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Truly Deadly #4
Made of Fire
Nowhere to run. No one to trust. The Truly Deadly series just got deadlier.
Since the destruction of the deadly Spider's Web in Alaska, things have been going well for Lorna and Philippe. Working as a team, they're taking JPAC down, one piece at a time. But a new boss at the helm spells fresh danger for the pair. Fresh hell, too.
When a routine mission to Mexico City goes wrong, things spiral quickly out of control. Left for dead in one of the most dangerous places on Earth, Lorna must use all her grit and wit to survive. With the clock ticking, she'll also have to get a mysterious JPAC defector to safety too. Easier said than done when the entire city wants you dead.
From Dubai to Uzbekistan, Manhattan to the Mexico City slums, Made of Fire will keep you on the edge of your seat - and then knock you firmly off it.
Join Lorna Walker for thriller number four in the Truly Deadly adventure series, packed full of fast-moving spy and assassin action.
Recommended for age 16+. Not for the faint-hearted,
MAKE SURE YOU READ TRULY DEADLY BOOKS 1, 2 & 3 FIRST.
Since the destruction of the deadly Spider's Web in Alaska, things have been going well for Lorna and Philippe. Working as a team, they're taking JPAC down, one piece at a time. But a new boss at the helm spells fresh danger for the pair. Fresh hell, too.
When a routine mission to Mexico City goes wrong, things spiral quickly out of control. Left for dead in one of the most dangerous places on Earth, Lorna must use all her grit and wit to survive. With the clock ticking, she'll also have to get a mysterious JPAC defector to safety too. Easier said than done when the entire city wants you dead.
From Dubai to Uzbekistan, Manhattan to the Mexico City slums, Made of Fire will keep you on the edge of your seat - and then knock you firmly off it.
Join Lorna Walker for thriller number four in the Truly Deadly adventure series, packed full of fast-moving spy and assassin action.
Recommended for age 16+. Not for the faint-hearted,
MAKE SURE YOU READ TRULY DEADLY BOOKS 1, 2 & 3 FIRST.
245 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 26, 2016
24 people are currently reading
53 people want to read
About the author
Rob Aspinall
24 books56 followersRob has never been in a car chase, a gun battle or a fight to the death. But he does come armed with a vivid imagination. And he’s not afraid to use it.
Originally a copywriter in the shadowy world of advertising, Rob went rogue in 2016 and started to publish books under the fiendishly inventive pseudonym of… Rob Aspinall.
He currently lives in Manchester, UK, where he writes fast, funny thrillers with an original twist. Whether it’s spies, mobsters, serial killers or trained killers, Rob loads all of his books with action, humour and heart-thumping thrills.
You can find his novels in ebook, audiobook and paperback formats.
Plus, you can get your fiction fix through his Truly Deadly and Breaker podcasts. (Just check your favourite podcast player to find the shows.)
In the meantime, check out these author FUQs (Frequently Unasked Questions):
What’s it like being an author?
It’s fantastic. I get to make up stories for a living and share them with my wonderful readers. There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, with all the marketing and promotion you need to do. You have to invest a lot of time, money and energy into being an author. And I don’t always feel like writing. But it’s like any other career. There are things you love and things you don’t, but it’s well worth it.
What’s the most important thing to remember when writing a book?
You’re not writing the book for yourself. You’re writing it for someone else. So it has to make sense to the reader. And above all, it has to be entertaining. I challenge myself to make every book more engrossing, entertaining and memorable than the last. I guess this kind of thinking comes from my years working as an advertising copywriter – if I had a slogan, it would be ‘Start with the reader and work backwards’, which is a shameless rip-off of Amazon’s motto.
How would you describe your writing style?
Other than trying to keep my writing style simple and accessible, I’d describe my style more in storytelling terms. The exact way of writing may change depending on the book, the character and who’s doing the narrating. But regardless of genre, series or novel, I make sure I stick to some basic storytelling principles – that is has to be simple, gripping, fun on some level and always moving at a decent pace. My only aim is to entertain or inspire the reader at all times—not to fill the book with flowery prose or get to a certain number of words.
Do you ever get ‘writer’s block’?
I only think you get writer’s block when you start worrying about it. In fact, I would say writer’s block is more like writer’s lag. There’s sometimes a lag time between staring at the screen or page and the answer coming to you. And it’s because the ideas, stories and words don’t come from the conscious mind. The subconscious mind comes up with them and feeds them to you. But when you get uptight and start worrying, it’s easy to block the subconscious mind from serving up the ideas.
