Quillon

by Mike Rothery

Fast-moving thriller featuring the redoubtable Rosie Carter in her new role in counter-terrorism.
On a solo mission to Gibraltar the rookie Firegate agent is on the verge of foiling a terrorist plot when she learns that her best friend has been taken hostage by jihadists while on a foolhardy mercy-mission to Libya. While her country’s security must take precedence, it doesn’t stop her planning her next move, one which she knows will infuriate her handler back in London. When her mission ends, and keen to cover her tracks from her boss, she smuggles herself across the Strait to Morocco to begin the first stage of a perilous, 1500 mile journey overland with a dangerously audacious plan to free her friend from the clutches of the murderous Daesh. But Rosie has left a loose end in Gibraltar that quickly catches up with her, forcing her to alter her travel plans and moving her goalposts into a whole new ballgame.

400 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 7, 2019

About the author

I divide my time between working at my home in Elgin, cycling around the Highlands, and cruising the Atlantic/Caribbean islands in my yacht, Island Spirit. In past lives, I served twenty-five years in the Royal Navy and then another twenty as Director of a computer software company in the Midlands. Although I have written several novels since retirement, I consider To Run Before the Sea my first quality work. I am currently (Oct 2020) completing the sequel, The Travel Agent, to be released in December 2020. Several more Rosie Winterbourne stories will follow.

Bio: Mike Rothery was born in 1949, in Yorkshire, England, and lived his first ten years at various military bases in France, Germany and Northern Ireland. The family returned to Yorkshire when his father retired from the RAF in 1960. Mike joined the Royal Navy in 1965 and served in various ships until 1990, when he embarked on a new career in software development. Retiring in 2010 he returned to the sea where he began his writing career. He now cruises the oceans in his yacht, Island Spirit.

Reviews

[Katrina Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

As much as I was a tad skeptical with reading about the military, I was glad to see that there was much more involved and a backstory to learn about Rosie. (Which was in the first book.)  It allowed me to be more sympathetic to her as a fellow female. I found myself cheering her on for her headstrong independence and witty mouth! And the suspenseful twists and turns were satisfying! Although the book wasn’t my normal reading genre and it wouldn’t have been a book I’d have picked up for myself, I appreciate the opportunity to have read it as a First Draft Edition and would recommend it to anyone interested in Special Ops And secret missions.