Control:Escape

by Martyn Taylor

Overview

Steve Arkwright broke through walls, digital walls; secure resilient firewalls. That they were there was the challenge, he had to get to the other side. Then he smashed one too many and the men in suits who knocked on his door were not happy, but they had a plan and it involved a choice - with only one possible answer- sign here and you are ours.
Scared, isolated and broken by the weight of their authority he signed on the line, in his future others would decide on the lines he would cross and where his searching fingers would dance like spiders across the keyboard.
This was a gilded cage, and they might control where he goes, but not what he thinks, and there was his escape. He took the knowledge they gave him and used it.
Timing was the key; he needed the right time and enough chaos to help him out of the gilded cage. The gold was wearing thin and the bars were showing clearly.
His current contract, hiding behind another changed identity, gave the opportunity and threw him across the path of The Grange and unexpected allies.
Arkwright never questioned the motives of those who threw their lot in with him, he just took advantage of their co-operation and the end run was close. He made his breakout and escaped his control.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044805828
Publisher:	Martyn Taylor
Publication date:	08/19/2012
Series:	The Grange
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	428 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Yorkshire born, in Sheffield, now living in Rotherham.
Married to Anne, and living in a quirky house with a lot of stairs and an enormous amount of books.

Started writing more years ago than I want to remember, inspired by Ian Fleming, John Buchan, Alistair Maclean and Jack Higgins. Working in longhand, by typewriter and then with an old laptop and a printer. “One day I’m going to write a novel” arrived and in August 2002 became “Today’s the day!" A beginning, an end and the urge to write. The result was ICELINE, a thriller about abduction, smuggling and dodgy diving in Western Scotland.

CONTROL:ESCAPE is the second novel about Steel and the characters at The Grange, revealing more of the place and the people who pass through its doors. Both now published here at Smashwords. There will be more!

WHAT YOU ASK FOR was the Nanowrimo entry for 2012; reaching the 50,000 word target in 29 days and carrying on to finish the story. Currently undergoing proof-reading and editing prior to submitting it for the Premium catalogue here at Smashwords.

The fourth novel in The Grange series THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS draws its name from a quotation by Douglas Bader and weaves its way around the Urban myth of the Strategic Steam Reserve.

Fascinated by the human stories behind history, the intmate aspects of great events. Myths and legends, folklore and intrigued by urban myths.

I enjoy a film with a good story, Matrix (all three parts), V for Vendetta – the final scene outside parliament with the masked crowds; Dambusters; Where Eagles Dare – Richard Burton on the radio with “Broadsword calling Danny Boy”

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