Mind Bomb (Hardcover)

Southeast Cambodia, 14 February 2005. The moon was rising as Hamish strolled along the beach, inhaling the balmy sea air. He came upon a solitary coconut palm and decided to sit underneath it.Click! The sound heralded the arrival of a ten-second eternity. Red light flashed in his brain. Eardrums buzzing, a torrent of adrenaline screamed through his bloodstream. Hamish experienced the sensations of a freefall paratrooper, tearing through the clouds as he rushed down to meet his destiny ...Angus and Hamish were twins, but far from identical. Separated at birth, they grew up knowing nothing of each other's existence; but their lives were destined to intertwine. Fifty years on, and thousands of miles from the land of his birth, Hamish finds himself on a beach in Cambodia - sitting on a live landmine. He has a choice - move, and die - or sit still and let his life pass before his eyes...The night Angus and Hamish were born, a violent storm raged across the west coast of Scotland. The storm killed their father, and their birth killed their mother. Storm and tragedy were destined to mark both their lives, in very different ways. Angus was a wayward boy, careering into a life of crime, drug dealing and violent entanglements with the Glasgow underworld, before finding spiritual salvation on the 1960s hippy trail to India. Hamish, from his earliest memories, lived a life of middle-class normality. But beneath the surface of his happy domestic life, a dark secret lurked - like a bomb waiting to detonate in his mind.