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AWARD WINNING AUTHOR\u200b\u200b<\/span>

I’m Bob Steele, writer and publisher<\/h1><\/div>

Welcome to my website. Here you can find out more about me, my novels and my non-fiction writing. My thrillers are set in recent times against a real-world background that you may find broadly familiar. Of course, the hazards and challenges my characters face are fictional – although they might well have happened in real life, given a little imagination. My non-fiction articles and stories are mainly about aspects of the rich history of the Welsh Marches that catch my interest.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Steele<\/h2>

The tranquility of our home – an ancient watermill in the heart of the Marches of Wales – is perfect for letting the imagination roam free and for concentration on the hard work of research and writing.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What I do<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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My Thriller Novels\u200b<\/h4><\/div>

Do you ever speculate about what might really<\/em> lie behind strange things that happen in the world? Do you ask yourself why some people are winners and others losers? I do, all the time. The possibilities I come up with inspire my novels.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Articles and Stories<\/h4><\/div>

The area where I live has been disputed and fought over for more than a thousand years. Researching the history of my watermill soon led me into writing and publishing non-fiction articles and stories about other local events, places and people.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Publishing<\/h4><\/div>

My novels are published on Amazon through my own publishing company, Watermill Enterprises. I publish most of my non-fiction work on a website set up for the purpose in collaboration with a group of like-minded local historians. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My Next Thriller<\/h2><\/div>

To be released soon:<\/em>

Avarice and arrogance risk unleashing a viral pandemic more lethal than the Black Death on an unsuspecting world. The ruthless venture capitalists behind biotechnology business Protec believe that is a gamble worth taking.
The key to their profit lies in a hidden African laboratory, where experiments to transplant animal organs into humans break all moral and legal codes. But the buy-out offer on the table from global pharmaceutical giant Xenopharm depends on a Due Diligence review by management consultant David Tyler. High stakes and hidden agendas mean that it is not only Protec who will stop at nothing to prevent him exposing the horrific realities behind the science.
Tyler’s hunt for the truth leads him from Dublin, Belgrade and Zurich to Tanzania, where he finds both love and deadly peril. An outbreak of a killer virus confirms his worst fears. The question now is whether he can escape with the evidence that could put a stop to the scientists’ folly, without triggering a world-wide catastrophe. And if he can, will anyone listen to him…<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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