A Darker Angel: A Page Turning Thriller ... With An Unusual Twist.

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Gabriel, born a Romanian peasant, kills another child and sees his father, Michai, murder Gabriel's mother. The two flee to Bucharest where Gabriel is attacked in revenge for the child he killed. The pair are again forced to escape to the Black Sea resorts of Bulgaria where he is abandoned by Michai and 'adopted' by Anna, a beautiful, chaste, young German doctor. Michai returns, rapes her and Anna takes her own life.Gabriel meets April, a wild, vivacious English tourist and they begin a passionate affair until Michai returns, attempts to rape her and is murdered by his son, Gabriel.He is forced to leave hastily again, to Sofia this time, where he forms a small troupe of young hotel prostitutes until, on Millennium night, one of his girls, Natalia, is attacked, tortured, and murdered. Gabriel pursues the killers to Germany and extracts retribution for her murder, brutalising the two men before slaying them. Once more he hurriedly leaves, to England, in search of April, the girl who could perhaps offer his life redemption. Alas, she cannot be found and he again returns to his known occupation of prostitution, along with drug running, violence and extortion.In England, Gabriel's life continues to spiral downwards into deeper criminality, murder and violence until he must make an example of a young lieutenant, Wayne Pooley and, in a cold, wet, lorry park he murders him. He is viciously cut and slashed and left for dead. Carried to hospital medics work frantically, but hopelessly to save him. But, a miracle, Wayne survives but insists he's not Wayne even though his partner, a street wise, heroin addict, Sharon sees him only as Wayne.Meanwhile we have been introduced to Harry Wentworth, a young police officer, honest and fair and the story follows his career as he and his adored wife, Mary, move through their lives and into retirement. Mary passes and Harry continues alone, to grieve for his one love, supported by their daughter, Jennifer.Eventually, he follows Mary's passing, as a stroke takes him .... but perhaps not? Whilst in the hospital Emergency room Harry's spirit passes to the next cubicle where medics fight to save Pooley. A defibrillator shocks his body, several times to no effect. Suddenly, the watching Harry is jolted upwards and his spirit flies into the body of Pooley as they both die at the exact same time.He begins to recover, but as Pooley.Over several weeks of recovery he is visited by Sharon Copley, a Heroin using street prostitute, girlfriend of Pooley and mother to a child, Maisy. She believes Harry is Wayne Pooley, she has no reason to believe otherwise. Back at their home, a shabby terrace house in a run down area of town she cannot understand why her erstwhile lover will no longer engage with her. Gabriel is incensed that he has failed to kill Pooley and must try again.His attempts fail and fear drives Sharon into addiction. Harry spends weeks aiding her recovery and finally, Harry succumbs to her and she seduces him. She realises that Harry is not Wayne. Harry is distraught at his betrayal of Mary, his one love.Gabriel must again kill Wayne. But he doesn't act like Wayne anymore. Gabriel kidnaps Sharon's child and a desperate hunt ensues to find her.A brutal finale is enacted at an old, abandoned farm, with only one survivor.Jennifer now sees Sharon as a friend and Sharon and Harry announce they are to be wed. Furtherto this, Sharon is expecting their child. Read more