Snow. Mike Bond

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СКАЧАТЬ and a deadly manhunt through savage jungles, steep mountains and fierce deserts as an SAS commando tries to save the elephants, the woman he loves and the soul of Africa itself.”

      “Dynamic, heart-breaking and timely to current events … a must-read.” – Yahoo Reviews

      “Sheer intensity, depicting the immense, arid land and never-ending scenes … but it’s the volatile nature of nature itself that gives the story its greatest distinction.” – Kirkus

      “A powerful love story set in the savage jungles and deserts of East Africa.” – Daily Examiner (UK)

      “The central figure is not human; it is the barren, terrifying landscape of Northern Kenya and the deadly creatures who inhabit it.” – Daily Telegraph (UK)

      “An entrancing, terrifying vision of Africa.” – BBC

      “From the opening page maintains an exhilarating pace until the closing line … A highly entertaining and gripping read.” – East African Wild Life Society

       House of Jaguar

      “A high-octane story rife with action, from U.S. streets to Guatemalan jungles.” – Kirkus

      “A terrifying depiction of one man’s battle against the CIA and Latin American death squads.” – BBC

      “With detailed descriptions of actual jungle battles and manhunts, vanishing rain forests and the ferocity of guerrilla war, House of Jaguar also reveals the CIA’s role in both death squads and drug running, twin scourges of Central America.” – Newton Chronicle (UK)

      “Bond grips the reader from the very first page. An ideal thriller for the beach, but be prepared to be there when the sun goes down.” – Herald Express (UK)

       Saving Paradise

      “Bond is one of the 21st Century’s most exciting authors … An action-packed, must read novel … taking readers behind the alluring façade of Hawaii’s pristine beaches and tourist traps into a festering underworld of murder, intrigue and corruption.” – Washington Times

      “A complex, entertaining … lusciously convoluted story.” – Kirkus

      “Highly recommended.” – Midwest Book Review

      “A highly atmospheric thriller focusing on a side of Hawaiian life that tourists seldom see.” – Book Chase

      “He’s a tough guy, a cynic who describes the problems of the world as a bottomless pit, but can’t stop trying to solve them. He’s Pono Hawkins, the hero of Mike Bond’s new Hawaii-based thriller, Saving Paradise … an intersection of fiction and real life.” – Hawaii Public Radio

      “A complex murder mystery about political and corporate greed and corruption … Bond’s vivid descriptions of Hawaii bring Saving Paradise vibrantly to life.” – Book Reviews and More

      I want it all,

      and I want it now.

      − Queen

      What I love is to go too far.

       − Charlotte Gainsbourg

      She don’t lie, cocaine.

      − JJ Cale

      What is not sought in the right way is not found.

      − I Ching

       CONTENTS

      GOOD KILLERS

      LADY COKE

      TREADMILL

      STEAL FROM A THIEF

      THE CAVE

      NOT TO WORRY

      PAIN KILLERS

      CONTRA TODOS

      LITTLE BIG HORN

      A GUN FOR LIFE

      TAMARACK WAY

      DEA

      THE RAGMAN’S DAUGHTER

      LIAR’S PARADOX

      GRACE

      NINE MILLION EASY

      INTELLIGENCE

      BACK IN THE GAME

      ONLY HUMAN

      BREAD AND CIRCUSES

      RAISE YOU

      IN GOD’S HANDS

      WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

      BEYOND THE MAZE

      FAIRPLAY

      HOW THE WORLD WORKS

      BULLETPROOF

      BAD DREAM

      WE CAN FIX THIS

      DIE OF FEAR

      DOORWAY TO HEAVEN

      PURGATORY

      TOO BAD

      GOOD KILLERS

      THE RAVEN TUCKED its wings tighter to its body and shivered. It tugged one foot from the frozen bough, then the other, scanned across the snowy treetops to the distant icy peaks. Nothing moved but the sweep of bitter wind in the pine boughs.

      Far too cold for life. Rabbits, mice and chipmunks all gone to earth, chickadees taking a last refuge in the firs. Coyotes denned, none leaving prey – no guts, no skins, no bones. Deer yarding up in the young spruce but none starving yet.

      The early hunger season, before the men come. When they come they kill everything – elk, moose, deer, bear, wolves, coyotes, grouse, raccoons and many others, leaving guts, lungs, heads, skins and legs all over the blood-blackened snow. Many more animals get away injured and die later. So the men make food for all winter. Marrow bones and frozen innards to dig out when cold cracks the trees.

      Now that the cold had returned the men would come. And this season of early hunger would be done.

      Men bringing death. Good men. Good killers.

      THE MAN followed the blood trail up the mountain through deep snow toward a steep ridge of young aspen. Frothy lung blood spattered the white crust: the elk wouldn’t last much longer.

      The man halted gasping, bent over hands on knees, СКАЧАТЬ