BLOG TOUR SPOTLIGHT: The Second Son by Andy Blackman
The Second Son
by Andy Blackman
Clink Street
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As the second son of the Duke of Hampshire, Grenville St John Hampton isn’t likely to inherit his family’s title or estate, leaving him pondering an empty, aimless future. During the summer break from university, he impulsively decides to go backpacking with one of his oldest friends, Johnathan; their destination is Belize.
One sultry night on the Central American coastline, Grenville and Johnathan meet Tom. A game of darts takes a vicious turn. Realising he has nothing to look forward to back at home, Grenville decides to stay on in Belize with Tom, in pursuit of adventure. Together, the new friends establish an import business,
and for the first time in his life, Grenville has a sense of purpose.
But back in England all is not well. The sudden death of his brother leaves Grenville with an unexpected – and now unwanted – inheritance, with new consequences and responsibilities. He will return to claim the
family’s seat with a dark secret in tow.
One sultry night on the Central American coastline, Grenville and Johnathan meet Tom. A game of darts takes a vicious turn. Realising he has nothing to look forward to back at home, Grenville decides to stay on in Belize with Tom, in pursuit of adventure. Together, the new friends establish an import business,
and for the first time in his life, Grenville has a sense of purpose.
But back in England all is not well. The sudden death of his brother leaves Grenville with an unexpected – and now unwanted – inheritance, with new consequences and responsibilities. He will return to claim the
family’s seat with a dark secret in tow.
Andy Blackman:
Andy Blackman is the author of For the Love of Grace (published by Clink Street, 2016).
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from Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-Son-Andy-Blackman/dp/1912262290/ref=sr_1_3_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1506088544&sr=8-3&keywords=andy+blackman
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SPOTLIGHT - a spoiler free in-depth look:
The book opens with Grenville St John who
is the Second Son of the Duke of Hampshire, who live a life of opulence on his
Family estate in Hampshire, Grenville has just finished his first year of
university not sure what direction his life is taking, after all as a Second
Son he is unlikely to inherit the family title and estate. when his best friend from boarding school
asks him to join him for the summer on a back-packing holiday in Belize he
redly agrees knowing his parent will be glad to be rid of him for the summer
break and especially his odious older brother who he detests.
His parent readily agrees to fund his trip,
and as he sees it ready for an adventure.
Whilst their it soon becomes apparent Jonathan is not liking travel and
wants to go home. Whilst in the south of
the country they decide on their last day to get a farewell drink before
departing back to the capital. During
a darts match they decide to have with two local lads, the game soon becomes
serious but only Grenville is unaware of the situation, eventually Grenville
celebrates his victory, but the two local lads take exception to this and one
pulls a knife and tries to stab Grenville.
Grenville and Jonathan are rescued by Tom who just happens to be waiting
in the same bar for a contact, Tom quickly whisks them back to the Belize
Capital via Toms boat. On the journey
back Grenville and Tom become firm friends as Tom is from England as well,
Jonathan decided after their escape to go home to the UK, Grenville decided to
stay and continue his adventure, as he told Jonathan as a Second Son he has
nothing to look forward to at home. Before
Jonathan leaves, Tom give him his address so he can contact him if he needs to,
Jonathan begs Tom to look after Grenville, which he agrees to do.
After years, away Grenville receives a
letter from Jonathan letting him know he must return home as his older brother
has been killed in a car crash and he is now heir apparent to the Dukedom of
Hampshire. After Grenville learns Tom
mission and his life, and after a tragic incident, Grenville decides to help
Tom in his quest from England, after some soul-searching Tom agrees and allows
Grenville to do this.
Once home Grenville is re-united with his
parents and agrees to become the future Duke of Hampshire, but he is shocked to
learn his brother had all but bankrupt the family estate, Grenville decides to
sort out their mess first, selling the diamonds Tom and he procured in Belize
he pays off the family debts and stops the sale of Hampton Hall the family
estate, these actions bring him closer to his parent especially his father who
he had not forgiven for not letting him attend his beloved Grandfathers funeral
when he was at school. Grenville meets
his Brothers Fiancée and they quickly become close and she tells Grenville her
awful secret. After a time, Grenville
falls in love with her and she agrees to marry him. Grenville contacts his two closest friends
from school and they both agree to help him set up Toms Old Company running it
from the UK. Tom is never far away in
help having his London contacts helping Grenville when people and problems
arise. Grenville helps Tom track down his family killers, only Grenville know
the companies true purpose, eventually Tom has the last name and he is
returning to England, Grenville is excited and looks forward to helping Tom
once again.
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