My 999 mile run to raise awareness of veterans suicide
Hello Friends! My name’s Chris Thrall. I’m an author, adventurer and former Royal Marines Commando. I’ve explored eighty countries on seven continents and backpacked through all of North, South and Central America. I’ve caught piranhas in the Amazon, swum with bull sharks in Belize, set a world record fire walking and driven a bus from […]
Read MoreIs it more important to write well or be read by many?
This was a question posed in a blog title by an writer friend, Andrew Carter. Andrew is a great writer, one of my favourites, but it was one of the article’s replies I thought could be of support to today’s battle-weary writers. It was by Don A. Singletary. I’ll post links to the article […]
Read MoreMilk-Blood by Adrian Simon
Book Review Milk-Blood by Adrian Simon Anyone who’s picked up a backpack since the 90s will have heard of the ‘Damage Done’, the story of Warren Fellows, who served twelve years for drug smuggling in Thailand’s toughest prison . Well, ‘Milk Blood’ is written by his son, Adrian Simon, and is a amazing story in […]
Read More“Downhill from Here: Running from John O’ Groats to Land’s End”
Downhill from Here An upbeat account of a ‘downhill’ challenge This gem of a read has interest for everyone. It will appeal to those who have made a five-kilometre jog the limit of their running experience as well as those aspiring to run distance – particularly the length of the country itself. Those who enjoy […]
Read MoreChris Thrall’s #1 Bestseller ‘The Trade’ FREE Today on Kindle!
“Like Jack Reacher? You’re gonna love The Trade.” RTHK “Original, thrilling and extremely clever …” Time Former Navy SEAL Hans Larsson arrives on Cape Verde to retrieve his daughter’s body from a sunken yacht. But in a frightening turn of events, he uncovers the island’s dark secret, the Trade. In his role as special operative, […]
Read MoreMy new thriller series ‘The Hans Larsson Novels’ – by Chris Thrall
Dear Friends Just a quick intro to my A Hans Larsson Novel book series – the video explains it all and is worth watching for avid readers of books and up-and-coming authors. It’s day 2 of the series launch with The Drift and The Trade and we are already hitting the bestseller categories on Amazon […]
Read MoreWho Turned The Lights Out? – Chris Thrall’s diaries #amwriting #ppl
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: “Chris Thrall” chris@mailingu.com To: Mission Control Subject: Who Turned the Lights Out? Hola Amigos! Here I am in sunny Florida, in week two of flight-school training for a private pilot’s licence. Firstly, please excuse any punctuation, grammar and spelling mistakes in this e-mail. The only thing […]
Read MoreScuba diving in Antarctica. Expedition 2013
The journey south … As a polar explorer it’s not easy travelling south these days. Not like it was in the early part of the 20th century for the likes of Shackelton, Scott and Amundsen, whose sole preoccupation was sailing scott-free (unless you were Scott or traveling with him) on the open ocean with nothing […]
Read More‘Serving in the Royal Marines was easy compared with being a crystal meth addict’
Chris Thrall advises people on how to quit drugs By AMY JONES The Sun WHEN handsome young Marine Chris Thrall left the Forces to move to Hong Kong, he expected to make his fortune. But within months he was homeless, alone and fighting an enemy more dangerous than anything he faced serving his country — […]
Read MoreTo hell and back: An expat’s life on the edge in Hong Kong
A former drug user publishes his memoir of working for the 14K Hong Kong triads In the 1990s, former Royal Marine Chris Thrall found himself being sucked into a downward spiral in Hong Kong, when his work as a Wanchai bouncer drew him into the world of triads and crystal meth addiction. Now 42, off […]
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