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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 37 PriMal Fury (THe PRIMAL SeRIeS) author: Jack Silkstone Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (March 4, 2014) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. iSBN: 978-1477818176 / aSiN: B00FH9BPXK Price: PB €6.50/eBook €4.77 Pages: 471 JACK SILKSTONE'S FOURTH book in the PRIMAL series hits the mark again, this time the team encounter human traffickers, who go about the world taking young women to be auctioned off as sex slaves. The PRIMAL Ops team is made up of former soldiers from around the world. With Aden Bishop, the ex-Australian Army intelligence officer leading, next is Saneh, the ex-Iranian female MOIS intelligence operative, and then Kurtz, (German) and Aleks, (Russian) both ex-SpecOps. Taking up the rear with the gear is Mitch the American who transports and supports the team with some great gear, equipment and vehicles. Their Ops centre, 'the Bunker', has Chau and Vance providing all the intel and orders. PRIMAL track the human traffickers from Hungary to Japan, were an all out battle takes place between two Yakuza clans, the Yamaguchi-guma who are supported by the PRIMAL team and the Mori-kai, who are using Triads, and highly trained Koreans and their own Special Forces as foot soldiers. A thoroughly enjoyable read, with realistic urban battles using state-of-the-art equipment. PRIMAL Mirza, a novella prequel focusing on the character Mirza Mansoor is due out later in 2014. Jack has recently completed work on the next adventure - PRIMAL Reckoning. AbOut thE AuthOR Jack Silkstone grew up on a steady diet of Tom Clancy, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Commando comics, and the original first-person shooters, Wolfenstein and Doom. His background includes a career in military intelligence and special operations, working alongside some of the world's most elite units. His love of action- adventure stories, his military background, and his real- world experiences combined to inspire the no-holds- barred PRIMAL series, including PRIMAL Origin, PRIMAL Unleashed, and PRIMAL Vengeance. www.primalunleashed.com vigilaNte (VIGILANTe SeRIeS) author: Claude Bouchard Publisher: Claude Bouchard (PB April, 2009 / eBook January, 2011) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. iSBN: 978-0981279008 / aSiN: B004J8HVVK Pages: 250 pages Price: PB €5.80 / eBook €2.50 CLAUDE BOUCHARD'S DEBUT novel was written in 1995, and along with two follow ups they were not released until 2009. The Vigilante series now has eight other titles to add to Claude's credit. Whether you agree with the 'Vigilante' being judge, jury and executioner, this series has proved very popular, so lock the door, sit back and enjoy the read. Canada, 1996 and the head of Montreal's Special Homicide Task Force, Lt Dave McCall is chasing his tail trying to find a serial killer, or is he? Killing after killing, leaving drug dealers, murderers, rapists and gangbangers dead, leaves the task force clueless until an untraceable email from someone claiming to be the 'Vigilante' gives them a heads-up. Chris Barry, a young and talented security expert, who is the CEO of an International Security Company, is asked for his advice on the email's makeup. He not only helps with the task force but convinces the only witness to see the 'Vigilante' to agree to an artist impression. Together McCall and Barry are following two suspects down two different paths, one by tailing him the other by trawling through miles of computer code in search of the 'Vigilante' – will they find him? WF AbOut thE AuthOR: Claude Bouchard studied at McGill University and worked in various management capacities for a different firms for many years. Born in Montreal, Canada, he still lives there with his wife Joanne, under the watchful eye of their feline friends Krystalle and Midnight. The seven other thrillers in the Vigilante series are: #2 The Consultant (2009), #3 Mind Games (2009), #4 The Homeless Killer (2009), #5 6 Hours 42 Minutes (2011), #6 Discreet Activities (2012), #7 Femme Fatale (2013) and #8 Thirteen to None (2013). www.claudebouchardbooks.com

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