The war didn’t end on D-Day. It took many more battles and far more bloodshed.
From the terrors of the Normandy beaches, Steven Carter fights his way to the Baltic Sea, leading 15 Commando through some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Always the first into combat, he risks his life time after time. In the snow of Holland and on the plains of Germany, Carter risks his life so that others don’t have to.
It takes special men to do a special job and there are none more special than 15 Commando.
Bob was born in Edinburgh in December 1951. His father was a professional soldier and the first few years of Bob's life was spent travelling around the world with his family. During his first 15 years he lived in Edinburgh, Austria, Malaya, Enfield, Leigh-on-Sea, Maldon (the Essex one), Harlow and Peckham.
In 1968 Bob Joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice electronics technician and spent the next 23 years travelling the world and enjoying all that service life had to offer. Places visited included Oman (a small island by the name of Masirah), Cyprus, Malta, Holland, Germany and various parts of the UK. During this time he met and married Bernadette and produced three children, Ewan, Tara and Sinead. He retired from the RAF in 1991.
Following on from this Bob took up new employment with Royal Mail as part of their logistics team and stayed with them until 2009. After that he returned to his roots and took up a position with the Ministry of Defence at their logistics facility at Bicester, Oxfordshire, before leaving to take up full time writing 2012.
Bob has always been keen on writing and had tried his hand at various projects over the years, but the need to earn a crust had always interfered with his desire to be more creative. Over the past ten years Bob has produced a considerab;e body of work, including a 9 book sci-fi series under the collective title of "The Magi". He has just published the 5th book of a World War II series set around the Army Commandos (predecessors of the Royal Marine Commandos) under the series title of "Carter's Commandos".
His work is published by Selfishgenie Publishing.
In his spare time Bob enjoys playing golf, is a member of a pub skittles team and is an avid supportero of Northampton Saints rugby team
One of those books and series I was saddened when I knew I had finished it. I was kept engaged from start to finish. I could identify with the main characters and could empathise with them.
A close family member, who served in the army, would recognise the thought and feelings of the men who served. At times I had to wipe away a year or two.
I have enjoyed all of the Carter books so much that I am now disappointed to have finished them! The author has put lots of detail in and the stories are thoroughly absorbing. Bravo. Here’s hoping for some more Steven Carter stories in the future, please!