY. Not just because it has a central female protagonist, and there simply aren't enough good, strong female characters in thriller fiction (particularly spy or military style thrillers), but also because there's a very current story thread at the central core - a CIA operative captured by the Taliban, disowned by the CIA, saved with a price to pay for that rescue.
I was possibly less intrigued by the concept of "The Committee", being somewhat twitchy about mercenary, outside the law, retribution based story lines. A personal prejudice made somewhat more edgy by the sex trafficking of young children story line, which to be frank, I was a bit twitchy could possibly been seen as a good justification for mercenary activities. HELL'S FURY, however, neatly avoids the traps of those threads, partially because Martin has created some complex backgrounds for her main characters, fudging a lot of the black and white, and partially because "The Committee" aspects are very much in the background.
It also does not hurt one little bit that this is a very fast paced, action packed book, with character depth and a strong, believable female lead who isn't just an energiser bunny. The post-traumatic stress that she is dealing with on a daily basis as a result of her capture and torture by the Taliban creates an interesting arena for Martin to play with. Rather than the dreaded fem-jep scenario, what we sometimes have here is a woman who has to deal with flashbacks, lost moments, recall that impacts at the worst possible times, that doesn't necessarily place her completely in jeopardy, but is something that she has to be aware of, take into account.
All of the operatives actions are supported by a lot of high-tech wizardry, all of which was used with great effect, and came across as very plausible and realistic. There's also some excellent dialogue and interaction between characters, and some nice touches of empathy and genuine compassion. The action mostly takes part in the US, and the book has probably been styled (grammar / spelling etc) with that marketplace in mind, but there should be no concern for readers from any part of the world feeling displaced. Best of all HELL'S FURY seems to be hinting at the possibility of an ongoing series, which I for one am rather hopeful is the case. There's nothing I like more than a personal prejudice being given a bit of a going over by a book like HELL'S FURY.
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I was possibly less intrigued by the concept of "The Committee", being somewhat twitchy about mercenary, outside the law, retribution based story lines. A personal prejudice made somewhat more edgy by the sex trafficking of young children story line, which to be frank, I was a bit twitchy could possibly been seen as a good justification for mercenary activities. HELL'S FURY, however, neatly avoids the traps of those threads, partially because Martin has created some complex backgrounds for her main characters, fudging a lot of the black and white, and partially because "The Committee" aspects are very much in the background.
It also does not hurt one little bit that this is a very fast paced, action packed book, with character depth and a strong, believable female lead who isn't just an energiser bunny. The post-traumatic stress that she is dealing with on a daily basis as a result of her capture and torture by the Taliban creates an interesting arena for Martin to play with. Rather than the dreaded fem-jep scenario, what we sometimes have here is a woman who has to deal with flashbacks, lost moments, recall that impacts at the worst possible times, that doesn't necessarily place her completely in jeopardy, but is something that she has to be aware of, take into account.
All of the operatives actions are supported by a lot of high-tech wizardry, all of which was used with great effect, and came across as very plausible and realistic. There's also some excellent dialogue and interaction between characters, and some nice touches of empathy and genuine compassion. The action mostly takes part in the US, and the book has probably been styled (grammar / spelling etc) with that marketplace in mind, but there should be no concern for readers from any part of the world feeling displaced. Best of all HELL'S FURY seems to be hinting at the possibility of an ongoing series, which I for one am rather hopeful is the case. There's nothing I like more than a personal prejudice being given a bit of a going over by a book like HELL'S FURY.
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August 11, 2012
P.D. Martin has launched this ebook as the first in a series of new spy (assassin) thrillers. I admire the author not only because she has really credible female central characters but because she sets her stories in the U.S.A., which is no mean feat when you live in Australia. The gamble has clearly paid off (as it did for Matthew Reilly with his American heroes). Her Sophie Anderson series is sold in many countries overseas, including North America. In Hell’s Fury the heroine is American (whereas Sophie Anderson is an Australian working overseas) so P.D. Martin has taken great care with the heroine’s dialogue to ensure she sounds authentically American.
The heroine is a spy who goes by many names and has many disguises, but is called Ally for most of the book. We first meet her imprisoned and tortured in Afghanistan. The horror of her life there comes across so well, and we learn more about her torment through the many flashbacks she experiences later in the story. Ally is broken free from her hell-hole by another assassin who works for an organisation called The Committee, whose high-profile members clean up the messes that the top U.S. security agencies have failed to do. Recently there has been a resurgence of assassin/spy thrillers coming from the U.S.(Vince Flynn, David Baldacci etc) and P.D. Martin has expertly tapped into this popular style of fiction.
