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Hidden Battlefields
A thriller tracking the movement of $250 million in cocaine from Peru, east of the Andes, down the Amazon, across the Atlantic and northwest Africa to southern Italy. Four of the main characters from The Iranian Scorpion star in Hidden Battlefields. Robert Dawson is the DEA agent who goes under cover as a Shining Path operative. David Dawson, a retired US Army general and Robert's father adds determined confusion. Mary Jo Mignot, the defence contractor with a top secret clearance, is David's love interest. Or is she Robert's? Kate Conway, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, is Robert's love interest. Or is she Davids? New characters representing the Shining Path, Peruvian, Maoist terror organisation, and 'Ndrangheta, the Italian crime syndicate are introduced.
The theme of the novel is conflicting personal priorities, and how they affect our identities.
The theme of the novel is conflicting personal priorities, and how they affect our identities.
440 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2014
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About the author
William Peace
16 books9 followersWilliam was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended William Penn Charter School and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in Physics, having minored in English and Creative Writing. He served four years in the U. S. Navy, the last two as Chief Engineer of a destroyer.
Upon completion of his military service, William joined the Power Systems business of Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he progressed through a series of roles culminating in Vice President and General Manager, Synthetic Fuels Division. He then moved to Carrier Corporation (air conditioning) where he was responsible for Carrier’s Europe, Africa and Middle East operations. From Carrier, William transitioned into management consulting, where he had his own successful practice.
More recently, he wrote Fishing in Foreign Seas, a business-oriented romance which was published in 2009. In 2011, Sin & Contrition, the wide-ranging story of transgressions by six characters, was published. Ephraim’s Eye, a romantic thriller about a charity in Morocco that provides financing to a terrorist, was published in 2012 and was recipient of a Reader Views Literary Award, 2012 for Adult Fiction, and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The Iranian Scorpion, a thoroughly researched thriller about the drugs trade in Afghanistan and Iran was published in late 2012; it received an honourable mention in the New York Book Festival. His most recent novel, Sable Shadow and The Presence, is the fictional autobiography of Henry Lawson, who, beginning at an early age, hears voices he does not recognise. He attributes one voice to Sable Shadow, a representative of the devil and the other to The Presence, a representative of God. The book has rich dimensions in human relationships, philosophy, religion and psychology. It was selected as the winner, general fiction, in three major contests in which it was entered and runner-up in two more.
He particularly enjoys writing about characters caught up in ethical, religious or moral dilemmas. And, he takes pride in the depth of research which goes into his novels.
William, now a British citizen, as well, is married to Anna Venturi, an Italian who has a successful food business. They live in London, and have a summer villa on the north coast of Sicily.
William has three children, two step-daughters, and ten grandchildren.
Upon completion of his military service, William joined the Power Systems business of Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he progressed through a series of roles culminating in Vice President and General Manager, Synthetic Fuels Division. He then moved to Carrier Corporation (air conditioning) where he was responsible for Carrier’s Europe, Africa and Middle East operations. From Carrier, William transitioned into management consulting, where he had his own successful practice.
More recently, he wrote Fishing in Foreign Seas, a business-oriented romance which was published in 2009. In 2011, Sin & Contrition, the wide-ranging story of transgressions by six characters, was published. Ephraim’s Eye, a romantic thriller about a charity in Morocco that provides financing to a terrorist, was published in 2012 and was recipient of a Reader Views Literary Award, 2012 for Adult Fiction, and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The Iranian Scorpion, a thoroughly researched thriller about the drugs trade in Afghanistan and Iran was published in late 2012; it received an honourable mention in the New York Book Festival. His most recent novel, Sable Shadow and The Presence, is the fictional autobiography of Henry Lawson, who, beginning at an early age, hears voices he does not recognise. He attributes one voice to Sable Shadow, a representative of the devil and the other to The Presence, a representative of God. The book has rich dimensions in human relationships, philosophy, religion and psychology. It was selected as the winner, general fiction, in three major contests in which it was entered and runner-up in two more.
He particularly enjoys writing about characters caught up in ethical, religious or moral dilemmas. And, he takes pride in the depth of research which goes into his novels.
William, now a British citizen, as well, is married to Anna Venturi, an Italian who has a successful food business. They live in London, and have a summer villa on the north coast of Sicily.
William has three children, two step-daughters, and ten grandchildren.
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May 6, 2015
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Hidden Battlefields by William Peace is the sequel to his previous novel, The Iranian Scorpion. Robert Dawson, an agent working for the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) has escaped from a prison in Iran. While re-acclimating to the USA, he finds himself in close contact with Mary Jo Mingot, a defense contractor engaged to his father, David Dawson. The pair hit it off while waiting for word of his father’s release on charges of terrorism. Deciding to remain with Robert, the pair finds themselves torn apart as Robert takes a post in Lima, Peru, assigned to obtain intelligence on the cocaine trade along the Shining Path. At the same time, one of Robert’s old flames, Kate Conway, touches base with his father. Through all these twisted ties, will Robert and Mary Jo manage to make their relationship work, while struggling against a dangerous drug cartel?
Impeccably written, Hidden Battlefields by William Peace is definitely a page-turner. I appreciated that Mr. Peace took the time to research every element of his book. I learned a great deal about the drug trade, including how cocaine is manufactured, something I never knew before. I loved the character dynamic between the various people in the novel, although, I didn’t much care for Robert’s father, who seemed to have very skewed views on things, but I’m glad he came to terms with things. I enjoyed the discussions of various ideals as well. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves intense political thrillers, with suspenseful twists.
Hidden Battlefields by William Peace is the sequel to his previous novel, The Iranian Scorpion. Robert Dawson, an agent working for the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) has escaped from a prison in Iran. While re-acclimating to the USA, he finds himself in close contact with Mary Jo Mingot, a defense contractor engaged to his father, David Dawson. The pair hit it off while waiting for word of his father’s release on charges of terrorism. Deciding to remain with Robert, the pair finds themselves torn apart as Robert takes a post in Lima, Peru, assigned to obtain intelligence on the cocaine trade along the Shining Path. At the same time, one of Robert’s old flames, Kate Conway, touches base with his father. Through all these twisted ties, will Robert and Mary Jo manage to make their relationship work, while struggling against a dangerous drug cartel?
Impeccably written, Hidden Battlefields by William Peace is definitely a page-turner. I appreciated that Mr. Peace took the time to research every element of his book. I learned a great deal about the drug trade, including how cocaine is manufactured, something I never knew before. I loved the character dynamic between the various people in the novel, although, I didn’t much care for Robert’s father, who seemed to have very skewed views on things, but I’m glad he came to terms with things. I enjoyed the discussions of various ideals as well. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves intense political thrillers, with suspenseful twists.
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