2nd novel out, more helicopter pilot shenanigans
 

Novel 2, Cologne & Coffee (fiction) just released, if anyone cares for a tall tale:


A dark and intertwining tale of two cocksure helo pilots traversing the globe in search of riches; Jacques, a womanizing rascal, and Ethan, a young lad finding his way.
Trouble finds Jacques at every turn, as Ethan seeps into a criminal underworld to sate his incipient greed, and is thrust into events that threaten his moral fibre.

Follow the two men from the forests of Manitoba to the deserts of Somalia, from the Turkish and Romanian Black Sea Coast to the beaches of Gabon, from Azerbaijan to the shadows of Tangier, from the jungles of Suriname, Liberia, Colombia… back to Canada’s East Coast… their lives intertwined, their fate inescapable


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You sure it's a novel and not an autobiography? :p

Mostly made up....

Not to toot my own horn too much, but just got the best review I've ever gotten:

Book Viral ReviewThe BookViral Review:

Sometimes there are novels that strike you in a certain way, haunt your memory and provide some of the terms with which you view your own life and Hoover’s latest release is certainly one of them. It’s fast-paced, consistently compelling and hugely readable but what distinguishes Cologne & Coffee most is its many rich characters and the size of its vision.

A read that grabs your attention from the very start it ranges from 1986 to 2007, from Gabon to Colombia and just about every hotspot in between as we follow the lives of freelance helicopter pilots Jacques and Ethan. Two diametrically opposed characters who are unwittingly on a path that will see their lives and fates intrinsically bound together because of the decisions they make. And on this level, Hoover achieves the difficult feat of following two intersecting story arcs, one in which everything goes right for Jacques and the other in which everything goes wrong for Ethan.

With several converging plotlines Hoover’s narration rarely falters and is easy to follow as Jacques and Ethan are brought into the focus. Both are well-nuanced and the overriding draw of the novel is that all the twists and turns that set their lives on converging paths are wholly believable.

In the main, this is because Darcy takes as much time to emotionally build his characters as he does to create credible and often seedy real-world settings. Often combining these with a deadpan degree of social commentary as Jacques reflects on his life and who even when flying into the jaws of hell, has an insouciance, a devil-may-care attitude, that undermines the drama.

The pace of Hoover’s novel is rapid, almost hectic at times, the touch glancing and he doesn’t linger on any of its settings too long. Shaping even the most casual scenes decisively as the lines between right and wrong become heavily blurred.

A wholly captivating read whilst being refreshingly devoid of genre clichés Cologne and Coffee proves a superb follow-up release to Hoover’s first novel and is unreservedly recommended!

Is that an advert or a thread?

It's fiction. Used some places I've been, some characters I've met, but it's fictional, same as the first one. Just thought someone here may enjoy it.

There was an old boy that drove his house mates bonkers with his late night typing as he wrote his classic novel and I always wondered how he made out with it.

This was in the days of the manual typewriter complete with return bell.

Horrid thing to listen to....chinkachinkacchiachinka....DING! Then the smashing of the carriage returning to the other side of the machine with a loud clunk.

I give him credit for his sticking to it.....but I wish he had been living offshore on a drilling rig where there was peace and quiet.

There was I, looking for the Rotorheads discount on Amazon 🤔 😇