For the first time in his life, Robert Ryder doesn't have orders. He has just buried his son Mark; his career in the French Foreign Legion is finished. Unable to settle into civilian life, he drifts to Thailand, where he learns of a man on death row for dealing with the same drug lords responsible for Mark's deadly overdose. However, the smugglers find Ryder before he can find them. Kidnapped to Burma, Ryder escapes and realizes his mission. Facing the reality of a growing drug culture and the greed that fuels it, Ryder aims to make peace with his past by exacting retribution in the best way he knows. With the vengeance of a father wronged and the precise brutality of a Foreign Legionnaire, Ryder infiltrates the organization. But the deeper he goes, the more familiar the faces become. ""Walk With The Devil is a scintillating fuel pumped thriller. A true in your face juggernaut of adrenaline, plotting and pace. Both a fascinating insider's view of The Legion, and a deeply moving compassionate examination of loss. This is thriller writing of the highest order and Tom Foote is the new name to reach for. Foote rules on just every level there is!""--Ken Bruen ""Walk With the Devil is Tom Foote at the peak of his Powers! Read it!""-Stuart Woods ""An old-fashioned, no-holds-barred revenge story.""-Publishers Weekly
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About the Author:
Tom Foote was born in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, Ireland, in 1935 and was educated in England and Ireland. In
1953, at the end of his formal education, he went to sea and served on a variety of merchant ships as a Radio
Officer. This service took him around the world to many places that at that time were untouched by air travel.
More recently he was employed by Digital Equipment Company in Ireland and Holland from where he
took early retirement in order to devote his time to sailing and writing.
Review:
Walk With the Devil is Tom Foote at the Peak of his powers! Read it! --Stuart Woods
Walk With The Devil is a scintillating fuel pumped thriller. A true in your face juggernaut of adrenaline, plotting and pace. Both a fascinating insider s view of The Legion, and a deeply moving compassionate examination of loss. This is thriller writing of the highest order and Robert Ryder is the new name to reach for. Ryder rules on just every level there is! --Ken Bruen
Walk With The Devil is a scintillating fuel pumped thriller. A true in your face juggernaut of adrenaline, plotting and pace. Both a fascinating insider s view of The Legion, and a deeply moving compassionate examination of loss. This is thriller writing of the highest order and Robert Ryder is the new name to reach for. Ryder rules on just every level there is! --Ken Bruen
An old-fashioned, no-holds-barred revenge story. --Publishers Weekly
A meticulously detailed and very exciting story of revenge. Think of Ryder as having the wrath of an Old Testament prophet and skills of a professional killer. --Irish American News
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- PublisherDufour Editions
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0802313531
- ISBN 13 9780802313539
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416