Programmed To Kill

This is a story about four Vietnam Veterans who though they have long since left the army remain close friends. During their army training they made a pact to support each other for life, promising to come to the aid of each should their lives or those of their families ever be in danger. Many years later one of their number asks the other three to honour that pact when his life is threatened and his family kidnapped by a crooked lawyer and his underworld associates. When in the army the four had been trained as an elite Special Forces unit. In reuniting again to aid one of their number they will call on many of the skills learnt during their army training. Thrown in the mix is a dedicated police inspector, who although a Vietnam Veteran himself will not hesitate to pursue and arrest anyone who breaks the law, no matter what their background or justification.

The author was born the day the US dropped the second atom bomb on Japan. He served in the Australian army and fought in Vietnam in 1967. When he returned to civilian life he found it hard to settle in any one field of employment for long and during his working life studied and worked in a number of occupations. These included Professional Swimming Coaching, Teaching Health and Physical Education to high school students, Real Estate Sales and Strata Management and Consultancy in Special Education. He is a keen sportsman and has run three full marathons, participated in numerous fun runs and ocean swims. In 2014 at the age of 69 he completed a bicycle ride around Australia during which he raised close to $20,000 (for the Mivac Trust) which was used to help clear land mines in Vietnam. He has since been made a Life Member of the Mivac Trust.