Dark Side of a Promise

Drake Alexander Adventures #1

by Allan Hudson

Drake Alexander makes a promise to his best friend, Williston Payne - to find the man that killed his sister, Amber. She died three years ago. The person responsible is still free but they know who he is. No one can find him, every lead runs cold. He's been rumoured to be in Central America, in Amsterdam and now in Asia; Bangladesh no less. Is it just another rumor? Alexander takes his team of ex-soldiers, a French expatriate working as a private investigator and a stalwart Bengali cop through the streets of Dhaka and the rivers of this young country searching for Bartolommeo Rizzato. Rizzato is doing the dirtiest of deeds for Andrew Stratton, a person seeking revenge for the wrongful death of his children. What the two men and their league of mercenaries have planned is too terrible to imagine. Can they be stopped? Drake will encounter more trouble than he originally bargained for. The promise Drake has made to Williston is that he'll put the man behind bars...or kill him.

Genres: Fiction

654 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 2014

About the author

I live on the east coast of Canada. I'm married to a wonderful lady, Gloria.

I love reading and writing.

My short story The Ship Breakers received Honorable Mention in the Writers Federation of NB short story competition and has been selected by McGraw-Hill Ryerson to be part of their iLit collection.

In 2020, my short story, In the Abyss, received Honorable Mention in the WFNB writing Competition.

My short stories have been published in a collection titled A Box of Memories.

I have a series featuring Detective Josephine (Jo) Naylor. Book 1 - Shattered Figurine. Book 2 - Shattered Lives. Book 3 - Shattered Dreams and soon to be published, Book 4 - Shattered: The Final Act.

The Drake Alexander series, Wall of War & Vigilantes.

Historical Fiction: The Alexanders Vol. 1 1911 - 1920. The Alexanders. Vol. 2 1921 - 1925.
Father is a fictionalized version of true events during WW2.
Code Name: Iron Spear 1941 is a murder mystery set in WW2.

I am a contributor to the Path Anthology series. Autumn Paths. Winter Paths. Spring Paths.

Coming soon - One Bedroom Ark. The story of Jeb Coyne, a lonely widower and Olivia Fletcher - a seventeen year old single mother with no where to go.

I write as often as possible. I love adventure and change. I am fortunate to have a loving family and am a very happy man.

Reviews

[Jim Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

New Brunswick author Allan Hudson's first novel is a large, detailed (very detailed) foray into the dark side of vengeance. Drake Alexander, the primary male antagonist represents the side of good while Bartolommeo Rizzato represents evil (boy does he ever!). Somewhere in between the two falls Andrew Stratton, a businessman who has lost his two children to Muslim terrorists and wants revenge on all Muslims, no matter the cost. All appear to have unlimited funds and connections in all the right (or wrong, as the need may be) places. Mr Hudson takes his time in telling the story, adding in lots of backstories and details on all the characters, making it obvious that some of them will remain to appear in a sequel (which is due out this year, I believe).
If you like action, adventure in various locales and don't mind f-bombs, violence, sexual abuse and other disquieting themes then Dark Side of a Promise will appeal to you.

[Simonne Cormier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark Side of Promise by Allan Hudson

The best novel I've read in a long time. Highly recommend .

Simonne Cormier