2014: THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA.EASTERN PACIFIC COAST - NEW ZEALAND.John "Jack" Cade has left his life, an eager and overly-playful wife and a career long behind him. A decade earlier, destined for a stable and solid progression in the British Police he had quickly risen to fame for his vision and command of an operation targeting a savvy, cruel and frustratingly-well organised Eastern European crime syndicate led by a sociopathic male known as The Jackdaw. Now as far away from his homeland as he could be without heading home again he had swept the positives and the ghosts of ten years prior under the carpet and had begun to live a life as close to normal as a man with his past ever could.A memorable night in Hong Kong and a visit from Lady Luck ensured that he could live a comfortable life; picking up an enquiry here and a girl there. Lately it had been more of the former until stereotypically a girl walked into a bar, started a conversation and captured his imagination. Younger, achingly attractive, intelligent and yet somehow familiar he began to wonder how he could possibly be so lucky twice.Try as he may, his insecurities controlled his thoughts and limited his actions as again and again two simple words kept forming in his mind. Why him? Optimism, a rare visitor disagreed. Why not?Seventh is the first part of a trilogy called the Seventh Wave and is a Jack Cade novel.
About the Author: About the author: Lewis Hastings is a pseudonym. He was born in 1963 (a by-product of the long, harsh winter of 1962) in Kent, the Garden of England. By virtue of his father's role as a Prison Officer, he became somewhat nomadic, moving from county to county during his formative years. As quickly as he made friends they became a distant memory. His school life was a heady cocktail of fun, misery and abject failure explaining why he decided not to pursue a university career. Thrust into the world of full-time employment at seventeen and having taken the entry exam he turned down the chance of a career in the Royal Marines for the love of a good woman. Regretting the decision not to wear the Green Beret he forged out a highly unsuccessful and miserable career in sales; a way to pay the bills and provide a home for his growing family. In 1988 a cathartic event changed his approach to life and he spent two frustrating years trying to forge a new career as a Police Officer. By doing this he would, in fact, continue a family tradition stemming back to the early 1800's. His career commenced with the Nottinghamshire Constabulary at a time of enormous change. He was soon posted to some of the most beautiful and equally dangerous locations in the county where he learned the noble art of policing including community, intelligence and vice work (the latter, whilst challenging, at least offered a secondary income). In 2003, wearing a different uniform he found himself in New Zealand, soon realising that the age-old maxim about familiar excrement and days of the week still rang true. He has an extensive background in international aviation and border security and uses this knowledge to add realism to both his characters and his plots. Seventh is the first novel in the Jack Cade trilogy: The Seventh Wave. The sequel Seven Degrees will also be in print in 2017. He is married with two children, a lake-loving Labrador and lives in a house.