Seeds of Destruction - a new thriller by Allan Hendry.
'A unique and significant combination. This is attention-grabbing page-turning fiction,
given chilling impact though its detail of the real threats to our future on this planet.
It makes you realise that the unthinkable could just happen.'
Trade from Olympia Publishers. Retail from Amazon, £7.99. ISBN 9781848971080
Available from Waterstones, and the author is supplying his local bookshops with signed copies.
Signed with dedications if requested, from the author, postage free.
Niel Bowerman, sat on President Obama’s Environment Policy Team, on a a G8 Research Group, and addressed the European Parliament on environmental issues.
“A deceptive, maybe confusing, cover, but behind it Allan Hendry’s eco-thriller is a true page-turner. I read it from that cover to the back in one go. The plot is addictive as the characters jump from one exotic location to another."
"The book touches on fundamental questions about over-population and extinction, and I hope it will be able to bring these important issues to a wider audience. Hendry is clearly well travelled, and this shines through in his writing.”
Nick Goldie, is the fiction reviewer for the newsletter of Sustainable Population of Australia.
“Complex and full of action. Contemporary issues such as population, food security, and the breakdown of society are just below the surface.
Seeds of Destruction is a ripping yarn. This reviewer put the book down, exhausted, long after midnight.”
Regina Layug, is Project Coordinator for Mulat Pinoy, a social media initiative for youth, that focuses on population and development issues in the Philippines.
“This new book by Allan Hendry is a work of fiction and an exciting novel that combines suspense and intrigue with strong messages about ecology and population. A gripping page-turning read which leaves you more aware and thoughtful.”
Paige Andrews, is Worldwide Executive Director of Climatico, a US incorporated non-profit corporation charged with analysing global developments in climate change policies. She led their teams in Copenhagen at COP15 and Cancun at COP16.
"Vivid, powerful, and action-packed, this eco-thriller will challenge your beliefs about humanity, leaving you wondering just how far is too far."
"Delivers a complex, tightly woven story and irresistible page-turner. Both gripping and thought-provoking, Grabs you and doesn’t let go until the heart-pounding finale.”
Dr Nitish Priyadarshi, Geologist, M.Sc., Ph.D., Department of Environment and Water Management, Ranchi University, India, writes scientific articles on environment, geology, anthropology and religion.
Combines suspense and intrigue with a strong message about environment and overpopulation. From the very first page gripped me with so many thrilling incidents which kept me guessing, and showed the dark face of so called civilized humans.
I request all environmentalists and policy makers of the world to go through this book. I am sure it will be mind opening and exciting, and also make you wonder.”
Lisa Sammet, President of Vermonters for a Sustainable Population, is also Library Director for the Jeudevine Memorial Library, Vermont, USA, and a professional book reviewer.
Allan Hendry has written an environmental thriller of the gripping, can't-put-it-down type. Not a book to pick up if you want to get sleep that night. The plot's intricacies are really complex and keep you guessing. I also cared about the main characters, which I also like in a novel.
Hendry shows clearly that overpopulation and resource depletion are going to bring ever greater problems - unless we stop in-fighting and start cooperating and wake up and do something.
This is a good read, and not a sermon, but it will get you thinking. Read it. It will be exciting, and also make you wonder.”
Ellie Hopkins, is co-director of the UK Youth Climate Coalition, an organisation which aims to inspire and mobilise young people to build a clean and just future.
"Absolutely fantastic! Unlike many books, this had me gripped from page one, drawing me in to a thrilling storyline that literally left my heart thumping with the potential for it all to be too true.
The use of a context and technology that totally exists, makes you wonder how far people would go for any cause, however well intentioned. I was totally unable to put it down.
The reader is drawn straight into the story. The characters and the context build as the story unfolds, not as a precursor to the main event like most books.”
Kirsten Stade, is Advocacy Director with Public Employees for Envoronmental Responsibility in Washinton, USA.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It really is a page-turner, with a spooky atmosphere and an air of mystery that slowly builds.
The environmental messages are on-point and timely — more fiction writers like this and perhaps we’d have a better chance of getting awareness where it needs to be!”
The author's local papers in the UK. (Not yet submitted nationally.)
Lymington Times "If it's a fast-moving well-written suspense story you want, this is definitely the book for you!"
Bournemouth Echo "Fast-moving attention-grabbing ... a real page-turner."
Ringwood and Fordingbridge News "Gripping action and content. A thinking person's holiday thriller."
Western Gazette "Addictive reading. You can’t guess how it will end, and you don’t want it to."
Hampshire Chronicle "Breathtaking mystery and action...questions that keep the reader hungry for more."
Petersfield Post "The book I was always hoping to read...a very good thriller."
Dr Ian McKee, MBE, Edinburgh GP and recently retired Member of the Scottish Parliament, is also a trustee of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh's OneCity Trust, founded to fight social exclusion in the city.
