Reclaim

by Mike O'Donnell

Evil reigns when good men do nothing, and Nick Finnister’s thugs have taken over the city.
Millionaire Sean Carpenter, mistaken for social worker Tod Fontwell, is beaten and stripped. When Tod is murdered and Sean discovers Finnister’s evil trade in young bodies, he decides to dedicate his time and money in a campaign to reclaim the city for its residents.
He needs a man who can focus his moral crusade.
Charismatic singer Joshua Cross seems to fit the bill.

340 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Mike was a slow starter at the writing game. For the first two years of his life he seemed intent on eating and sleeping. Once these skills were mastered he did begin to make his mark, mostly with dirty fingers, lumps of mud and soft crayon.
His father was in the RAF (as was his Sergeant Mum during the war) which meant that every so often the family moved on. He was therefore very nearly educated at a lot of schools. Two weeks and three days at one lucky establishment. He did learn to wield a pen, but mostly for activities other than writing.
As all his forebears, he entered the Armed Forces. Three grandparents in the Army, both parents in the RAF, so he joined the RN. (Historical note: Great uncle George Rowe survived the Titanic and surprisingly he wasn’t to blame. He was ex-RN.)
The RN was extremely educational. Mike learnt how to get blisters: on his feet from marching and tabbing across Dartmoor, the Brecon Beacons and a variety of parade grounds; and on hands from sawing, chipping and filing cast iron and lumps of steel. He was professionally sick in the Atlantic, the North Sea, and up in the ice during the contretemps with Icelandic fishermen. And, because he was young he wasn’t too well in a couple of ports like Hamburg and Amsterdam – water wasn’t involved.
He left the Navy, tried as many jobs as possible to see what made the world work, and sold a few pathetic stories.
After four years servicing the Sultan of Oman’s Navy and ten years trying to keep some of the Royal Army of Oman’s radio equipment going he had a BA(Hons) and an MBA and sold about fifty stories.
He has written a dozen books, several of which are available on Amazon or in the process of being so. See below.