Michael Kendall

Before taking early retirement, Michael Kendall was managing director of an inter-national optical coatings company. He was educated as a design engineer and spent many years in the British defence industry. He was also a qualified yachtmaster and his writing reflects his inimate knowledge of engineerring management as well as his skill as a recreational sailor.

He has recently been diagnosed with neurodegenerative Parkinson's disease

Michael Kendall's debut novel is an espionage thriller incorporating the many concerns about the nuclear environment and its connection with terrorism. Not to be confused with a computer game of the same name. Dragons is a metaphor for a past generation.

Reviewers commented, Kendall joins the authors covering the espionage genre and adds a new protagonist, Dr.Peter Senden, to the worldwide adventure thriller stage.

The book has been critically acclaimed as a deeply complex and intricately plotted thriller.

Michael has also RECENTLY PUBLISHED another spy/adventure novel titled LAUNDRYMAN.

About LEGACY OF DRAGONS:

Sea adventure, family secrets, espionage and a dangerous legacy from a previous generation provide the background to this powerful thriller. Set in today's world where nuclear materials are sought for a terrorist dirty bomb.

About LAUNDRYMAN:

A powerful fact-based espionage novel.

Following a warning and sudden death of a Russian naval officer's wife, the protagonist  must establish if  Britain’s main defence deterrent,  the Astute Class nuclear submarine has been compromised.? Are the Russians playing the disinformation game? Does the warning refer to Mafia money laundering on enormous submarine materiel contracts?      Are the senior MI5 management holding something back from him? Will he discover the covert cooperation they have with a Kremlin organisation called Laundryman..