|
|
|
|
in
UK |
in
USA |
Tarnished Heroes
by Bryan Marlowe |
UK price:
£8.38 US
price:
$15.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 5 x 8
Pages: 228
ISBN: 0-595-40750-1
Published: Aug-2006
|
It's the cold war in the Far
East and a chain of deadly
circumstances forces two
former world war heroes to
form an alliance to save
those they love in a final
desperate act of heroism and
redemption.
Click here for reviews of
Bryan Marlowe's books
Book Description
Group Captain Randolph
Tremayne, RAF, the British
Air Attaché and Lieutenant
Colonel Bradford Rantzen,
USAF, the United States’
Assistant Air Attaché, both
serving in their respective
embassies in Bangkok, are
embittered and disillusioned
men. Passed over for
promotion and beset by
family discord and tragedy.
Both men are former heroes,
but are now tarnished by
their experiences or
weaknesses. Tremayne is a
gallant, but philandering,
self-indulgent opportunist
and Rantzen is a heroic, but
war-wearied veteran,
suffering nightmares over
the time he was a prisoner
of war in Korea and fears
he’s losing his grip on
life.
A chain of deadly
circumstances forces the two
men to form an alliance to
save those they love more
than life, in a final
desperate act of heroism and
redemption.
Quotation
Tarnished Heroes is
saturated with believable
characters, humour and
dialogue that fits snugly in
with a terrific story, which
has more twists and turns
than a HimalayanYeti trail,
complete with a surprise
ending. It's a tale that is
bound to please more than
99.999% of its readers.
Carl Morris
Miller, Bolivar, Missouri
USA
Reviews
“A good, old-fashioned war
yarn, harking back to when
men were men
who took their drink hard
and their broads harder,
Bryan Marlowe's Tarnished
Heroes, based on the
author's own RAF experience,
engages and amuses, only
occassionally slipping into
pastiche. To be read in one
sitting, with a large glass
of Remy Martin to hand."
—
James Drew - Brussels-based
film writer, sub-editor and
reporter.
|
"Tarnished
Heroes
is a
worthwhile
read,
with
a
story
that
will
keep
the
reader
on
edge
and
wanting
more.
It
has
all
the
right
ingredients:
action,
intrigue,
romance
and
roguish
heroes."
—
Terry
Clamp,
Acomb,
York
|
|
I can highly recommend
the novel, Tarnished
Heroes. For me it
brought back memories of
working in Bangkok and
meeting the author's RAF
associate, assigned to
the British Embassy.
Bryan Marlowe was our
best man at our wedding
in Bangkok.
—
Jennie D. Sefton
(American)
About the
author
Bryan
Marlowe was born in Holborn,
City of London, 1930. He
attended 22 schools, leaving
at the age of 14. He had
numerous jobs before
National Service in the
Royal Air Force 1948/50. He
rejoined the RAF in 1951 and
retired in 1971. Marlowe
worked for 20 years with a
northern police force. On
retirement he took up
voluntary work with Victim
and Witness Support and
worked as a newspaper
columnist. He has travelled
extensively through the five
continents and lived abroad.
Available from the
following on-line
bookstores:
Also by Bryan Marlowe:
Memoirs of an Errant Youth—a
tongue in cheek account of
the author’s early years of
employment in wartime
Britain and the immediate
post-war period of
austerity.
A romantic saga dedicated to
those who have lost the love
of their life and live in
hope of one day regaining
it.
Be warned; don’t be fooled
by Gary Remington’s
gentlemanly demeanour. He’s
a tough, war-hardened
ex-sergeant major, who
exercises unremitting
relentlessness in whatever
he undertakes. He’s now on a
mission of merciless
vengeance and he’ll take no
prisoners!
Tense, gripping and with a
rich seam of black humour,
Settled Out Of Court
is the latest thriller from
Bryan Marlowe—a man with a
literary mission of his own.
Leaving Mercy
to Heaven
is a
bang-up-to-date, dramatic
action-packed tale of
revenge, intrigue, betrayal,
and romance, involving
terrorism, modern
Casablanca, and the Israeli
Secret Service
Published Categories
Tarnished
Heroes - Bryan
Marlowe
