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Cyrus Hood

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I grew up in Nyasaland, and was educated in a Jesuit boarding school in Rhodesia. The most important thing I took away from that experience was to question everything and I still operate under the belief that ' all things are not as they seem', which I suppose is slightly perverse as my occupation is in mechanical and electrical engineering. I am intrigued with European Neolithic Culture, the lifestyle and stunning mathematics of the Late Bronze Age, and the influence of the early Christian Missionaries on those clever people. My opus is nearly complete, a quad-rilogy tracing a female Bronze Age bloodline to the present - this has taken me five years to complete while we lived in Northern France, renovating a fermette. I will read most historical fiction particularly if it contains a sound footing factually. When I finish a book, I want to have learnt something different. Sorry, I don't read books about dragons, but good luck anyway.

I am currently looking for an agent and can be contacted on readhellion3@gmail.co.uk

favourite books

Anything by Truman Capote
Cider with Rosie
A Farewell to Arms
Religion and the Decline of Magic
Kim,
The Stone Circles of the British Isles (Aubrey Burl)
The Histories
The Art of War
Christine

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Hellion 2

Cyrus Hood

Book two of the Hellion series. Occupied Normandy, 1940 and the 'Nineteen' are using the resources of the SS to search for an ancient relic.


Odette Tarin relinquishes the relic to her grand daughter as the German War machine storms into France. A Wermacht officer becomes drawn in to the mysterious circle of the Tarin family and is perplexed by the occurrences surrounding the farm at La Source in Normandy. The Reichskommissar SS, Heinrich Himmler is determined to outplay the other eighteen brothers and win the prize of Frott by planning the 'final solution' the Endlosung.

In America a young Cajun soldier is being trained in espionage, his arcane mission to parachute into occupied Normandy and cause mayhem. All the players meet up in this second book. This work contains an imagined exploration of the reasons of Himmler's mindset and his hatred of the Jews and then offers a novel explanation. I accept that issues about the holocaust are still very sensitive topics. However, I do not in any way wish to detract from or denigrate the awful slaughter of the Jewish people in Europe. This is a work of fiction and in no way apologises or makes excuse for the Nazi ghouls who created and ran the concentration camps. I hope you will enjoy the chapters I have posted.

 

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Zijn wrote 3 hours ago

“It was two kids against the world. And the world didn’t stand a chan....

CarolinaAl wrote 1 day ago

Hi Cyrus, I'm glad you found my comments helpful. I'd be happy ....

Karamak wrote 2 days ago

Not really but tomorrow is Terry s b'day so have a nice bottle of fiz....

Karamak wrote 2 days ago

First trip out today went food shopping with husband cost 98euro, h....

Louise Henrich wrote 3 days ago

Hey Cyrus, I just wanted you to know that I am reading your book (I h....

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I wrote 5 hours ago

forgot to say, on my watch list with a bucket of stars- I keep books on my bookshelf for at least 1 month so there is a backlog but your work will make it. Cyrus view book

I wrote 5 hours ago

Hi this is Cyrus, This is lucid, sharp and contemporary writing that from the start paints a stark and authentic scene of the desperate life of a girl on the edge. Very gripping, I would have liked Mom to be little wary of leaving her Merc in the yard while she called on her daughter - but I accep... view book

I wrote 3 days ago

Hi Lorraine, this is Cyrus, This is brave writing and I applaud the elegant style you use. Clearly a work that has been edited, it reads very well and grips the reader from the start. I would lose all the pre-amble and disclaimers from the front, not really required for this site, and in any case ... view book

I wrote 3 days ago

Hi Sean, this is Cyrus, Slip Sliding Away This is raw intuitive writing the style of which entirely suits the genre within which you work. You shoot from the hip and this is clearly a subject of which you have some experience. Tell me to shut up if you don't want any mistakes pointed out; 1: fir... view book

I wrote 3 days ago

Hi Louise, 'A rose called...' This is a 'PAY ATTENTION' book and I'm so glad I found it. I was immediately transported to the tired old cafe by you great writing - reminds me so much of Mark Andrus! Tell me to shut up if you don't want errors grammatical or typos pointed out ( not that I could fi... view book

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