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The Yemeni Road
Journal entry, written on a bus in The Yemen, aged 23 © Greg Cummings Thurs Nov 7 ‘85About an hour outside Sa'na, the earth suddenly falls away and plunges some five thousand feet into a sandstone...
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A Non-Lethal Deterrent
Watching a young man in the suburbs load an arsenal of weapons into the boot of his car, the powers that be concluded his intentions were hostile. Accordingly they eliminated him before he could do any...
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Arrested for Espionage
© Greg CummingsSun, Nov 10th 1985I'm standing on the rooftop of the Red Sea Hotel as dusk falls. The Yemeni port of Hodeida hums with commerce, hustle, trade between seafaring cultures in transit. It's...
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Chapter Four
Excerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg CummingsAli al-Rubaysh’s third-storey apartment was bathed in the lustre of late-afternoon sunshine. Located four streets up from...
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Under Stars
Journal entry, written at a refugee camp in Ethiopia, aged 23 © Greg CummingsSun, Nov 17th ‘85As a crescent moon sets in the west wrapped in whisps of cloud, Jupiter follows closely like an older...
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The Reunion
Excerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg CummingsContinued from The Chase...Derek paid Tiger, then dashed up the steps to give his long lost friend a heartfelt hug....
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The Chase
Excerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg CummingsContinued from Chapter One...“What do you want here?” demanded the old askari on one side of the large iron gate.“You...
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History of the Dhow
Reprinted from Ancient Navigation & Sailing - http://nabataea.net/ships.htmlFor many centuries, boats that sailed on the Indian Ocean were called dhows. While there were many different types of...
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The Badaadintu badah
Excerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg CummingsExcerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg Cummings“Badaadintu badah,” Somali for “survivors...
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Searching for clues...
Excerpt from the first draft MS for PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg CummingsFor the first time since he could remember, al-Rubaysh felt safe walking down the street. No one in Bosaso recognised...
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The Staff of Musa
“Allah has vouchsafed the power of his Rod only three times in history. We were godless fools the first time, fresh out of Eden, using it to cross Bab-el-Mandeb with less understanding of its might...
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20 Minute Interview with Jonny Gibbings, author of 'Malice in Blunderland' re...
23:05 Jonny Gibbings Just finished! Fucking EPIC! Honestly, what a romp! Amazing book. Jeez!! LOVE it!23:05 Greg Cummings Yeah? That was a brisk read23:08 Jonny Gibbings [SPOILER ALERT!]Oh mate - what...
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Jonny Gibbings' review of PIRATES
I'm not sure where to start with Greg Cummings 'Pirates', what I will say though, is it is a wonderful book. If you, like me, started out reading popular books that had a romping pace, the stuff like...
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Cocaine Cash Cow
American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by Jon Roberts My rating: 4 of 5 stars Couldn't put it down. Carried the book around like a weapon for a...
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Drug Smugglers Use High-Speed Boats to Run Cocaine, Marijuana Into Florida
From the Toledo Blade - Jul 12 1986By Ben BarberSpecial to The BladeMIAMI - The shoreline is ablaze with hotels but three miles out in the choppy sea a Metro Dade police launch bobs darkly in the...
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The truth is about to be uncovered...
Fifteen years ago Johnny Oceans disappeared off the coast of East Africa. His body was never recovered. Accident or conspiracy? Why did it take so long for the courts to declare him dead? A champion...
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Militant Ambush
Excerpt from PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press, London) by Greg Cummings'Terrorism has no religion'Khadija’s mind was not on her driving. The coastal route to Bosaso was less a road than a series of tracks...
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Forgedaboudit!: How I Came To Write Pirates
It’s ten o’clock at night. Unseen in the viridescent shadows, half a dozen Masai askaris and two Rottweilers are patrolling the grounds of Bobby Cellini’s Malindi home. The two-storey rococo mansion is...
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