The best thing you can do is relax and let the answers come. If I’m really getting nowhere with an idea, a plot or a particular scene or sentence, I’ll skip onto the next one. Or I’ll take a short break and do something totally unrelated to writing.
It's something I've often done while working in creative advertising, coming up with campaign ideas and slogans. But I often repeat the trick when I’m coming up with ideas for books.
Originally a copywriter in the shadowy world of advertising, Rob went rogue in 2016 and started to publish books under the fiendishly inventive pseudonym of… Rob Aspinall.
He currently lives in Manchester, UK, where he writes fast, funny thrillers with an original twist. Whether it’s spies, mobsters, serial killers or trained killers, Rob loads all of his books with action, humour and heart-thumping thrills.
You can find his novels in ebook, audiobook and paperback formats.
Plus, you can get your fiction fix through his Truly Deadly and Breaker podcasts. (Just check your favourite podcast player to find the shows.)
In the meantime, check out these author FUQs (Frequently Unasked Questions):
What’s it like being an author?
It’s fantastic. I get to make up stories for a living and share them with my wonderful readers. There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, with all the marketing and promotion you need to do. You have to invest a lot of time, money and energy into being an author. And I don’t always feel like writing. But it’s like any other career. There are things you love and things you don’t, but it’s well worth it.
What’s the most important thing to remember when writing a book?
You’re not writing the book for yourself. You’re writing it for someone else. So it has to make sense to the reader. And above all, it has to be entertaining. I challenge myself to make every book more engrossing, entertaining and memorable than the last. I guess this kind of thinking comes from my years working as an advertising copywriter – if I had a slogan, it would be ‘Start with the reader and work backwards’, which is a shameless rip-off of Amazon’s motto.
How would you describe your writing style?
Other than trying to keep my writing style simple and accessible, I’d describe my style more in storytelling terms. The exact way of writing may change depending on the book, the character and who’s doing the narrating. But regardless of genre, series or novel, I make sure I stick to some basic storytelling principles – that is has to be simple, gripping, fun on some level and always moving at a decent pace. My only aim is to entertain or inspire the reader at all times—not to fill the book with flowery prose or get to a certain number of words.
Do you ever get ‘writer’s block’?
I only think you get writer’s block when you start worrying about it. In fact, I would say writer’s block is more like writer’s lag. There’s sometimes a lag time between staring at the screen or page and the answer coming to you. And it’s because the ideas, stories and words don’t come from the conscious mind. The subconscious mind comes up with them and feeds them to you. But when you get uptight and start worrying, it’s easy to block the subconscious mind from serving up the ideas.
The best thing you can do is relax and let the answers come. If I’m really getting nowhere with an idea, a plot or a particular scene or sentence, I’ll skip onto the next one. Or I’ll take a short break and do something totally unrelated to writing.
It's something I've often done while working in creative advertising, coming up with campaign ideas and slogans. But I often repeat the trick when I’m coming up with ideas for books.
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August 20, 2017
Breathtaking Action Continues
Each of the episodes in this series gets better than the last. Lorna is center stage in this book as she is recruited for a new shadow agency and sent to Mexico City to extricate a new asset. The action never stops and the writing flows. It is a wild ride with surprises right up to the end.
Each of the episodes in this series gets better than the last. Lorna is center stage in this book as she is recruited for a new shadow agency and sent to Mexico City to extricate a new asset. The action never stops and the writing flows. It is a wild ride with surprises right up to the end.
May 29, 2022
Ik had het gevoel na deel 2 gelezen te hebben dat ik in een leesdipje zat... vond deel 2 dan ook niet echt spannend. Maar na deel 3 te lezen te hebben, ben ik meer en meer gaan houden van deze serie. Hij werkt zeer verslavend, en je wilt blijven lezen... je wilt weten wat er allemaal gebeurd.. ja, mij heeft hij mee in z'n wereld! Love this ❤️
January 4, 2019
Living the weirdness and story line even if very very weird lol made of fire seemed like we are getting somewhere with j
Pac then the evil Nathan is killed by vasqal just getting me a little lost on who is evil lool
Pac then the evil Nathan is killed by vasqal just getting me a little lost on who is evil lool
June 19, 2017
As always, a fast paced and cracking read.
August 6, 2017
Another excellent action packed read with surprises you don't we coming again I highly recommend this book to action livers
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