Byron Huntley: Eats shoots roots and leaves. - Paperback

by John Peter Chalmers (Author)

Adventure fiction for those who love guns, planes, fine dining, dangerous men, fascinating women and the Asia Pacific.. When his best mate goes mad and shoots himself, Byron Huntley turns to crime to support the widow and her kids. Becoming the personal pilot of a mysterious French criminal, he sets off on a romp around the Asia-Pacific in a Piper Matrix M600. The sweetest little prop plane he has ever flown. His adventures in paradise introduce him to a world of new flavours, exotic beauties, dangerous men and personal enlightenment. A veteran of the wars in the 'stans, Byron Huntley deploys all the cunning of the field to survive in the big league. On the way he grapples with personal honour and a close call with a highly addictive seductress. Byron Huntley is an allegory of Australia's opening up to the world and finding its new place in the scheme of things while retaining a unique character.