Cobalt!

by David Middleton

What s in a name? When a young geologist stumbles across what looks like to most a greyish rock with blue tints, he knows he has something precious on his hands. Although it looks common, as soon as the name cobalt is applied, it suddenly becomes eminently more valuable. Valuable enough even to potentially be the salvation of a poor African state still recovering in the aftermath of a tsunami. And valuable enough to be the source of danger for all that come across itKevin Forsythe, an English civil servant and a Shakespearian scholar, has one to retire to a life of pink gin and solitude. But when Pete, his young friend, shows him his rare find, it unintentionally sets in motion events that mean Kevin becomes the unlikely lynch-pin to the country s salvation. Uncovering corporate greed and selfishness, international drug smuggling and terrorism, political corruption and the heart-breaking plight of desperately poor children, Kevin has no choice but to help. With only Pete and a British consultant with a track record of being a reluctant hero to aid him, Kevin must weave through the political web of danger that has slowly spun around him before the fly in the ointment becomes the fly that gets snapped up.

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Reviews

[Phil Livingstone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Told with great passion, bringing to light the tragedies of exploitative child labour and environmental destruction used to fuel modern living.

David Middleton is a greatly missed champion of how we can better ourselves and the planet.

Cobalt brings David’s now familiar characters together for one last adventure, told with flair, humour and moments of real danger, all rooted in reality.

I guess we have to ask ourselves what we are all going to do to better the world we live in?