Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter One
Larry the Cat sat on the tree stump in the dapple shade, enjoying scanning the woodland around him through his half-closed eyes. In front of him, on the other side of a wire fence, ran [more…]
Thriller
Fiction
Samfyaza Chapter 14, Camp Mitkan – September 2006
It was Rosh Hashana Eve and once again, Afarin and Heyfa were alone in their apartments, as everybody else had gone home for the Jewish New Year. They had promised each other a meal out [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Eight
The Mercedes stopped at the barrier to the airport and unloaded Jinnie and Penny. Simone hugged them both and said her goodbyes. Jinnie kissed little Juliette and said she would see her soon. Juliette said, [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 13, Camp Mitkan August 2006
Afarin lay back on the bed, an emptiness in her stomach and her nerves taught with worry. This was the underconfident, querulous Afarin, a far cry from her operational, professional persona. He had been busy [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Seven
The spotter touched Jinnie on the shoulder to signal the 8 minutes were up. She squeezed the trigger and through the sight saw the gunner collapse forward. Swinging a fraction to the left the assistant [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 12, The Tze’elim Base Urban Warfare Training Center – July 2006
The Urban Warfare Training Center at the Tze’elim Army Base, was built at a cost of $45 million. Nicknamed “Baladia” (Arabic for “city”), it is a 7.4 square mile training centre used to instruct soldiers [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Six
The training was going better than Jinnie could possibly have hoped. She had seen a lot of all the members of the group and had worked out who could shoot, who could operate a radio, [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 11 Camp Mitkan June-July 2006
“Play up! Play up! And play the game!” Afarin was in cover, carefully scrutinising the shimmering, broken landscape ahead of them and the distant low olive trees. Through the field glasses, the ground sloped down [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Five
It was the fourth early morning of following the truck when the girls saw it stop at a pole barrier across a gap in a chain-link fence. The barrier went up and the truck entered [more…]