Only Human

by Gordon Ferris

Even bankers have hearts. Just ask Parvati, a young Indian woman badly in need of a hero. Parvati's harrowing adventures illustrate the conflicts at the heart of the biggest democracy in the World. India has limitless potential but is held back by the caste system, misogyny, child slavery and corruption. Married at 13, Parvati is beaten and abandoned by a husband who sells their own son into bondage to pay his debts. Throughout her torments, her spirit is never broken. Parvati still dreams. But how can any dreams come true against such odds?

ONLY HUMAN is the sequel to the highly regarded MONEY TREE. Both are contemporary thrillers - set mainly in India, but with global resonance.

Includes bonus short story - STAYING HUMAN

Genres: Thriller

317 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2018

About the author

I was born on Rabbie Burns' day in the small industrial town of Kilmarnock, in the West of Scotland. My mother took it as a sign of impending literary fortune. Naturally enough, I ignored her, despite writing being the only thing I loved [after rugby and the fairer sex].

I took the long way round to becoming an author. I've been a computer programmer and an executive in the UK Ministry of Defence, and a consultancy partner in the banking division of Price Waterhouse. Maybe that's where I got my interest in guns and crooks for my post war crime novels set in Glasgow and London.

I'm enormously proud of my Brodie Quartet but I'm now expanding my reach by writing contemporary thrillers. The first product of this broadening out is MONEY TREE now published on Amazon kindle [paperback to follow].

Reviews

[Mrs Stephanie J Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original and brilliant

I have read all of his books and they are all equally good. Very interesting subject matter in this book which, as well as being informative, has a way of keeping you gripped right until the end. Would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good page turner.

[repton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story well enough; it just felt, I don’t know, naively written, almost childish in its simplification of the caste system and women’s rights in India. I did much prefer the first in this series; but that didn’t come close to the series set in post war Glasgow. I hope Ferris has not abandoned Brodie.

[Geoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uplifting tale of hope.Great storytelling.

A most enjoyable read. Brings the injustices of life in India alive. Women at last receiving proper recognition and respect