Stalemate

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There has been some suggestion that the action sequences contain descriptions that are too graphic, and in some quarters, I have heard the key word ‘gratuitous’ whispered.

It is my habit to think about what my readers have to say on the content; to do otherwise would be foolhardy in my view.

Therefore, in reply to those who find the sequences too powerful, I make the following observations.

I have never been in combat, but have spoken with those who endured a great deal of it, in all its horrible forms. Listening to descriptions of hand-to-hand combat, I very quickly formed the opinion that it was wholly bestial, and without qualms or rules of any kind.

My time in the Fire Service exposed me to some of the worst traumas imaginable, and some that went beyond that threshold.

Together, I believe that the two experiences permit me to give some air of reality to my action sequences, and not portray the standard format that carries other authors successfully through their own literary confrontations.

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