In 1936 and at just 17years old, Yusuf Abbas murders two desert travellers for their camels and worldly goods. In 1950 and now calling himself Sheikh Yusuf Abbas, he murders a British Ambassador and the members of a British oil exploration company, shortly afterwards, when a neighbouring Sheikh and his family are poisoned, he merges their lands to create the Sabba Oil empire.On the other side of the world, Richard Neilson, a sickly 14-year-old is devastated when his beloved father (whilst working in Egypt) is decapitated by Arab fanatics. He vows to avenge his death. Two years later, and having thrown himself into a gruelling fitness regime, he enlists in the army and eventually wins selection into the SAS.Najeeb Abbas (Yusuf’s son) is a malevolent, unremorseful psychopath who, upon leaving Cambridge University with a degree in nuclear physics, persuades his father to fund a desert research facility to tackle global warming. But beneath the façade, his intentions are much darker and the consequences of his actions prove fatal for his remorseful father and potentially devastating for the Gulf of Mexica and Canadian Cantrell’s oilfields.Fate throws these two polar opposite lives together, and once again Richard’s family is threatened by Abbas’ deep-rooted intentions to destroy. Will he succeed? Or will Richard finally get the revenge he’s spent most of his life planning?Discover for yourself in this dark, gritty, and electrifying world of Al-Qaeda, terrorist conspiracies, SAS heroes, M16 agents, suicide bombings, assassination plans and desert ops – where revenge stops at nothing.
Michael Saint was born in Cardiff, South Wales, in 1939. His late father, at the age of fourteen (fifteen was the legal age) was employed as a cabin boy on a tramp ship out of Barry. During his three years at sea, he visited many countries. He didn’t have much leisure time; however, he spent much of it listening to the tales of the Arab stokers in the boiler room and sampling their strange meals. Obviously, they took advantage of his youthful innocence, taking artistic licence (with much bloodletting) to tell him stories from their varying lifestyles. These remained in Michael’s mind until he retired and became the inspiration for the dramatic prologue of The Djinn’s Retribution.
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Michael Saint’s “The Djinn’s Retribution” is a very contemporary current affairs thriller about Arab, Soviet and Western cultures.
Fate brings two boys together: one evil minded; the other wishful thinking. KISMET but it’s not pretty! Najeeb plans an Al Qaeda jihad to destroy the West. Richard Neilson, possessed like a Marvell
Super Hero will challenge the baddies.
With shades of The Manchurian Candidate and the Bond movies the plot doesn’t just thicken; it twists and turns like a convoluted flow of red -hot lava. It’s a whirling mass of evil stopped only by murderous revenge. Short chapters and spirited writing quicken the pace and the reader’s pulse through many cliff hanger moments. What an intrigue!
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I’ve just finished reading Michael Saint’s third book and what a cracking thriller it is.
It pulls no punches with action across the globe reminiscent of a supercharged James Bond film. The story commences in the Arabian desert with the night time murder of two wealthy travellers, ending many years later with another deadly desert skirmish.
It reminds me of a thrilling roller coaster when you tighten your seatbelt sit back and enjoy the ride. So join Richard Neilson as he strives to seek out and terminate those responsible for his father’s ghastly execution.
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