I grew up in the Highlands of Scotland and I became a musician while still at School. Then I made my first musical instrument at the age of just 13 years, an Appalachian Dulcimer. I joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 18. I served for 9 years. I worked at many of our secret establishments. Even during my military career, I continued to play in bands, as well as to write music.

When time would allow, I made guitars for myself, although most of these ended up in my friends hands rather than mine.

With the bands that I played in, I have been fortunate enough to have recorded 32 albums. Most of these albums were with my Irish Rebel Band, aptly named '1916'.

I later formed my own company making bespoke guitars (Gordon Guitars UK)

The pressure of running so many ventures simultaneously eventually took its toll and a series of heart attacks followed. So I looked for a new and more sedate way to direct my creative juices and writing thrillers fitted that bill perfectly.

This will be my fifth thriller and like the other books, this novel is a mixture of both fact and fiction. I prefer to call this genre 'Faction'. So any similarity to people in real life, is purely coincidental. Names and places may have been changed to protect the innocent.