The Order of the Dragon

Syria, 2016. US Air Force drones, flying reconnaissance, discover an entire battalion of enemy fighters massacred in unthinkably gruesome ways by combatants unknown. A helicopter is scrambled to search the area, and soon John Kelly, a volunteer with the Kurdish resistance, is waking up on board the USS Defiant . . . screaming. During his debriefing by military personnel, he recounts a harrowing story of the bizarre, often inexplicable, events which led him to the kill zone, where, miraculously, his life was saved by a mysterious stranger . . . but what really happened out in the desert? Could John Kelly’s troubled past and bloody battle traumas have somehow turned him into an unwitting killer? Or is the truth darker still? Could his testimony, as unbelievable as it seems, actually be true – that an ancient supernatural force is at work in modern Syria? Who . . . or what is really hunting Daesh?

About the Author

By day, Russell Lightfoot drives a red double-decker bus through the busy streets of our nation's capital. By nightfall, however, he drives his imagination to the outer limits of the twilight zone, inviting us to join him on a journey into the unknown, with his first novel, The Order of the Dragon. Like many aspiring authors, Russell Lightfoot had been writing purely as a hobby for many years, before the inspiration came to finally see his work published. `I always felt I had good ideas' he explains, enthusiastically. `But I began to realise that I'd honed my storytelling to a level where, I honestly believe, people will gladly read what I have to say.' When he's not driving a bus, writing a book, or spending time with his family, Russell Lightfoot enjoys nothing more than to indulge a lifelong interest in American cars, and a passion for loud Rock music.

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