A READER’S LETTER

As a now retired ex ITN senior cameraman of 30+ years service mainly spent in the worlds sharp end conflicts I per chance picked up Wheels of Fire in a hotel in Cuba last week and thought I must congratulate you on a very accurate and moving (fictional) account of those days of the Sarajevo siege.

Reporter Mike Nicholson and I got young Natasha out from her hell hole orphanage in Sarajevo and I regularly drove in and out on the various back routes with no military assistance, just my armoured defender, soundman and reporter and strangely enough I would put Bat Out of Hell on when things or militia road blocks got ugly.

Your book took me back in time, which is a good thing, those bad days there and to many other places I ended up in should be remembered, thanks for reminding me.

I have to confess I had not heard of you before but look forward to reading more of your books.

Thanks and regards,

John Martin