“Imagine a novel that combines the pace and excitement of a gripping thriller with a serious message about the crisis that awaits our planet if the growth in population remains unchecked? Yes, I know what you are thinking, I did too, but I have to admit that in Seeds of Destruction the impossible has been achieved, with all the ingredients that make a successful holiday page-turner and a dramatic climax.
I was soon caught up in the twists, turns and mystery of the story, and it was difficult to put down. I strongly recommend Seeds of Destruction as a marvellous read.”
Scott Johnson, is the head of Strategic Assessment Services at an international consultancy, dealing with sustainability in strategic planning, with government bodies and private industry, to integrate sustainability into their decision-making.
"Seeds of Destruction has everything I like in a fictional book: action, conspiracy, suspense, mystery, races for survival, capable but human heroes, complex villains haunted by moral dilemmas, etc. (I could go on!). It is a timely story, with part of it being about the very real sustainability and population problems we face in this world. Extremely well written - I was on the edge of my seat and could hardly put it down!"
Julie Burdis, has spent most of her life involved with the arts community in Alice Springs, one of the settings in Seeds of Destruction.
"I loved this book, it is unputdownable. Fiction hits a few home truths by graphically exposing what goes on here behind closed doors in secret bases in the bush - and it is never healthy. It is an edifying read."
Susan Vetrone, is a Vice President of Marketing in America, where many parts of the book are set.
"Captivating from page one and I couldn't put it down. Intriguing locations, twists, and characters completely pull you in. Just when you think that you can see what is next, a surprise is around the corner. Fantastic!"
Richard Baines, is an environmental consultant, co-author of Fuel Poverty Fact File and Sustainable Inclusive Design Standard, and Director of Sustainable Development for Black Country Housing Group.
"The perfect book for journeys where you are constantly interrupted by check-in, waiting, boarding, food and drink. A great mix of action and character-play. Will make anyone sit up and think about how the human selfish gene needs to grow up, although hopefully we will choose to moderate – before it is too late.”
Clive Brooks, is a wide-ranging author, and a musician. For a list of his books, click here
"Allan Hendry's exciting fast-paced and very believable storyline takes focus on the threats to our fragile and delicate globe. It will leave you with a chilling awareness of what could become our tomorrow."
Edda Bohnsack, is a professional technical author, and founder of the South East London Book Club.
"This book gets under your skin straight away, like a fever taking over, and it doesn't leave until you've followed every turn and twist of this extremely exciting, intelligent and beautifully written dangerous story."
Dr Alan Glasper, is a health care academic and journalist, based at Southampton University.
"A tense fast-moving thriller, explores the concept that a known pharmacological compound could exist in another format, and result in profound changes in human behaviour. This is tangibly woven into a plot where religion and psychology meet pharmacology."
Gareth Kimbrey, is Client Director to the Government for the world's largest IT company.
"Seeds of destruction is a compelling, fast moving and enthralling thriller it is hard to put down. The plot sucks you in and, unlike so many thrillers, is not predictable, with twists and turns throughout."
Chris Watkins, is an international interior designer. He has created palaces and fabulous houses from Moscow to Lahore and, nearer to home, the cocktail bar of the Ritz.
"Spending many hours reading on planes, this is my kind of book, with great pace and plenty of action set in many well described locations. It has loads of detail, and a many concepts to ponder.."
Nick Korbey, is a pilot who, in war conditions, flew cargo into Baghdad, Sarajevo and Afghanistan.
"Witty, enjoyable, and worth a read, The airborne sequences were pacy, realistic and plausible."
Martin Jackson, "infamous" musician, ex Magazine, The Chameleons and Swing Out Sister, also songwriter, arranger - and avid book reader.
"Immediately engages and sustains interest throughout .. and makes you care about what happens next."
On Hawaii, an ecologist terminates a species.
In Jordan, a theologian and an arms dealer meet a terrifying sect.
In Colorado, a computer scientist confronts people seeming to see in the dark.
At Oxford, a doctor performs dangerous experiments with extreme protesters.
In Australia, a dietary researcher unmasks a hidden cult.
Peter is drugged into a distorted nightmare,
and Iona wakes to real night-time horror.
Tony is offered a job it will be fatal to refuse,
and Kiri is kidnapped to force his co-operation.
Too late, Brad’s super-computer unravels
the full horror of the oncoming global attack.
But Brad and Iona are on the run.
With evidence too thin to be believed,
Tony and Peter are out of choices.
The author of Seeds of Destruction.
Allan Hendry graduated in Electronic Engineering at King’s College, London.
He has run high-technology projects worldwide, in aeronautics, communications, cryptography, covert diving systems, cryogenics, space breathing equipment, and many others.
This career led him to becoming a main board member of a FTSE 100 company, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
This caused him to travel a lot - and then create the book he would have wanted for those journeys.
The book also reflects how his views have changed since those days. He retired early and now makes hand-crafted hi-fi loudspeakers, sold under the name MonoPulse.
Valuable help was given by Becky Swift at The Literary Consultancy. Scroll down.