Because The Committee is unsure how Ally will cope with her first mission since her imprisonment, they give her an easy hit: a smuggler of young women and underage girls who are forced into prostitution. The author conveys the brutality and drug-haze of their sad lives most poingnantly and I found myself willing Ally to save the girls. Ally is a very damaged character after the years of torture but her empathy for the captive girls illustrates that her humanity hasn’t been taken from her. I really enjoyed this action-packed thriller with a complex heroine, and look forward to the next in the series.
The heroine is a spy who goes by many names and has many disguises, but is called Ally for most of the book. We first meet her imprisoned and tortured in Afghanistan. The horror of her life there comes across so well, and we learn more about her torment through the many flashbacks she experiences later in the story. Ally is broken free from her hell-hole by another assassin who works for an organisation called The Committee, whose high-profile members clean up the messes that the top U.S. security agencies have failed to do. Recently there has been a resurgence of assassin/spy thrillers coming from the U.S.(Vince Flynn, David Baldacci etc) and P.D. Martin has expertly tapped into this popular style of fiction.
Because The Committee is unsure how Ally will cope with her first mission since her imprisonment, they give her an easy hit: a smuggler of young women and underage girls who are forced into prostitution. The author conveys the brutality and drug-haze of their sad lives most poingnantly and I found myself willing Ally to save the girls. Ally is a very damaged character after the years of torture but her empathy for the captive girls illustrates that her humanity hasn’t been taken from her. I really enjoyed this action-packed thriller with a complex heroine, and look forward to the next in the series.
August 26, 2012
Hell's Fury is the first book in the newest series released by P.D Martin. It is about Ally Logan (an alias that she is referred to as through most of the book) who is a CIA agent abandoned by her Government to an Afghanistan prison. She is rescued by a mysterious organisation who offers her a new life, a new identity and a new job. Her new job? to assassinate targets given to her by the mysterious Committee.
I have really loved reading P.D Martin's Sophie Anderson series so was keen to read this one when I learned of it. One thing I have liked previously about P.D Martins writing is how she can write strong, down to earth female lead characters who are most importantly believable.
Ally Logan (aka Jane Calloway, Ms Paige, or RB as we have yet to learn for certain her real name other then it begins with R) is a really well rounded character, and by well rounded I mean she is messed up enough due to her experiences to make her believable. Her back ground is that she was a CIA field agent who worked under cover and had been imprisoned in Afghanistan enduring weeks of torture. So if she didn't have issues I would not have bought into her character, but thankfully (from a readers perspective) she did. Her character really struggled with so many emotions, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Plus on top of that was rediscovering who she was and where her moral compass pointed.
The struggle Ally has internally makes her ideal to present the really tough and meaty issues that the author Martin raises in this book. Issues such as vigilantism, assassination, people trafficking, drug abuse, prostitution, exploitation of minors, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, morality, corruption and more. There is no sugar coating the issues raised and certainly no answers given and this is reflected through the main character as she struggles to reconcile what she could do, would do, wouldn't do, her past life and her current life.
But having said all that this book does not get bogged down in detail, idealism/morality, or leaves the reader feeling lectured. It is a fast, action packed read, that is hard to put down. The characters are well written and the story is complex with out being information heavy. If you like spy, thriller type stories this should hit all the right buttons for you.
I look eagerly towards the next book in the series.
I have really loved reading P.D Martin's Sophie Anderson series so was keen to read this one when I learned of it. One thing I have liked previously about P.D Martins writing is how she can write strong, down to earth female lead characters who are most importantly believable.
Ally Logan (aka Jane Calloway, Ms Paige, or RB as we have yet to learn for certain her real name other then it begins with R) is a really well rounded character, and by well rounded I mean she is messed up enough due to her experiences to make her believable. Her back ground is that she was a CIA field agent who worked under cover and had been imprisoned in Afghanistan enduring weeks of torture. So if she didn't have issues I would not have bought into her character, but thankfully (from a readers perspective) she did. Her character really struggled with so many emotions, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Plus on top of that was rediscovering who she was and where her moral compass pointed.
The struggle Ally has internally makes her ideal to present the really tough and meaty issues that the author Martin raises in this book. Issues such as vigilantism, assassination, people trafficking, drug abuse, prostitution, exploitation of minors, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, morality, corruption and more. There is no sugar coating the issues raised and certainly no answers given and this is reflected through the main character as she struggles to reconcile what she could do, would do, wouldn't do, her past life and her current life.
