One Shot Kill

Set in largely unexplored southern Africa, and in southern Ireland, ONE SHOT KILL continues the saga of WEATHERLIGHT - THE TEMPEST, a novel by the same author.

Adriana, a boer’s daughter had spent her childhood constantly competing with her brothers - riding, shooting, even fighting. Tom McCauley is from Ireland, recently shipwrecked onto the Skeleton Coast whilst en route to penal servitude in Tasmania. He now endeavours to carve a future in this harsh new land, for himself and the woman he has come to love. Smangaliso, a young Zulu of royal lineage, becomes more than a guide to the young newlyweds on their trek to their new home. Still at large however, causing havoc, carnage and wretchedness, is Scully the gypsy: a singularly evil ne'er-do-well. Moreover, Cecil John Rhodes, Colonel Lord Archibald Keefe-Stanley and Lance Corporal Paul Gallagher, each add their own twist to this pulsating epic of life, death, romance, sensational adventure and dire misadventure.

About the author
From a seafaring background, the author studied Civil Engineering; History; and Ocean navigation. Much travelled, he lived and worked in the UK, South Africa and Namibia. During the 1970s and 80s, he enjoyed recognition as singer and songwriter, under the pseudonym Lorne Shields. He currently lives with his wife Ria, near his ancestral home in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland.