Mark Durman Livres

Peter Chambers is eighteen when he is summoned to serve two years' compulsory military service in 1959. He deliberates whether to defer or serve his country. After some tough infantry training, he is commissioned as a young officer and sent to join the Nigerian Army far away from England where he grew up. Peter is thrown in at the deep end and becomes immersed in combat operations in the Cameroons and the Congo where he must lead his platoon in many dangerous situations. He is also embroiled in politically sensitive and deeply personal issues including murder, mutiny, war crimes and passionate love. Adsum is based on the true story of a young man facing the harsh lessons of life.

Nancy Allen is American. She is in her early thirties, blonde, attractive and independent. She is in total control of her life until the Passarella family decide she is unwittingly to smuggle their illegal merchandise into America. Nancy is taken hostage by gunmen and it appears to both the US authorities and the press that Nancy is a willing accomplice. She manages to escape and her influential father, General Rich Allen, decides she must go to Europe for her safety. British Major Christian Chambers is assigned to protect her. Christian twice saves Nancy's life as the criminals try to kill her. Nancy is determined to prove her innocence and she and Christian realise that locating the criminal's European headquarters at "The Warehouse" is the key to proving her innocence. Their search leads to a chase throughout several European countries during which Nancy becomes increasingly dependent on Christian and attracted to him.

It's 1988. For the previous few years, there has been an easing of tension between East and West. In December, Gorbachev makes a speech declaring major Soviet troop withdrawals from Eastern Europe. However, many US and UK analysts are sceptical and fear the West is being duped. There are disturbing intelligence reports that support this fear. Can the Soviets be trusted? Colonel Peter Chambers works for NATO. He is tasked with the mission: verify the facts. Chambers is a dedicated intelligence professional but he faces major challenges in his personal life. He is sent to East Berlin where he uncovers evidence of an effective disinformation campaign to reignite East-West tensions. As the story unfolds, he finds himself in mortal danger. Will he make it back home? Can he complete his mission?

Christian Chambers is the newly appointed European Head of Security for Securcoy, a US company that supplies cash to banks. There's a vicious ram raid attack on the company's branch in Luxembourg. The manager is brutally killed and over twenty million euros are stolen. It's Christian's job to recover the money. His ruthless CEO gives him an ultimatum: retrieve the cash quickly or lose your job. He is confronted not only by a murder charge against himself, a demanding boss and a jealous rival, but also by nightmares that haunt him from his recent military experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Christian pursues the robbers to France then Spain, he is forced to accept the assistance of Valerie Cunningham, an arrogant yet attractive loss adjuster for Securcoy's insurance company. Their relationship, and their deep personal confessions to each other, are exposed as the pace of the investigation quickens.