The Lost Hero
Some heroes are left behind.
The Lost Hero begins the Faultlines of War journey with William Clarke, a young British paratrooper whose life is shaped by the conflicts of the late twentieth century.
From the brutal demands of airborne training to the forgotten jungle war of Borneo, from the tense streets of Northern Ireland to the battlefields of the Falklands, William’s story is one of duty, brotherhood, sacrifice, and survival.
Years later, his son Michael visits him in a care home, where dementia has stolen much of the man William once was. As Michael reads from a manuscript about his father’s life, the past begins to surface. Memories return through fragments of pain, pride, and love.
This is more than a war story. It is a tribute to veterans, to fathers and sons, and to the quiet heroism of those who carried the weight of service long after the battles ended.
Perfect for readers who enjoy emotional military fiction, British airborne history, family legacy stories, and novels about remembrance.
Ghost in the Woods
The past never stays buried.
She is alone, hunted, and running out of time.
Ghost in the Woods moves the Faultlines of War series into the modern battlefield.
Corporal Sarah Clarke, part of the same military family legacy, is deployed on a NATO humanitarian mission in Eastern Europe. What begins as a routine patrol soon turns into a nightmare when her unit is ambushed and she is cut off behind enemy lines.
Wounded, isolated, and hunted through dense woodland by a ruthless enemy known only as the Hound, Sarah must rely on instinct, training, grit, and the stubborn Clarke refusal to give in.
Back at base, Sergeant Jack Harker refuses to believe she is lost. As the search becomes more dangerous and politically sensitive, a covert rescue mission begins to take shape.
Dark, tense, and survival driven, Ghost in the Woods is a military thriller about loyalty, fear, endurance, and the brutal truth that sometimes the war follows you home through the bloodline.
Perfect for readers who enjoy survival thrillers, special operations fiction, female military leads, and tense cat-and-mouse storytelling.
When the Shooting Stops
Peace is just the beginning.
The battle does not always end when the war is over.
When the Shooting Stops tells the story of David Clarke, William’s younger brother, and his journey into the Royal Marines.
From a restless childhood on the South Coast to the brutal demands of Commando training, David fights to earn the green beret and prove himself in one of Britain’s toughest fighting forces. His service takes him from the Arctic cold of Norway to the jungle of Belize, the divided streets of Cyprus, and eventually to the Falklands War.
But this is not only a story about combat.
It is a story about what happens after. After the uniform comes off. After the noise fades. After the world expects a soldier to simply become a civilian again.
David’s struggle with injury, loss, alcohol, trauma, and the search for purpose gives the novel its emotional heart. It is a raw and honest look at the invisible wounds carried by many veterans, and the second chances that can pull a man back from the edge.
Perfect for readers who enjoy Royal Marines fiction, Falklands War stories, veteran recovery journeys, and emotional military drama.
The Heat of Regret
Pre-order now! In the ashes of war, a reckoning awaits.
Basra is not finished with Michael Clarke.
The next novel in the Faultlines of War series turns to Michael Clarke and the ghosts he brought home from Iraq.
During a tour in Basra, Michael forms a dangerous but human bond with Hristo Stojanov, an interpreter caught between loyalty, survival, family, and fear. In a city of heat, dust, hidden enemies, and shifting loyalties, promises are made that cannot easily be kept.
Years later, the past returns.
A message. A name. A threat.
Hristo is no longer just a man from Michael’s memories. He has become something colder, harder, and far more dangerous. The choices made in Basra now threaten everyone Michael loves, pulling the Clarke family into a new and deadly reckoning.
The Heat of Regret explores loyalty, guilt, betrayal, consequence, and the terrible price of leaving people behind.
The next chapter in the Faultlines of War series is coming soon.