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The Phoenix #4-6
The Phoenix Series: Books 4-6
The Phoenix believes criminals should pay for their crimes.
The system often fails to deliver the correct punishment.
He can redress the balance.
In The Lap Of The Gods
Olympus battle vicious gangsters on home soil. The body count rises.
Dimitar Marinov cements his reputation as the most brutal criminal to have set foot on UK soil.
Phoenix and Athena attend their first meeting with Zeus and the other Gods.
The Price Of Treachery
The Olympians and the Titans are in a power struggle.
A traitor inside Larcombe Manor must be uncovered.
There’s new life to protect as Athena prepares to become a mother.
A New Dawn
A rogue cosmetic surgeon causes the deaths of several patients.
Drug dealers target even younger children. The school gates are the latest point-of-sale.
The Project’s leaders need to strengthen the organisation after the recent attempted coup.
The Titans may have been defeated, but a new era dawns. The nightmares are far from over.
If you’re a fan of savage, underworld criminals, fast-paced action and intense characters then you’ll enjoy following the Olympus Project and its fight against evil. Take a deep breath; once you start you’ll want to keep turning pages until the end.
The system often fails to deliver the correct punishment.
He can redress the balance.
In The Lap Of The Gods
Olympus battle vicious gangsters on home soil. The body count rises.
Dimitar Marinov cements his reputation as the most brutal criminal to have set foot on UK soil.
Phoenix and Athena attend their first meeting with Zeus and the other Gods.
The Price Of Treachery
The Olympians and the Titans are in a power struggle.
A traitor inside Larcombe Manor must be uncovered.
There’s new life to protect as Athena prepares to become a mother.
A New Dawn
A rogue cosmetic surgeon causes the deaths of several patients.
Drug dealers target even younger children. The school gates are the latest point-of-sale.
The Project’s leaders need to strengthen the organisation after the recent attempted coup.
The Titans may have been defeated, but a new era dawns. The nightmares are far from over.
If you’re a fan of savage, underworld criminals, fast-paced action and intense characters then you’ll enjoy following the Olympus Project and its fight against evil. Take a deep breath; once you start you’ll want to keep turning pages until the end.
531 pages, ebook
Published October 13, 2019
528 people are currently reading
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About the author
Ted Tayler
79 books300 followers Ted Tayler is the international best-selling indie author of the Freeman Files and Phoenix series. Ted lives in the English West country, where his stories are based. He was born in 1945 and has been married to Lynne since 1971. They have three children and four grandchildren.
His thought-provoking mysteries appeal to readers of Sally Rigby, Joy Ellis, Pauline Rowson, and Faith Martin. His action-packed thrillers are a must for fans of Mark Dawson and J C Ryan.
Gus Freeman’s cold case investigations are carried out with reasoned deduction rather than bursts of frantic action. In each of the 24 books, unsolved murders are accompanied by romance, humour, and country life. The core message in the 12 Phoenix novels is that criminals should pay for their crimes. Unfortunately, the current system fails to deliver the correct punishment, so Phoenix helps redress the balance.
His thought-provoking mysteries appeal to readers of Sally Rigby, Joy Ellis, Pauline Rowson, and Faith Martin. His action-packed thrillers are a must for fans of Mark Dawson and J C Ryan.
Gus Freeman’s cold case investigations are carried out with reasoned deduction rather than bursts of frantic action. In each of the 24 books, unsolved murders are accompanied by romance, humour, and country life. The core message in the 12 Phoenix novels is that criminals should pay for their crimes. Unfortunately, the current system fails to deliver the correct punishment, so Phoenix helps redress the balance.
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March 23, 2022
I started reading this series of 13 books at the beginning with Phoenix, Conception, which is a book on it's own about loner Colin Bailey, who was, in life in general, invisible. His parents never gave him any sign they'd ever wanted him and continually either ignored him or told him he was useless. Colin was actually very intelligent. He ignored the estate bully boys who taunted him and read and studied so that he got top marks in his A levels, but, being so invisible, the teachers couldn't figure out who this boy was, so marked his results down to what they thought he'd get, thereby denying him his dream of going to university. However, Colin gets a job that allows him to secretly find out details of all of his enemies and work out how to eliminate them. He starts with his parents, who, although separated, he kills ruthlessly, leaving no clues at all for the police. Having eliminated his bosses, married with no real enthusiasm, a girl he gets pregnant and starts an affair with his sex mad ex boss's wife. His mission in life is to eliminate criminals. After unwittingly leaving his beloved daughter with a paedophile who rapes and kills her, he divorces his wife and marries his lover, changing his name to hers, and when she dies, inherits her large fortune. After a fight in a river with the policeman who, although he secretly applauds Colins's eliminating of criminals the police and judiciary are too soft on, still opposes him, Colin in lost assumed drowned in the river. However, he is rescued by an organisation who have been following his career. They rename him Phoenix, for obvious reasons. The 3 sets of 3 books after this follow the career, not only of Phoenix, but that of the Organisation he now becomes an important part of. The entire story is addictive, unputdownable and follows real events that have occured up to the end of 2015. The 12th book in the series came to a huge climax and bought me to tears. I actually feel at a loss now that I've finished the series. I have to say, the amount of research required to write a series like this with accuracy astounds me. I have started on The Freeman Files by the same author, which is good enough to move on to.
