Chad Matthews has been trying to live a normal life for his sister. Growing up without parents is bad enough; she doesn’t need the strangeness that comes with his dangerous world.
Chad is lucky. Incredibly lucky. Things always seem to go his way. And some people tell him that that isn’t just chance -- that it’s a power, and that he has to use it for good. But Chad doesn’t believe them: how could anyone that lucky be orphaned in a car crash?
When Chad comes home one night and finds his sister missing, he’s forced back into the world of espionage and intrigue he’d left behind to find her. He’ll have to rebuild every bridge he can, and burn even more, as he moves heaven and hell to get her back.
You can’t run from what you are.
Matthew LeDrew holds an Honours Degree in English from the Memorial University of Newfoundland with a minor in Anthropology, and studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He was honoured to be a jury member of both the 2018 NLBA awards and the 2020 Arts and Letters Awards.
He has written twenty novels for Engen Books: the ten book Coral Beach Casefiles series, The Long Road, Cinders, Sinister Intent, Faith, Family Values, Jacobi Street, Touch Your Nose, Infinity, The Tourniquet Reprisal, and Exodus of Angels the latter three of which with co-author Ellen Curtis.
He lives in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Since 2007 he has traveled all over Canada promoting his work as well as teaching seminars on writing and publishing. He also helps young Newfoundland authors become published through Engen Books.