Second
Strike (2008)Memories of the Bali Bombing have all but faded for Aussie spy Alan McQueen. It is six years since that awful night in Kuta and McQueen is now married, lecturing part-time and living on the Gold Coast with his wife and daughter. But when McQueen is lured back into covert intelligence work for the Australian government as an economic operative in Jakarta, he is forced to confront the unresolved mysteries of the Kuta bombings in ’02.
After his partner is gunned down during the routine Jakarta assignment, he is soon back on the trail of the gang that narrowly eluded him six years’ earlier – the same crew of Pakistani nuclear terrorists who McQueen believes were responsible for the Bali atrocity. Joining with Russian and Indonesian intelligence officers, McQueen leads a chase through the wilds of Sumatra but as he closes on the Pakistanis, it becomes apparent that this time their target is not in South East Asia: the terrorists want to detonate their mini-nuke in Australia.
Golden
Serpent (2007)When Australian spy Alan McQueen is called in to find a young Intel staffer who’s missing in Indonesia, he thinks it’s one last routine assignment before he quits the spy world and goes civvie. But the trail turns deadly and the man they call Mac finds himself unraveling a mystery that leads him to the revelation that Abu Sabaya – the terrorist he supposedly killed in ’02 – is alive and planning a huge strike, along with a rogue CIA agent. The trail twists through betrayals and moles, mercenaries and Indonesian politics to the climax in Singapore where Sabaya has a container-load of VX nerve agent sitting on a ship in the Port of Singapore. The resulting revelations about the governmental involvement in the attack are as hair-raising as Mac’s attempts to stop it.
See how A&U announced Golden Serpent to the trade
‘Golden Serpent is the most accomplished commercial spy thriller we’ve
seen locally, a discerning read full of action and a kind of knowing wit.
Abernethy conjures echoes of Ian Fleming, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy and the
Jack Reacher novels of Lee Child.’
Graeme Blundell, Weekend Australian
"The spy thriller has traditionally not been much of a presence in Australian
popular fiction. We have been dominated by the British and American product.
Abernethy's first novel follows the Tom Clancy model, but with an irreverent,
distinctly Australian twist... Abernethy writes of a world where Maori mercenaries
meet hi-tech shipping and the most inventive ways of killing people... For
those who like thrillers, this is satisfying fare."
Sunday Age
‘Reminiscent of a Tom Clancy thriller only with a strong Australian
flavour to it.’
Crime Downunder
‘I have had the pleasure in recent years of discovering several Aussie
authors – Matthew Reilly, James Phelan and David Rollins – capable
of taking on the world’s best in the ‘techno-thriller’ stakes.
Now add Mark Abernethy to the list.’
Sunshine Coast Daily
Business
Angels: how to be one, how to find one, how to use one (1999)(with David Heidtman)
Private investors in small businesses have carried the Australian economy for many decades. They bring much needed capital to businesses wanting to expand to a new level and also bring their expertise in niche industries. They are known as Business Angels – high net-worth individuals who take equity in a business with the purpose of growing the venture to a point where they sell their stake for a profit. The problem is, they are secretive and operate in networks of like-minded people and their accountants and lawyers. Business Angels is an excellent primer for businesses looking for alternatives to bank debt and high net-worth individuals who want to make private investments.
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