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Legacy Of Dragons: A Nuclear Espionage Thriller

by Michael Kendall

399 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-2533; ISBN 1-4251-0775-3; US$25.65, C$29.50, EUR21.07, £14.75

Sea adventure, family secrets and a dangerous legacy from a previous generation provide the background to this powerful espionage thriller. Set in the post 9/11 world where nuclear materials are sought for a dirty bomb.

About the Book

Legacy of Dragons is a powerful espionage story, set in a post 9/11 World.

Sea adventure, spiced with murder, revenge and espionage are set against the fear of a terrorist nuclear capability that forms the baseline to this fast moving drama of human relationships.

When his father dies afer a diving expedition in the English Channel, the protagonist, Dr. Peter Senden, begins a quest to discover the cause and becomes caught up in what he believes is a seach for a sunken wreck and gold hoard. He is entangled in a web of obstacles created by his fathers past relationships, as he slowly unravels secrets about his family. He discovers that he shares part of a deadly WW2 nuclear secret with the daughter of one of his father's past associates. She is a young woman, who exhorts revenge on the man who raped her as a fifteen year old.

Major intelligence agencies thread together the story to prevent disaster, as a terrorist group seek the major constituents for a dirty nuclear bomb. An equally ambitious covert plot by a section of the CIA counterpoints the action as the World's media move in.

The story weaves between the south coast of England, Washington, Hong Kong, London and post 9/11 New York.

About the Author

Michael Kendall was an engineering physicist and businessman before retiring to write. He's written articles on yatching, business and technology. He has also lectured, been a book reviewer and editor of technical literature. Legacy of Dragons is his first novel.

A winner in the national Opan/PBO 2004 sea story writers' competition and runner up in 2003, he is also a Yachtmaster, using his sailing and technical experiences for some of the background writing in Legacy of Dragons. He sails his boat mainly in the areas outlined in the book and lives in Hampshire.

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