37 Action-packed Pulse
Pounding Tales!
That’s
exactly what you get in this collection of action stories from top thriller
authors, both established and on the rise.
Think back to the days when heroes were heroes and the action
was furious and full-blooded. When often as not, the hero was quite the
opposite: an anti-hero - but he needed to be, to bring the kind of violent
justice to villains worse than him. When political correctness took a back
seat, even as the bullets and karate chops were flying. Basically it was good
old harmless fun. It was a case of disengaging your moral compass and getting
down with the hero as they took on all comers, and they did it with balletic
grace and uncompromising violence. Gratuitous? Mostly. Realistic? Not always.
Great fun? You betcha!!!
Then fast forward to the here and now: What if the current
action and thriller authors set their minds to bringing back the action genres
of old?
Well, that question is answered here.
Within these pages you will find secret agents, vigilantes (both
just and insane), cops, villains, soldiers, veterans, gangsters, swordsmen,
privateers, Ninja and even a crypto-zoological beast you might recognise. Some
of the tales are delivered with shocking realism, some as lighter entertainment,
some on the grittier side, but each and every tale included in Action: Pulse
Pounding Tales Volume 1 is sure to get your heart racing.
Kick back and enjoy the ride!
Contents:
Introduction
by Matt Hilton
Strangers
on a Train by Stephen Leather
Satisfaction
Guaranteed by Matt Hilton
Valley
of Death by I S Paton
The
Real Deal by James Oliver Hilton
Jingle
Bells by Adrian Magson
Death
By Licence by Joe McCoubrey
The
Night Butterflies by Zoë Sharp
Gallance
by Col Bury
Battle
For Baghlan by Matt Hayden
The Stranger
by David Barber
Expiry
Date by Gavin Bell
A
Most Honorable Death by Jochem Vandersteen
Jack
Be Nimble by Steven Savile & Steve Lockley
At
Close Range by Ian Graham
Cutter’s
Law by James Hopwood
Angel
Tough by Absolutely Kate
On
Her Majesty’s Bloody Service by Iain Purdie
The
Legend of Jimmy-The-Gimp by Keith Gingell
Blood
Moon of 1931 by Terrence P. McCauley
Skinner
Alive by Daniel Moses Luft
Jobs
Taken by Asher Wismer
The
Handler by Gavin Hunt
Blood
on Their Hands by Les Morris
Issa’s
Island Prison by Graham Smith
Eastern
Fury by Andrew Scorah
The
Liberator by Paul D. Brazill
The
Tower of Marnir by Paul Grzegorzek
Bit
Part Player by Theresa Derwin
The
Judgment of Jean Lafitte by Evan Lewis
Avenged:
Sixfold by Natasha Marie Thomas
Man
or Mouse by Mark Dark
Stokey
by Robin Jarossi
Savage
Sun by Richard Godwin
One
Flew Over the Policeman’s Bonnet by Pete Sortwell
Born
of Woman by Laird Long
Chickens
by K.A. Laity
*Bonus Story* Trench Warfare by Matt Hilton
Acknowledgements
Afterword
by Matt Hilton
