The Claymore Straker Vigilante Series (Books 1-4 in the exhilarating, gripping, eye-opening series: The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear, Reconciliation for the Dead and Absolution)

Get all four books in the nerve-shredding, exhilarating, high-octane Claymore Straker series, in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set. Claymore Straker escapes his violent past to become a vigilante with a powerful social conscience, seeking justice in a succession of perilous encounters, life-threatening battles and challenging journeys. An action-packed, tense and unrelenting series of political/environmental thrillers by one of the world's most renowned environmental scientists. 'A stormer of a thriller ¿ vividly written, utterly tropical, totally gripping' Peter James 'Hardisty is a fine writer and Straker is a great lead character' Lee Child 'A fastpaced action thriller, beautifully written' Tim Marshall The Abrupt Physics of Dying (Book One) When he is hijacked by Islamic terrorists, an oil company engineer is forced to investigate a mysterious illness afflicting a small Yemen village ...with shocking results. A stunning debut thriller and first in the addictive, eye-opening Claymore Straker series. The Evolution of Fear (Book Two) Vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker is on the run, with a price on his head. Wanted by the CIA for acts of terrorism he did not commit, his best friend has just been murdered and Rania, the woman he loves, has disappeared. He begins a terrifying search that will have unimaginable consequences¿ Reconciliation for the Dead (Book Three) Vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker returns to South Africa to testify to Desmond Tutu's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recounting the horrifying events that led to his exile, years earlier. The explosive, thought-provoking, searingly emotive third instalment in the critically acclaimed Claymore Straker series¿ Absolution (Book Four) When vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker is witness to the murders of a family he has befriended, and his lover's husband and son disappear, his investigations take him to the darkest places he could ever have imagined. The stunning final instalment in the gripping, frighteningly realistic Claymore Straker series. Praise for the Claymore Straker series **Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger** **Telegraph and Guardian BOOK of the YEAR** 'A pageturning adventure that grabs you from the first page and won't let go' Edward Wilson 'A forceful novel by a writer not afraid of weighty issues' Maxim Jakubowski 'Beautifully written, blisteringly authentic, heart-stoppingly tense and unusually moving' Paul Johnston 'Just occasionally, a book comes along to restore your faith in a genre and Paul Hardisty's The Abrupt Physics of Dying does this in spades' The Times 'Laces the thrills and spills with enough moral indignation to give the book heft ...excellent' Telegraph 'This is a remarkably well-written, sophisticated novel in which the people and places, as well as frequent scenes of violent action, all come alive on the page...' Literary Review 'Searing ...at times achieves the level of genuine poetry' Publishers Weekly STARRED review 'A trenchant and engaging thriller that unravels this mysterious land in cool, precise sentences' Stav Sherez, Catholic Herald 'Gripping and exciting ...the quality of Hardisty's writing and the underlying truth of his plots sets this above many other thrillers' West Australian