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Set in modern day Iraq and the USA, T e Catalyst is an 80,000 word thriller about Craig
McIntyre, ex US military turned bodyguard, who has a powerful and uncontrollable
affliction: his mere presence removes people’s inhibitions, transforming their darkest
thoughts into action.
Craig discovers he’s the unwitting catalyst for violence when a prostitute murders a
diplomat he is guarding in Iraq.
As the violence around him escalates Clive Lendl, the head of a clandestine US agency,
discovers Craig’s curse. Seeing the unique potential to create the ultimate assassin and
backed by a US senator, Lendl captures Craig and Craig’s wife, Lorraine. While torturing
and drugging Craig, in an attempt to mold him into a lethal weapon, Lendl forces him to
witness Lorraine’s murder.
Craig is rescued by Charlie Whyte, an ex-Navy Seal when an attempt to assassinate
the head of an African state goes badly wrong. Distraught at the death of his wife and
mentally scarred from months of torture, Craig vows to kill Lendl and the senator and
bring an end to their depraved scheme. But he has to act fast because Lendl has ordered
the agency to hunt Craig down and bring him back: dead or alive.
Gordon Brown was born and lives in Glasgow – having spent twenty-five years in the
sales and marketing world working on everything from alcohol to global charities and
from TV to lingerie. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and two children. T e Catalyst is
Gordon’s third novel.