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    I, Adventurer
    I, Adventurer
    I, Adventurer
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    I, Adventurer

    By Anthony North

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    When I was a boy I imagined I was James Bond. When I grew up my adventures were not quite so spectacular. But when I became a writer, I decided my earlier imaginings had value. Hence, in this collection of Flash Fiction meet heroes, spies and villains aplenty, topped off with a series delving deep into the nature of conspiracy theory. But don't worry. Everything is under control.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthony North
    Release dateApr 11, 2013
    ISBN9781301519712
    I, Adventurer
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    Anthony North

    Thinker & Storyteller****7,453 Words to Save the UK and I,Writer are now FREE. Scroll down to find them.*****1955 (Yorkshire, England) – I am born (Damn! Already been done). ‘Twas the best of times ... (Oh well).I was actually born in the year of Einstein's death, close to Scrooge's Counting House. It doesn't mean anything but it sounds good. As for my education, I left school at 15 and have had no formal education since. Hence, I'm self-taught.****From a family of newsagents, at 18 I did a Dick Whittington and went off to London, only to return to pretend to be Charlie and work in a chocolate factory.When I was ten I was asked what I wanted to be. I said soldier, writer and Dad. I never thought of it for years – having too much fun, such as a time as lead guitarist in a local rock band – but I served nine years in the RAF, got married and had seven kids. I realized my words had been precognitive when, at age 27, I came down with M.E. – a condition I’ve suffered ever since – and turned my attention to writing.Indeed, as I realized that no expert could tell me what was wrong with me, I began my quest to find out why. Little did I realize it would last decades and take me through the entire history of knowledge, leaving me with the certainty that our knowledge systems are inadequate.****My non-fiction is based on P-ology, a thought process I devised to work with patterns of knowledge, and designed to be a bedfellow to specialization. A form of Rational Holism, it seeks out areas the specialist may have missed. I work from encyclopaedias and introductory volumes in order to gain a grasp of many subjects and am not an expert in anything, but those patterns keep forming. Hence, I do not deal in truth, but ideas, and cover everything from politics to the paranormal.When reading my work I ask only: do I make sense? Of course, an expert would say: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I agree. And an expert has so little knowledge of everything.I also write novels and Flash Fiction in all genres.

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      I, Adventurer - Anthony North

      I, Adventurer

      By Anthony North

      Copyright Anthony North 2013

      Cover image copyright, Yvonne North 2013

      Smashwords Edition

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission

      Other books by Anthony North

      Beginning in 2019 I’m publishing 14 volumes of my fiction, inc 7 novels in most genres, & 21 works of non-fiction covering cults, politics, conspiracies, religion, disasters, science, philosophy, warfare, crime, psychology, new age, green issues & all areas of the unexplained, inc ufology, lost worlds and the paranormal. Hopefully appearing at the rate of one a month, check out the latest launch at my bookstore at http://anthonynorth.com or buy direct from Smashwords for all devices at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/anthonynorth

      In addition to the above, you may like my ‘I’ Series – 8 volumes of flash fiction (horror, sci fi, romance, adventure, crime), 4 volumes of poetry & 5 volumes of short essays from politics to the unexplained. Available from same links as above. Also check out my bookstore for news of my books out in paperback.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      The Force

      Where Are They?

      Tony Brand - Plugging the Hole

      Tony Brand - Ghost From the Past

      Tony Brand - Silence Is Golden

      The Need to Know

      The Legend

      Mini Novel - The Guru and the Girls

      The Lost Tribe

      Sport

      Mini Novel - How Far They Reach

      My Oldest Friend

      Bridging the Gap

      Mini Novel - The Rape of Africa

      The Vision

      Bounty

      Lost Highway

      Stripes

      Drawn By the Sea

      Soar

      Shadow Games - Toad in the Hole

      Shadow Games - Masquerade

      Shadow Games - The Goat

      Shadow Games - It's Been Going On a While

      Shadow Games - Simulacra

      Shadow Games - Everything Is Under Control

      About the Author

      Connect With Anthony

      INTRODUCTION

      When I was a boy I imagined I was James Bond. When I grew up my adventures were not quite so spectacular. But when I became a writer, I decided my earlier imaginings had value. Hence, in this collection of Flash Fiction meet heroes, spies and villains aplenty, topped off with a series delving deep into the nature of conspiracy theory. But don't worry. Everything is under control.

      THE FORCE

      The winds have gone. Yet as the hurricane had blown, life had changed so dramatically for me that I find it hard to describe. But if only to make sense of it myself, I must.

      It had been the second major change in my life in such a short time, the first coming with questioning; with a realization that I saw nothing in this world that proved the life I lived. Since I had left the job I’d been living in a less than desirable area, the only real light in my troubled life the kid who’d play outside in the street.

      Such a happy kid he was – a miracle considering the poverty around there. But he’d always speak to me, want to be my friend. Of course, his mother would take him in, tell him about speaking to strangers, but it never bothered him with me. And the day he found his mother with her eyes staring blindly and two bullets in her chest, I was the first person he ran to.

      I felt the injustice of the world as he cried in my arms, and as the police failed to gain any angle on the killer, I resolved that I had a duty to bring this person to justice.

      The hint came when I found out the nature of his mother’s ‘friendships’, and that she was well known with the local gangs. One by one I put the pieces together, my only worry the kid, who just wouldn’t leave it alone either. He’d follow me everywhere, yet I knew I was moving into a dangerous world of which he should have no part.

      What I intended to do when I caught up with the killer, I had no idea. Certainly, my previous life, before the change, would impact on it – I hoped. Or had I become something more primeval since leaving?

      I caught up with him as the hurricane came. Knowing what he had done, anger rose up in me, reflecting the wind howling around me, the rain lancing into my flesh. I dived at him with a similar ferocity, and I felt that darker side rising from deep, deep within.

      At what point in the fight he brought out the gun I don’t know, but suddenly it was a fight for my life. Grabbing his arm, I struggled and twisted until the gun fell from his hand. Turning and diving to reach it, I suddenly noticed it was in another’s hands.

      Reality and goodness returned to me then. Noticing the hatred in such a young face as the kid’s was a shock indeed, and it was obvious who the kid was pointing the gun at, his finger hovering over the trigger.

      I pleaded with him not to do it, but knew that even I had almost succumbed to that evil force. As for the killer, he merely pleaded for his life, his voice struggling to rise above the rage of the storm.

      I saw the crossing point of intent in the kid’s eyes and knew he was about to be ruined for ever. Yet, at that point, a movement attracted

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