Deadly Crossing (Tom Dugan 2) (30 page)

Author’s Notes

As readers of my other work know, while my stories are fictional, they are based on real (or at least plausible) events. That wasn’t too difficult in the past; both
Deadly Straits
and
Deadly Coasts
are set in an industry I know quite well and (for the most part) in geographical settings with which I’m familiar. However, when I decided to tackle the issue of human trafficking, that required a lot more research, and what I found wasn’t pleasant.

The events in
Deadly Crossing
are fictional, but the cruelty of human trafficking and the methods depicted to control its victims are all too real. And while Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Bloc provide the victims for the story (as they often do in real life), human trafficking takes place in every country and every city in the world, including those of North America and Western Europe. Wherever you’re reading this, it’s likely that there are hidden victims of this horrible crime within a few hours’ (or even a few minutes’) journey.

There is a growing movement to assist victims of human trafficking, and if you’d like to learn more about it and how you might help, I’ve included the link to The Polaris Project at the bottom of this page. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in another time, The Polaris Project is an organization dedicated to ending human slavery worldwide, in all its forms.

http://www.polarisproject.org/state-map/international-locations

Thank You

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On that note, and whatever your decision regarding a review, I’ll close by thanking you once again for taking a chance on a new author, with the hope that I’ve entertained you at least a bit, and with the promise that I’ll always strive to deliver a good story at a fair price.

Fair Winds and Following Seas,

R.E. (Bob) McDermott

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Deadly Straits
- When marine engineer and very part-time spook Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he's not about to take it lying down. Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he's offered a chance to clear himself by helping the CIA snare their real prey, Dugan's best friend, London ship owner Alex Kairouz. But Dugan has some plans of his own. Learn more and read a sample on
Amazon
.

Deadly Coast
- Dugan thought Somali pirates were bad news, then it got worse. As Tom Dugan and Alex Kairouz, his partner and best friend, struggle to ransom their ship and crew from murderous Somali pirates, things take a turn for the worse. A US Navy contracted tanker with a full load of jet fuel is also hijacked, not by garden variety pirates, but by terrorists with links to Al Qaeda, changing the playing field completely. Learn more and read a sample on
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Table of Contents

Deadly Crossing

Dedication

Author's Notes

Acknowledgements

Thanks

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