A Piece of the Action: A tense survival thriller short story

Name: A Piece of the Action: A tense survival thriller short story
Rating: 4.375 (64 reviews)

Simon Haynes

Apr 2011 · Bowman Press

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Secrets in the deep jungle are worth killing for.

Stranded in a sweltering South American town with no money and no way home, Ralph Gardiner has reached rock bottom. When a wealthy local offers him a paid expedition into the rainforest, Ralph figures he has nothing left to lose.

He’s dead wrong.

Three days out from the nearest road, deep in dense, oppressive jungle, the true nature of their trek remains shrouded in suspicion. But as the isolation sets in and tensions boil over, Ralph finds himself disarmed, trapped, and forced to outwit a ruthless companion who has no intention of sharing the prize.

A tense survival thriller short story.

Secrets in the deep jungle are worth killing for. Stranded in a sweltering South American town with no money and no way home, Ralph Gardiner has reached rock bottom. When a wealthy local offers him a paid expedition into the rainforest, Ralph figures he has nothing left to lose. He’s dead wrong. ...

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Sheron Archibald

March 18, 2022

Short, action packed and gripping. I must say that I read this all in one sitting and in under twenty minutes- I was so invested i, seeing what happens at the end. One has to feel for Ralph Gardiner- flat broke, with no money, no prospects, and stranded in a Latin American country- sitting in a hot humid, opressive and fly infested bar, drinking warm beer, he does not have any options. So when he is offered an opportunity, albeit the wrong one, what choice does he have but to say yes. And so he spent days trecking through the lonely, often perilous Amazon forest, fighting off mosquito`s , eating food from self heating tins, and trying to find more of this metal that would make his employer the cold hearted, calculated and vicious Morgan rich. Of course, as usually happens in situations like this, Morgan seems to have every intention of getting rid of Ralph as soon as the loot is found, as he has done before.Fortunately for Ralph, he found the alien ship with loot, mnage to successfuly evade Morgans death trap, and is on track to make himself a fortune

hannah colwell

June 11, 2019

Can't wait for the next one. Very fun story

Geneo Brown

November 2, 2022

i wanted more. but, thank you anyway.

About the author

Simon Haynes lives in Western Australia, where he divides his time between herding deadly spiders, dodging drop bears, and making up wildly inaccurate sentences like this one.

By day he's an author. By night he's also an author.

He loves wry, dry humour, and his hobbies include daringly inserting the letter U into words where -- in some parts of the world at least -- this simply isn't the done thing.

As for his genre-spanning novels, they include epic fantasy (with robots), scifi comedy (also with robots), middle grade humour (featuring robots AND the wanton use of the letter U), as well as a series of historical mystery novels set in 1870's London. (No, of course there aren't robots in those. He's not completely out of his mind.)

When he's not writing Simon is usually renovating his house, sim-racing online, using twitter (@spacejock), gardening, tweaking his book covers, pondering the meaning of the universe and reading, and if you think it's easy doing all that at the same time you should see what he can do with a mug of coffee, a banana and a large bag of salt.

When he's not making outlandish claims he likes to count how many novels he's written, and how many genres he's written them in. (Lots and too many.)

Finally, if you want to hear Simon reading one of his award-winning stories, you'll find an enticement to join his newsletter here: spacejock.com.au/ML.html

Simon Haynes lives in Western Australia, where he divides his time between herding deadly spiders, dodging drop bears, and making up wildly inaccurate sentences like this one. By day he's an author. By night he's also an author. He loves wry, dry humour, and his hobbies include daringly inserting...

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