PJ Reece Books
THE FLIGHT OF THE PATRIOT
by Yadi Sharifirad with PJ Reece
Yadi Sharifirad, Iranian Top Gun, national hero, and poster boy for the military forces of the Islamic Regime, thought his record spoke for itself. But he underestimated Ayatollah Khomeini’s antipathy for American-trained fighter pilots—all but a few were executed. Sharifi’s luck ran out when one fine day he was abducted, imprisoned and tortured on trumped-up charges of spying for the CIA. Upon his release, Sharifi was jobless, friendless, and under constant surveillance. His escape to Canada took six years. First to smuggle his family out with fake passports, then to escape himself through the winter mountains into Turkey, with wolves competing with border guards to finish him off. The book provides an absorbing historical and cultural backdrop to Iran.
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ROXY
Roxy is a tale of secrets and lies, sex and death. The story unfolds in Greece an ancient land where myth and fact have coexisted for centuries. Sent there on a mission of mercy to meet her estranged grandfather, Roxy uncovers the truth about her family-and must unravel the longtime consequences of a tragic love story. At the same time she has a secret of her own, and she has to deal with her strong feelings for the far-too-good-looking Giorgio.
This is a riveting mystery with a tough yet vulnerable narrator whom teens will take to heart.
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SMOKE THAT THUNDERS
Smoke That Thunders by PJ ReeceWhat is young David Livingstone doing on the run in Africa, with his mother’s credit card in his pocket and the Tanzanian police in hot pursuit? And what is he doing on Hell Road, a potholed obstacle course to the Zambian border, where cannibals lie in wait — car cannibals that is — and the rumour of Duma the cheetah keeps spreading? The truth is that David can’t answer these questions himself. Is he chasing his father’s ghost, or proving himself to disdainful, beautiful Jackie back in Canada? More questions. But he’s bent on reaching Victoria Falls, the Smoke That Thunders. And then there’s old Mr. Changwe, who lost a leg to Duma, and his teasing, seductive daughter Pepsi. Mr. Changwe has even more pressing reasons to get to the famous waterfall.
This is a very funny, deadpan, provocative book, and PJ Reece knows from the inside an Africa few of us have read about — colourful, contradictory, and confounding every stereotype of the dark continent.
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PJ’s publisher is Tradewind Books: http://www.tradewindbooks.com/
