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Robert Kingsley
About me:
I am a Dutch- Canadian author who currently lives in Europe. I work as an independent ICT consultant out of the magical city of Amsterdam. I have a son and a daughter, both talented prof...view moreAbout me:
I am a Dutch- Canadian author who currently lives in Europe. I work as an independent ICT consultant out of the magical city of Amsterdam. I have a son and a daughter, both talented professionals in their own right. And very recently I became grandfather to a lovely grandson.
About my books:
First of all I am immensely proud to have reached the semi finals of the "2016 Adventure Writers Competition" with "The Odyssey", the first volume of "Java Gold" series. This multi-part historical fiction story will take the reader all over the world and through half a century of recent history. I have combined my life-long interest in aviation and military history (especially World War 2) with local, on-site knowledge, gathered during my travels all over the world as an internationally active ICT consultant.
The first two volumes of "The Java Gold" are largely set in the former Dutch East Indies. Not many books have been written about the turbulent post war years in that area and especially Indonesia. The Japanese invasion, the post-war struggle for independence and the general unrest in South East Asia serve as a fascinating background to the story.
The idea for the book was born during a "steak and beer" dinner in a California micro-brewery. I had just come across a number of highly intriguing facts and events that had happened in Indonesia during and after the 2nd world war.
'I could write a thriller around them' I said and one of my closest friends dared me to do so.
And so I did...
I originally intended to write a short "action" novel based upon the loss of a planeload of pure gold. But the story took over; love, tragedy and political complications somehow managed to sneak in and now I am busily working on Book Three of a multipart series...
For those of you who want to browse the background to the novel, please do me a favour and visit my blog. There, you'll find all kind of information that was too detailed or to unrelated to fit into the story but too interesting to discard.view less