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Adrenaline is a powerful drug and one Shane cannot live without - well, not forever, anyway.

It is six years earlier and Shane has a problem... boredom.

The quiet life in rural Spain may have helped to keep him a free man but it wasn't enough.

He wanted something to give him a kick.

After all, what is life without kicks?

SHANE DOS ISBN 978-0-9555503-1-7

It was late evening and Shane was outside a small Madrid bar, near his hotel. He was drinking beer, watching the world go by and thinking about what he was going to do that night. The bar was on a corner of a busy paved square. He noticed Lola first. She came out of the strollers slim and straight up. Her short dark hair was picked out at the tips in bright red and she had the face for it. She was dressed in a blue and white fifties style blouse that almost came down to her midriff and had a nifty little stand-up collar. Her skirt was of stretchy material. It was short and had the face of some Indian god or the other on it in pale washed out colours. She had good legs. Straight off Shane wanted to touch her. He didn't even notice the the guy half a step behind her. Anyway wasn't she smiling at him ---- just a little bit, like she'd clocked him clocking her. Then the guy was in front of her and he had white legs and trainers and was wearing shite shorts and a stupid baggy vest, with the name of some baseball team on it. His skinny arms were outstretched and he was going. "Mate! Mate! You don't fucking know how happy I am to see you!" As well as knowing the gangly cunt coming towards him and trying to decide whether he wanted to be found or just fuck off or what, Shane noticed that the woman was with him. By then Rob was on him, trying to hug him like they were long lost brothers or something and Shane said. " Get the fuck off me!"

Orchard really has a tale to tell - full of twists and surprises and rattling along at a pace. Breatholding stuff, but the characters are original and Shane's Spain is real. I look forward to finding out more about Shane. Kay Wagland.

Just finished Shane Dos last night, brilliant, I love Shane. He's such a great character! Julie Hall

What a story, a plot that twists, turns and coils, and just like a venomous snake has a nasty bite too. A trio of rogues out for themselves, each with their own desires, headed by Shane. I could not put the book down and devoured it in three days, which only left me wanting more! What an ending! Martin Thompson-Denning.

Orchard provides the reader with an electrifying yarn, pivoted around lust and greed. Unwittingly you become the fourth passenger on a journey that can only be described as a cross between Pulp Fiction and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In this book anything is possible, even murder. Buckle up and enjoy the ride! Lisa Fabian.

Shane becomes a more subtle character, with outward confidence, infused with elements of existential doubt. Great character writing. Paul Horobin.

Just like Ibiza -- Shane Dos rocks! Claire Treliving.

Shane shows a human side -- sex and money. Who is going to double- cross who? My only disappointment was I finished it so quickly. Nic Gibbins.

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There's A Score To Settle, And This Is It!

SHANE

Take a classic western and plant it on a council estate. Out of a taxi steps a violent, uncompromising anti-hero.

"I'm Shane" he said.

For one family he was an unlikely saviour. For the thugs who thought they ran the estate, he was something else.

SHANE by Tim Orchard ISBN #978-0-9555503-0-0

A few words from people who've already enjoyed 'Shane'...

Raw, edgy and convincing. Destined to become a cult in it's own right. Fiona Barlow

Shane rocks. Definitely a gaspingly easy read. It makes my guts wild and fills my blood with testosterone. I want to be Shane.
Nicos Tsogkas

Shane has a measured, cool tone but nonetheless it also hurtles along - I had to read it all in one go. There are breath-holding and gasp moments alongside well-observed, three dimensional characterisation. It is harsh and gentle at the same time.
Kay Wagland

Fabulous and edgy. Dr. Vernie Balasubramanian

A grippingly real and driven narrative that explores morality by giving it a thoroughly bumpy ride. Excellent. Paul Horobin

Fast paced and highly entertaining - definitely a good read
Lee de Montagnac

This book has you absorbed in the plot very early on, and the well-paced, Tarantino-like action doesn't let you down.
Shobhana Singh.

I do my reading in bed just before going to sleep and my eyes were getting sore because I didn't want to stop reading. It was an easy read because the characters cemented themselves in my mind and I didn't have to go back to remind myself who they were. I could picture the estate clearly. Reg Wagland.

It was a great read, one of those that you pick up and can't put down. A cross between trainspotting / Russel Hoban / urban jungle meets Country & Western. Anna Yelland.

A fast paced read that you can not put down , Jack Schaefer could not have done better! Peter Denning.

Read Shane in 2 days could not put it down, fantastic read, next book please. Martin.

Hi have read Tim's Book Shane, a good read, the suspense was good kept me reading wanted to know what was going to happen next…. Who is he? I want to know more about Shane ..a good guy but a bad scary guy all in one. Rosemary O'Donohue.