The Levelling Dust
- ISBN-10
- 1523706031
- ISBN-13
- 9781523706037
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-15
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Terry John Ward
Description
Meet the players: they all have have an impact on Douglas and Robert Bowen's lives. Lecherous taxi driver, Ken Bateman The ill-fated parents, Harry and Mary Bowen Doomed orphan, David Bowen 'Fornicating' Norman Flynn 'Old sweat', Jim Feltham. Gay ship's stewards, Hildy and Little Mo The ship's bully boy, Geordie Brighouse Exotic and treacherous Linda Yeung. . Night club hostess turned prostitute, Judy Wood Vengeful IRA man, Brian Mayhew. The beautiful Barbara Meadows Broadcaster, Vernon Farrell Gordon's Ghosts recruiting officer, Captain Leo Stride and the many other authentic characters crowding the pages of ThE LEVELLING DUST From the sleazy haunts of London's Soho and Hong Kong to the killing fields of the Korean War and the Aden Protectorate, Robert and Douglas Bowen struggle to survive the whims of fate as chance encounters, an undiagnosed illness, a discarded piece of paper, a delayed journey all conspire to dictate the course their lives will take. Separated from his brother by a devastating family tragedy, the quixotic Robert struggles to achieve success as a writer and falls in love with the virginal Barbara Meadows, as guilt ridden Douglas recklessly risks his life during the Korean War, is seduced by the treacherous Linda Yeung in Hong Kong and coerced into joining a sinister branch of MI6, known as 'Gordon's Ghosts'. When fate decrees Robert learns that Douglas was responsible for the death of their parents and younger brother, David, the scene is set for a dramatic climax as the two brothers are thrown together in a fight for survival on Australia's Nullarbor Plains
