The Mudslinger Sanction - Softcover

Mills, Gerald W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554040051 ISBN 13: 9781554040056

Publisher: Double Dragon Pub

In The Mudslinger Sanction, both FBI and GRU have searched worldwide for James Foster and have come up with nothing after six months, so two rival bounty hunters are brought in. Bolverk, the Norwegian Butcher, is renowned for killing his hostages as well as the quarry. Dutchman Nils Van Oot is scarcely more refined, plus boasting an ability to hack undetected into any computer in the world. Archenemies, both bounty hunters seek to bring Foster in dead or alive, preferably dead, but only one may claim the huge financial rewards. And the individual chosen by both hunters as bait for their traps is the one man James Foster must protect at all costs, even if it means sacrificing himself.

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About the Author:

Gerry Mills spent most of his first sixteen years studying the piano, reading everything in print and ruining as many staged events as possible just by appearing in them. His promising career as a concert pianist came to an end when he found it involved hard work. Instead he entered Northeastern University. In return for his promise never to return there, he was handed a degree in electrical engineering. Misreading that as encouragement, he began a career in avionics engineering. When the engineering industry learned his true value, he wisely switched to sales, but divorce unhappily followed. He later met and married Lori, continued in sales, then launched his own business, selling it ten years later. The high-speed automation and robotics industry kept him occupied until 1990, when he took a brief sabbatical with Lori, his bride of twenty-eight years by then. They set out on a 45 foot ocean-sailing yacht, managing to terrorize most of the Canadian Maritimes and eastern seaboard for over a year before ending up in the Bahamas, where fortunes ran out. Not one to fret, he immediately wrote his first novel, Then Is The Power, typing furiously to see how the story ended, while Lori plotted a course for Florida. While in Florida, he worked in automation and learned to herd nine cats. Shying away from the purely technical, he enjoys writing character-driven stories dealing with human shortcomings, a topic in which he has a great degree of personal expertise. His latest hobbies are gardening and remembering the cats' names. He no longer sails, and the world is a safer place for it. There are those who believe he should give up writing for the same reason, but so far no one has come forward with an acceptable bribe.

Review:

Gerald W. Mills again shows his mastery of technologies of all sorts: computer, helicopter, oil refining; his knowledge of geography, geology, weather patterns, medicine, the vagaries of the law, and the power of the press, not to mention his command of English, his wit, and his breakneck storytelling. Did I mention his ability to paint characters we come to know better than our own family? --Dr. Florence B. Weinberg, author of The Storks of La Caridad

Hang onto your hats!! Author Gerald W. Mills will take you soaring with Jim Foster in this thriller as he sets out to rescue an old friend who is being held hostage. Jim's special talents will be desperately needed as he and Tricia track the kidnappers. The Mudslinger Sanction is a fast-paced, action-packed tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat as it unfolds with the world as its stage. Danger lurks on every page. The second in a series, Mr. Mills has created a set of characters that will keep you reading as they set themselves against the odds in this adventure into the unknown. Hunted, Jim becomes the hunter. A modern thriller guaranteed to satisfy any reader with its intrigue and treachery, this tale comes highly recommended by this reviewer. Read and enjoy --Anne K. Edwards, author of Death on Delivery

When a reader gets wrapped up in a story, it's with the understanding that, in the end, the author will deliver. That the reader's faith will prove warranted. With Gerry Mills, this is certainly the case. I was happily whisked away for several hours into a world that comes from the author's imagination. And when the read was done, I was quite pleased with the outcome. There's more to a book than plot alone. There are characters you genuinely care about, readily distinguishable from each other and equally interesting. Characters at odds, with the reader able to understand and even sympathize with all sides. There are places to be brought 'to life' through description. There's wit, humor, plenty of subplots, language, a dozen other things that all need to be there. In the case of The Mudslinger Sanction, they are. The characterization is especially strong, given the large number of characters we meet. I feel like I know everybody in here. This is as close to real life as fiction gets. Go get it. FIVE STARS out of five! --Michael LaRocca, author of The Chronicles of a Madman

Gerald W. Mills again shows his mastery of technologies of all sorts: computer, helicopter, oil refining; his knowledge of geography, geology, weather patterns, medicine, the vagaries of the law, and the power of the press, not to mention his command of English, his wit, and his breakneck storytelling. Did I mention his ability to paint characters we come to know better than our own family? --Dr. Florence B. Weinberg, author of The Storks of La Caridad

Hang onto your hats!! Author Gerald W. Mills will take you soaring with Jim Foster in this thriller as he sets out to rescue an old friend who is being held hostage. Jim's special talents will be desperately needed as he and Tricia track the kidnappers. The Mudslinger Sanction is a fast-paced, action-packed tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat as it unfolds with the world as its stage. Danger lurks on every page. The second in a series, Mr. Mills has created a set of characters that will keep you reading as they set themselves against the odds in this adventure into the unknown. Hunted, Jim becomes the hunter. A modern thriller guaranteed to satisfy any reader with its intrigue and treachery, this tale comes highly recommended by this reviewer. Read and enjoy --Anne K. Edwards, author of Death on Delivery

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