The Spirit Road — Ian Fraser

INCLUDES THE THRILLING NOVELETTE: INTO THE WILDERNESS.SOME MYSTERIES SHOULD STAY BURIED...Logan Quinn created Wilderness Construction with one purpose: to tackle the toughest jobs, in the most challenging terrains on Earth. His latest challenge is to build a highway and tunnel through the forbidding Andes Mountains in South America. With the company teetering on the verge of collapse, earth tremors threatening the project and an infuriating archaeologist thwarting Quinn at every turn, the odds are stacked against him.But there are other forces at work amongst the shrouded Andean peaks.A thousand years ago, a new and terrible tribe came to the Andes, a tribe so bloodthirsty it wiped itself out. That tribe has now been reborn, bringing a new and hideous evil to the desperate underclasses of La Paz, who unwittingly flock to embrace the new religion.As these dark forces silently gather in the shadows, all Logan Quinn can focus on is saving Wilderness Construction. He has just one chance. To do this, he must join forces with a former adversary and embark on a quest which will take him to the New Mexico desert, the backstreets of London and the tunnels beneath Mexico City.Eventually he must return to the slopes of Mount Ancohuma and try to save his company and defeat his enemies. There is more at stake here than Quinn realises, and he must fight not just for Wilderness Construction, but also the lives of his crew and those he cares about most deeply…An enthralling story of betrayal and retribution. The Spirit Road is a smart, gripping adventure where revenge becomes a deadly obsession.Previously published as 'Blood Road'.INTO THE WILDERNESSPRELUDE TO THE SPIRIT ROADA brutal warlord. A kidnapped princess. A thrilling African adventure.This origin story novelette is set in Zambia, and follows the birth of Wilderness Construction as Logan Quinn's team battle to complete the Chambeshi River dam.When half his crew are taken hostage, Quinn has to join forces with a local tribal leader to rescue the man's daughter and defeat the warlord Thando Kazembe.This is a fast-paced thrill ride that introduces the quirky misfit crew we first met in The Spirit Road, and plunges them into a nerve-jangling African adventure.