Written in two parts, Part 1 concerns a borderline alcoholic soldier who is summarily dismissed from an Edinburgh-based Scottish Regiment for stealing. On leaving, he gambles and takes with him a dirk, a battalion ceremonial short sword. With nowhere to go and little money, he heads south to London to begin a new life. He uses his new profession to hide the dirk, steals again, is caught, and badly beaten. He returns home to Scotland as a cripple and with no way to retrieve his prize. In Part 2, a chance walk by a young ...
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Written in two parts, Part 1 concerns a borderline alcoholic soldier who is summarily dismissed from an Edinburgh-based Scottish Regiment for stealing. On leaving, he gambles and takes with him a dirk, a battalion ceremonial short sword. With nowhere to go and little money, he heads south to London to begin a new life. He uses his new profession to hide the dirk, steals again, is caught, and badly beaten. He returns home to Scotland as a cripple and with no way to retrieve his prize. In Part 2, a chance walk by a young teenager named Alan Marriott reveals The Find. Raised in the slums of London, his family is forced to move to Milton New Town, where he finds the dirk. Alan is befriended by a "normal" family with a son named Zak, a relationship culminating in Alan's betrayal of Zak, his only friend. An intense jealousy of Zak's family causes Alan to snap, which results in Zak drowning when Alan could have saved him. Things only get worse for Alan, as his family relationships come to a boil. See what happens with the cursed dirk in the intense novel The Find. Anthony Cowley was born in Guernsey and now lives on the south coast of England. A retired scuba diving instructor, he has lived in the Middle East. He is working on his next book. Publisher's website: //sbprabooks.com/AnthonyCowley
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