January 22, 2024
Enjoyed! Story well crafted, characters interesting with just enough of their "normal" lives to make them believable and sympathetic.
Enough writing errors to be distracting at times--sentence structure often hard to follow; words missing; many, many comma faults; pronoun errors. e.g. "than" is almost always a conjunction and the pronoun following should be subjective --than "I" NOT than "me" . Another example, pronouns following prepositions should be objective--between Mary and "me" NOT between Mary and "I"
However, this author is not alone in the pronoun problem. If a budding author wants a professional publishing company to give serious attention, I'd suggest hiring a good proof-reader. (Maybe a retired English teacher😋)
Enough writing errors to be distracting at times--sentence structure often hard to follow; words missing; many, many comma faults; pronoun errors. e.g. "than" is almost always a conjunction and the pronoun following should be subjective --than "I" NOT than "me" . Another example, pronouns following prepositions should be objective--between Mary and "me" NOT between Mary and "I"
However, this author is not alone in the pronoun problem. If a budding author wants a professional publishing company to give serious attention, I'd suggest hiring a good proof-reader. (Maybe a retired English teacher😋)
April 9, 2022
very enjoyable
There are a few spelling mistakes and one or two other oddities that don’t add up, but over the three books it was nothing really. Very rare blasphemy, no open bedroom doors. It’s violent, but none of the violence is described. It’s a bit of fantasy in a hard world of crime fighting.
I had not read the first three books, but that did not stop me from stepping straight into this world created and enjoying the characters, the plots or the
Overall texture of the books.
There are a few spelling mistakes and one or two other oddities that don’t add up, but over the three books it was nothing really. Very rare blasphemy, no open bedroom doors. It’s violent, but none of the violence is described. It’s a bit of fantasy in a hard world of crime fighting.
I had not read the first three books, but that did not stop me from stepping straight into this world created and enjoying the characters, the plots or the
Overall texture of the books.
June 20, 2021
Vigilante Justice
Brilliant series that will have you enthralled from the very first page. Vigilante justice is what the series is about, bringing balance to the awful injustices of the world. Phoenix series are stories that will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Brilliant series that will have you enthralled from the very first page. Vigilante justice is what the series is about, bringing balance to the awful injustices of the world. Phoenix series are stories that will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
April 3, 2022
Page Turner
Outstanding thriller with just the appropriate amount of character development thrown in. The saga keeps the reader on the edge of their chair and rapidly turning pages. Looking forward to the next book.
Outstanding thriller with just the appropriate amount of character development thrown in. The saga keeps the reader on the edge of their chair and rapidly turning pages. Looking forward to the next book.
August 24, 2023
This has turned out to be a most enjoyable read. The writing is great the characters are well defined and easy to related with. The story line is razor sharp. The action keeps you turning pages.
This is the kind of series that makes reading worth while.
This is the kind of series that makes reading worth while.
August 30, 2023
Vigilantes. British Style
This novel chronicles a British extraordinary criminal punishment group. Detailing their personal and professional lives in great detail. They are both angel and devil.
This novel chronicles a British extraordinary criminal punishment group. Detailing their personal and professional lives in great detail. They are both angel and devil.
March 13, 2021
Really good read
I like it when the characters continue from book to book and the books expand their lives to include marriage or significant others.
I like it when the characters continue from book to book and the books expand their lives to include marriage or significant others.
March 18, 2022
Interesting stuff
Books were really good reads overall. Fast paced and well written. I love the sub plots that make you think of all that happens in life
Books were really good reads overall. Fast paced and well written. I love the sub plots that make you think of all that happens in life
July 30, 2023
Please see individual stories for review.
October 16, 2023
A Bond alternative
The second trilogy in the series doesn’t disappoint. There is adventure and intrigue on every page. I’m looking forward to the next installment.
The second trilogy in the series doesn’t disappoint. There is adventure and intrigue on every page. I’m looking forward to the next installment.
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