Louis
The Life Story of a True Spy
By Derek Haines
Genres: Thriller - Spy Story & Tale of Intrigue
No one wants to be a spy. Circumstances create spies. For a young
innocent boy, there was no choice. He was born to be a spy. This is the
story of Teremum who begins life in Cairo and becomes my friend Louis in
a small country town in Australia sixty years later.
It is a
story I have been wanting to tell for more than forty years. A story of a
man who lived, and then disappeared from all memory. I felt this was
unworthy of a man who had sacrificed his life for what he believed to be
right. Not that he always was, but in his heart he lived a life true to
his morals and had an understanding of a side of life we will never
know.
Two world wars shaped his life as they did for many others.
However Louis moved through them, between them and after them as a
chameleon. Ever changing and ever re-inventing himself. He was a man of
secrets. Both in his work and in his life. He was a man who had few
friends, but a plethora of faceless enemies. Above all he was a human
who lived an extraordinary life. A life that should not be forgotten.
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About the Author: Derek Haines
Derek Haines is an author of genre fiction, essays and poetry. His works range from historical fiction with Louis, to The Glothic Tales, a trilogy of science fiction farce, to dark contemporary romance, including One Last Love, Dead Men and For The Love Of Sam. His satirical essays and novellas such as My Take Away Vampire and And Uneducated View of Sex, Food and Politics then clearly fall into the tongue in cheek genre.
His passion for writing started with poetry before moving into essays and then later, genre fiction. Although his works cover a wide range of settings and genres, his writing style and voice communicate with, and engage readers through his characters, who are always less than perfect, yet have an endearing appeal.
Most of all, the stories told by Derek Haines are about people and their feelings, regrets, hopes and struggles with life, love and sometimes calamity. His characters never take the classic hero and heroine form Just ordinary people, but with extraordinary qualities that makes their story worth telling. With splashes of black humour and satire, his stories can develop from the simplistic to the complex and back again, leaving the reader to decide if it is time to laugh or cry. Or both.
Born in Australia, but now living in Switzerland with his wife and a black cocker spaniel, his stories cross a wide geographical range but often draw from elements of his life and experiences in the two countries he calls home. From the rugged, dry and hot desert country of Australia and its crowded cities, to the cafés of Europe and the peaks of the Swiss Alps. The hustle and bustle of Sydney to the quiet life in the Swiss countryside.
When not writing, he is usually doing what he equally enjoys. Teaching English.
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