Goodreads asked Terence Strong:

How do you get inspired to write?

Terence Strong Events in the news are the most usual trigger. THE FIFTH HOSTAGE followed the failed Special Forces rescue attempt of American hostages from Iran in the late 1970s after the Islamic Revolution. It begged the question, how would the elite British SAS go about a similar mission.

At the time there were four of our real nationals being held. I invented a fifth and persuaded my SAS friends to help me rescue them on paper. I didn't go to Teheran, but I read nine books on the subject and spoke to many Iranian opposition refugees in London.

After reading the finished thriller, many commented that they couldn't believe I hadn't been there.

Currently THE FIFTH HOSTAGE is available only in eBook from Silver Fox Press via all major e-retailers worldwide.

Sometimes a book will be sparked by a secret or real person that only I know. Examples are WHITE VIPER and ROGUE ELEMENT.

Sometimes - as in the thriller I am currently writing (code named #WOW) - ideas for characters lead the way, this time with James 'Rollo' Royce, a former SBS Royal Marine turned Close Protection expert and a fiesty female journalist called Jo Brampton, thrown together during the so-called Arab Spring.

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