It's a different process, but it definitely works for me. I don't generally write for 6 or 8 hours, but in a manic 1 or 2 hour session and then it's onto another ride. one of the most beautiful places in America), and on these rides, I think up stories and run through any plot adjustments in my head. I love to take three or four hour bike rides where I live (in the Gorge in Oregon. I like to say I do my best writing on my bicycle, and that's true. is the greatest workplace I could imagine. Waking up in the morning, sitting down at my desk with a hot cup of coffee as the sun is just coming up, one of my cats laying on my keyboard. In most jobs, an overly active imagination is a serious detriment, but in storytelling, it's an absolute requirement. You see, Ian Fleming is one of my literary heroes and an inspiration for the books (along with Raphael Sabatini and Herge).īeing a writer is probably the greatest job in the world (for me, anyway). When Kirkus named the fourth book in the Red Hand Adventures, Thieves of the Black Sea, as one of their best books of the year and compared my writing to Ian Fleming's prose, it was one of the proudest moments of my academic and professional career. 'Joe O'Neill is an Ian Fleming for the middle grade set' - Kirkus Reviews. Author Joe O’Neill, dubbed the “Ian Fleming of the middle reader set” by Kirkus Reviews, has crafted a fantastic, exotic, and electric tale that shows young readers-and adults with a taste for classical action-that no matter how humble your beginnings, bravery and cooperation can overcome any challenge. The fifth installment of the award-winning Red Hand Series for middle-readers, Ghosts of the Hindu Kush takes you on an action-packed journey through cultures, locations, and true historical events via a diverse set of characters. A political mission aims to reunite them with old friends in the Rif Mountains of Morocco, but all paths may ultimately lead to a mad Russian monk with supernatural powers.įacing their most difficult and exciting challenge yet, the group will need to rely on courage and determination as they cross a war-torn world, face deadly assassins, struggle to survive harsh landscapes, and work to fulfill the Red Hand prophecy. As Inez battles the horrors of the front line medical tents, Margaret dogfights an infamous German airman and emerges as the Allied Powers’ most talented pilot. Meanwhile, Margaret and Inez find themselves caught in a European countryside ablaze with the first World War. Little do they know the word will send them into the custody of an enigmatic explorer…and on a journey into the most dangerous place on earth. Armed only with a charmed map, a legendary journal, and the lessons learned from countless skirmishes around the globe, they search the city for the solution to a mysterious clue-the word “Marius” scribbled on a scrap of paper. In the book Kirkus Reviews has called a "thrilling, well-woven adventure," the kid guardians of the Red Hand legend journey to the most dangerous place on earth and face their most epic adventure yet.Īfter crossing the treacherous waters of the Black Sea, young adventurers Tariq, Aseem, and Fez dock their small sailboat in the Russian port city of Rostov-on-Don. A mad mystic, an infamous German pilot, deadly assassins, and a world at war.
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