Since Wattpad is proving to be such a fruitful source of readers I am now putting up a new book, one chapter at a time, (serialisation worked for Dickens after all, so …)
Secrets of the Italian Gardener is a gripping, emotional and inspirational story set inside the palace of a dictator about to be overthrown in the Arab Spring. The story is told by a ghostwriter who, while inside the palace writing a book for the dictator, meets a wise, elderly Italian gardener who gradually unravels the story of who really holds the power and wealth in the world. He literally discovers "where the bodies are buried". As the rebels draw closer to breaching the palace walls the ghostwriter is also struggling with his own breaking heart.
The inspiration for the story comes from the times I have spent during my ghostwriting career amongst the dictators, politicians, arms dealers and billionaires who hold the reins of power and control the wealth of the world, visiting their lavish palaces and heavily guarded compounds in the wildest parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East as well as in tax havens like Monaco and Bermuda.
The cover is once again by Elliot Thomson at http://www.preamptive.com
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