Nicknamed 'Mountain Man' by the Sunday Telegraph, James Forrest is the record-breaking adventurer who climbed every mountain in England and Wales in just six months – the fastest ever time. Solo and unsupported, he walked over 1,000 miles and ascended five times the height of Everest during his 446-peak challenge. And he did it all on his days off from work, proving it is possible to integrate an epic adventure into your everyday life. From collapsing tents and horrific storms to near-fatal mountaineering mishaps, James endured his fair share of hardship out in the hills. But the good times far outweighed the bad. He slept wild under the stars, met eccentric locals, and exchanged the 21st century social media bubble for a simpler, more peaceful existence. What did he learn along the way? That life is more fulfilling when you switch off your phone and climb a mountain. Readers will be inspired and motivated by James's amazing adventure, and so the book concludes with a section on how YOU can achieve your next adventure – whether it's something to get the kids involved in at half term, a fun challenge to tackle solo or with friends, or, like James's, a record-breaking attempt of epic proportions, James will guide you through everything you need to do to plan and execute your adventure, as well as give you some great ideas too.
New Scottish writer James Forrest introduces 18 shocking tales ... A serial killer stalks Glasgow's streets ...A man incapable of love ends up in a spiral of hate ...A hostage taker makes a shocking demand ...A group of friends plan a terrible revenge for a wrong done to a friend ... A man wakes up in a military hospital, infected with a deadly disease ...A burglar, caught in the act, is given a bizarre and terrible choice ...These are Fragments, explorations of the darkness within us all, and this is a walk on the wild side ... with a tour guide who knows every bump in the road.
With the world racing to claim the water rights at the Moon’s south pole, a Chinese rover mysteriously disappears in the same area, on the eve of an historic joint US/ Canada Moon launch. When the next generation space ship, Endurance, encounters mechanical problems, the mission is threatened. With no other solution, Orion and his friends attempt a secret rescue mission, using his alien father’s technology. Their adventure uncovers NASA’s true mission; the construction of a covert moon base which leads to the discovery of an ancient object deep within a crater. On a journey that begins with a bar fight in New Orleans with near death consequences, a gunfight in Afghanistan and finally a confrontational flight to AREA 51, Orion and his team must face espionage and sabotage as they rush to save the astronauts, without jeopardizing their own lives. With fast-paced action, Forrest and his unique style draws on his characters from Orion Surfacing and continues their adventure, taking readers around the world and to the moon. Forrest skillfully weaves a plot with multiple twists and turns equal to the master storytellers of our time.
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With rich and colourful detail, Orion Surfacing takes its readers from the cold darkness of space to the lush greenery and welcoming waters of the tropics, as a brilliant young scientist delves into a mystery that has been unravelling in the jungles of Guatemala and beneath the ocean’s waves for more than a thousand years. But just as the pieces start to fall together, the realization that he is not alone in his search threatens to blow his world apart in a hail of bullets, and the fiery whoosh of gasoline igniting on the water’s surface. Undeterred, he continues on with the help of unlikely allies, and mysterious beings whom he struggles to understand. When the dust settles... everything he knows about the world, and himself, will be called into question, and nothing will ever be the same.
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