Details of the book The Seventh Seal

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The Seventh Seal

Genre: Thriller
Words: 110,500 (The thickest tome on kindle so far!)
Written: 2002
Includes violence (including each stage of illness of a person suffering from weaponised smallpox exposure, which might be upsetting), and some strong language.
Additional Tags: terrorists, assassination, biological warfare, mass murder.

A fast-paced action thriller that races across England, Holland and Norway.

Eleven young men from different countries meet at a beer festival in Germany in 1968. They are rebellious after finishing university, knowing they must start their careers in the industrial empires built by their fathers. The similarities go deeper. Their group will remain their secret, and they intend to protect the planet before mankind's greed destroys the ecology. Within four years, four of their number die, proving their aims are right. The remaining seven plan seven stages, each of which they sign and seal with their special rings. By the time their children leave university, they have completed six stages, but their efforts at reducing the population by controlled means have failed. Their brainwashed children cannot wait. They produce new viruses and delivery systems. When they test a biological weapon on a town, they force their parents to open the Seventh Seal. Only the Family and their employees, which includes army and security service personnel, will survive, and the children kill any who stand in their way. One microbiologist escapes and sends short, cryptic messages to his sister and an old friend. Neither know the other exists, and the messages state they must trust nobody. Now the Family must find and kill those he contacted.

Helena realises she must trust Rick until she can find safety, but the Family leaves her nowhere to run or hide. Finding they need to depend on each other, they must discover the Family's secrets and find a way to pass their knowledge to a trustworthy source. The Family are never far away, forcing them to keep moving. Yet each skirmish leaves them weaker.

Eva works in her parent's bar in a small German town. The bout of flu is the worst she can remember. Then she is in a steadily-filling isolation ward. The World Health Organisation stated they had eradicated smallpox in 1978, but that is what they say she has. Thousands more fill hospitals and various empty buildings needed to house them. While Helena and Rick fight for their lives, Eva tries to fight for her own life.

Thank you to Linda for producing the 'Seal' from my poor description.

Also a thank you to my late brother-in-law who unwittingly gave me a wealth of information on a pilotless, programmable and small helicopter. Although I had already decided on the type of delivery system, its size and shape etc, he had independently researched and produced plans for a similar craft. His in-depth knowledge of the stresses involved, programming, wind sheer etc, allowed me to include detail I would not otherwise have been able to do.

Author's Note:

I had scoured many sources for the production, storage and dispersal of biological weapons for the novel Deserve to Die. Many tests have been done by many nations over many years, including dropping glass bottles in the street. Most methods are harmless because weather conditions, the sun etc destroy the viruses. Accidents have happened, the biggest probably being the release of anthrax in Russia, then respread accidentally by someone who later became their leader! The Japanese were probably the worst for tests on humans (prisoners of war) and dispersal (using pottery jars dropped from aircraft over China). Yet all nations are guilty, using the excuse of 'deterrent' and suchlike to make them feel better. Western nations use the US form of building for production, while Eastern nations generally use the Russian form. Yet 'mobile' units exist and are ideally suited for smaller nations and terrorists.

The dangers of determined, large-scale attacks is as terrifying as nuclear war was in the 60s. I felt the need to write a novel showing the full horrors of what could happen. All 'testing' and storage of these viruses is potentially lethal to mankind (and who is to say that Aids was not caused by a perverted 'test'?).

Although Eva was only a necessary character at the start of the novel, I have returned to her throughout the book to show the horrors from an infected individual's viewpoint. The other main characters may dislike me for the pain and anguish I put them through, but poor Eva must hate me. Sorry, my dear.

This was originally to be the fist novel in the Rick Shaw Adventure series, but too many other writing projects have allowed only the start of one other synopsis. Perhaps I will return to Rick once my other pet project is .."completed".. My brain simply bulges with new ideas, and I have still written only one book in another series (murder mysteries).

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		Genre: Thriller Words: 110,500 (The thickest tome on kindle so far!) Written: 2002 Includes violence (including each stage of illness of a person suffering from weaponised smallpox exposure, which might be upsetting), and some strong language. Additional Tags: terrorists, assassination, biological warfare, mass murder. A fast-paced action thriller that races across England, Holland and Norway. Eleven young men from different countries meet at a beer festival in Germany in 1968. They are rebellious after finishing university, knowing they must start their careers in the industrial empires built by their fathers. The similarities go deeper. Their group will remain their secret, and they intend to protect the planet before mankind's greed destroys the ecology. Within four years, four of their number die, proving their aims are right. The remaining seven plan seven stages, each of which they sign and seal with their special rings. By the time their children leave university, they have completed six stages, but their efforts at reducing the population by controlled means have failed. Their brainwashed children cannot wait. They produce new viruses and delivery systems. When they test a biological weapon on a town, they force their parents to open the Seventh Seal. Only the Family and their employees, which includes army and security service personnel, will survive, and the children kill any who stand in their way. One microbiologist escapes and sends short, cryptic messages to his sister and an old friend. Neither know the other exists, and the messages state they must trust nobody. Now the Family must find and kill those he contacted. Helena realises she must trust Rick until she can find safety, but the Family leaves her nowhere to run or hide. Finding they need to depend on each other, they must discover the Family's secrets and find a way to pass their knowledge to a trustworthy source. The Family are never far away, forcing them to keep moving. Yet each skirmish leaves them weaker. Eva works in her parent's bar in a small German town. The bout of flu is the worst she can remember. Then she is in a steadily-filling isolation ward. The World Health Organisation stated they had eradicated smallpox in 1978, but that is what they say she has. Thousands more fill hospitals and various empty buildings needed to house them. While Helena and Rick fight for their lives, Eva tries to fight for her own life.		Thank you to Linda for producing the 'Seal' from my poor description. Also a thank you to my late brother-in-law who unwittingly gave me a wealth of information on a pilotless, programmable and small helicopter. Although I had already decided on the type of delivery system, its size and shape etc, he had independently researched and produced plans for a similar craft. His in-depth knowledge of the stresses involved, programming, wind sheer etc, allowed me to include detail I would not otherwise have been able to do.


		Author's Note: I had scoured many sources for the production, storage and dispersal of biological weapons for the novel Deserve to Die. Many tests have been done by many nations over many years, including dropping glass bottles in the street. Most methods are harmless because weather conditions, the sun etc destroy the viruses. Accidents have happened, the biggest probably being the release of anthrax in Russia, then respread accidentally by someone who later became their leader! The Japanese were probably the worst for tests on humans (prisoners of war) and dispersal (using pottery jars dropped from aircraft over China). Yet all nations are guilty, using the excuse of 'deterrent' and suchlike to make them feel better. Western nations use the US form of building for production, while Eastern nations generally use the Russian form. Yet 'mobile' units exist and are ideally suited for smaller nations and terrorists. The dangers of determined, large-scale attacks is as terrifying as nuclear war was in the 60s. I felt the need to write a novel showing the full horrors of what could happen. All 'testing' and storage of these viruses is potentially lethal to mankind (and who is to say that Aids was not caused by a perverted 'test'?). Although Eva was only a necessary character at the start of the novel, I have returned to her throughout the book to show the horrors from an infected individual's viewpoint. The other main characters may dislike me for the pain and anguish I put them through, but poor Eva must hate me. Sorry, my dear. This was originally to be the fist novel in the Rick Shaw Adventure series, but too many other writing projects have allowed only the start of one other synopsis. Perhaps I will return to Rick once my other pet project is .."completed".. My brain simply bulges with new ideas, and I have still written only one book in another series (murder mysteries).