Shadow on the Moon

About the Book

This is a story of modern day piracy. An armed pirate gang, led by the cunning and ruthless Henry Kaduna are attacking and robbing ships off the port of Lagos in Nigeria. During one particularly brutal incident, an officer’s wife is raped and the ships master murdered. Interpol, at the request of the UN become involved and Inspector Martin Ellis is sent to track down the leader of the pirate gang. But he has to work under cover, as the corrupt local police chief Godwin Azubikas, cannot be trusted. Due to the constraints imposed working without police assistance, Ellis initially finds progress on the case slow and struggles to obtain leads. Meanwhile the pirate becomes more audacious, earning vast sums of money from the ships he attacks. The pirate has carved himself a life of luxury from the proceeds of his nefarious activities, visiting the best restaurants in Lagos and gambling at the local casino. He has also become involved, with the lovely English croupier Leslie Granby and plans to use her as cover, when he eventually leaves Nigeria. This may be sooner rather than later, as he feels the heat from the local police chief, and suspects there may be some else, closing in on him.

About the Author

Archie Coulter has spent the last 36 years at sea in the merchant navy starting as deck cadet in 1969 and rising to the rank of master in 1991, the rank he has held for the last 16 years. During this long sea career he traded between Japan and West Africa between 1981 and 1992. This was where he first encountered modern day piracy and got the idea to write a book on this subject. He was born in Scotland, grew up in the Isle of Man, lived in Spain for 8 years and now resides in Cheshire England. Archie Coulter has made 7 video / DVDs about life on a modern merchant ship and these can be seen at www.archwayvideo.co.uk