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Book 1 is currently in production/narration into Audio book , books 2 and 3 will be to follow. I will up-date when Book 1 Peter Hawthorn Belfast Bound is available.

Peter Hawthorn Belfast Bound is book 1 of a series of three that follows Peter from birth to his first tour of Northern Ireland.
Set in October 1987 through to the end of October 1988 Peter and his friends Dave Spinney, Mickey Dobson and Paul Wilcox join the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment (D) Company as young soldiers green and inexperienced but the troubles of Northern Ireland and a mole within the ranks soon turn these boys into men.
The loss of friends at the hands of the IRA and the daily fear of the unknown frays their nerves as they ponder if they will ever return home more over how will the troubles change their outlook on life itself.

Peter Hawthorn; Alaska Incident is book 2 of a series of three. Set in November 1988 after the American Presidential elections Peter and his friends have survived Northern Ireland and returned to England changed but not defeated. Upon their return they have been informed that they are to go on an exchange with an American unit to Alaska.
Deep in Brookes forest is Fort Brookes hundreds of miles from the nearest civilization but unknown to Peter and his men the base holds a sinister secret. A major snow storm looming upon them a deadly virus and 160 Spetsnaz thrown into the mix will determine if they will survive what is about to transpire.
In the political throws of governments they thrash out the politics whilst Peter and his men fight for their lives.

Peter Hawthorn: Kuwait into the fires of hell. Book 3 of a series of three follows Peter and his friends to the first gulf war after the unprovoked invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi armed forces.
Peter and his men soon begin encompassing Operation Desert shield and the beginning of Operation Desert storm.
Peter has married Mary Macintyre and adopted Kenzie Macintyre as his own daughter he also has a new born son Peter Junior. Promoted to Sergeant Major Peter and his friends are sent as an advance party to Saudi Arabia to prepare a base of operations for the entire regiment.

Contact with the enemy is inevitable in Peter’s world as preparations get underway but the chance meeting of an old friend from Alaska brightens Peter’s day as the UN implements sanction and Ambassador Kofi Annan continues to meet with Saddam Hussein and the allies to try to avert war. 
Location: Glace Bay, NS B1A, Canada

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