But having said all that this book does not get bogged down in detail, idealism/morality, or leaves the reader feeling lectured. It is a fast, action packed read, that is hard to put down. The characters are well written and the story is complex with out being information heavy. If you like spy, thriller type stories this should hit all the right buttons for you.
I look eagerly towards the next book in the series.
July 20, 2012
In the beginning pages of the story, the reader is introduced to Ally who was captured and put into an Afghani prison. She spent close to 7 months being tortured, then finally found and rescued by a group that call themselves The Committee.
Needless to say she is angry that she was left there for so long, not being rescued sooner by her own group in the CIA. The Committee offers her a deal. 3 months in Paris too recoup, then decide if she will work for them. She accepts the deal, along with the agreement that after her first job they will release information about her father.
Jane is a strong, amazingly detail-oriented and smart. Which also reflects on the author's writing as well. It's obvious the amount of research and scenario construction that went along with putting together this story. There is perfect timing between events, a fast paced and action packed story. It's also able to maintain an emotional drive to the story. As Ally herself had just been through months of torture and rape as well. The fact that her assignment involves human trafficking hits on a personal level for her.
There are a few spots in the book where Jane witnesses or has flashbacks of rape and/or torture. It is not so detailed as to make the reader not want to continue reading. But informs us clearly of the inhumane and evil acts that human trafficking and her imprisonment entailed. Drugs, sex, rape, kidnapping and murder all take place and the story and the kidnapped are younger teens.
I will be honest with you, I was nervous about picking up the book thinking it would be more politics and war driven with the CIA, Afghanistan and the Taliban. But, I was wrong, I loved this story, it was dark and sucked me right it. I am looking forward to reading other books by this author, very soon.
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October 21, 2012Jane Calloway was held prisoner for seven months by Afghanistan rebels. She was tortured in every way humanly possible and some ways that weren't. Jane is convinced The Company has left her for dead. Furious, scared and ready for revenge. One day Jane is rescued. She thinks at first it must be The Company but soon finds it isn't. The group rescuing her is similar to The Company but they go about things in a whole different manner. Rod Decker is part of an elite group of ex-members of the intelligence and justice communities. The Committee, the group he works for, are more organized and committed to helping their operatives reach their goals. They recruit Jane after her rescue. Jane decides working for the committee might not be so bad, for at least one job. Once she starts to work on that job though, she's like a storm from hell unleashed on the dregs of society. Jane's flashbacks remind her that men like these deserve whatever they get. With the help of her handler, Wilton, she'll have an easier time completing her job.
An adrenaline pumping novel, this book will make you wonder at what our military POW's go through. P.D. Martin did an incredible job with making the story seem so real. The characters are well developed and easy to follow. A book like this will keep you glued to your seat and your heart pounding out of your chest. I recommend this book highly. I'm not one for all the military stuff in books, but I really enjoyed this woman's story. P.D. Martin created a brave, fearless woman and some really top-notch men working with her. Add this one to your TBR pile if you haven't already.
I found no issues with this one.
I gave this one 5 out of 5 books because it swept me away like a tornado.
~Copy of book provided by author in exchange for a fair review~
An adrenaline pumping novel, this book will make you wonder at what our military POW's go through. P.D. Martin did an incredible job with making the story seem so real. The characters are well developed and easy to follow. A book like this will keep you glued to your seat and your heart pounding out of your chest. I recommend this book highly. I'm not one for all the military stuff in books, but I really enjoyed this woman's story. P.D. Martin created a brave, fearless woman and some really top-notch men working with her. Add this one to your TBR pile if you haven't already.
I found no issues with this one.
I gave this one 5 out of 5 books because it swept me away like a tornado.
~Copy of book provided by author in exchange for a fair review~
June 24, 2012
This story is about "RB" who is rescued from an Afghan prison where she was tortured and held captive for many months. Since she was a top agent, she's offered a job with "The Committee" to assassinate bad people. The first bad person is a people trafficker who uses the women as sex slaves.
I enjoyed this story, it kept me gripped as RB planned her operation and set up her hits. I liked that she hated the traffickers for what they were doing and wanted to save the girls.
It was certainly a good read, fast paced and keeping you on your toes (or as it's in the case of reading, keeping you on your backside lol).
It seems like this may be the first in a series about RB and The Committee and I'd certainly interested in reading more.
I enjoyed this story, it kept me gripped as RB planned her operation and set up her hits. I liked that she hated the traffickers for what they were doing and wanted to save the girls.
It was certainly a good read, fast paced and keeping you on your toes (or as it's in the case of reading, keeping you on your backside lol).
It seems like this may be the first in a series about RB and The Committee and I'd certainly interested in reading more.
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