BEYOND ALL LIMITS
The Phoenician
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At that moment the group parted slightly. They saw Matheson with what looked like a double-edged dagger approach the commander and hold it against her throat, and then slowly direct the point of the knife towards her chest. As he did so he cut her, and blood started to trickle down between her cleavage. Both men watching were tense waiting for the right moment.
Number one felt sick with fear but she did not flinch or utter a sound.
Matheson gave a deep-throated laugh; and with a flick of the wrist sliced her black vest straight down the centre. The guards surrounding them laughed and jeered. They could see that the American was getting more and more agitated, he waved the knife in front of her face.
“It’s your last chance bitch; these men are just waiting to have a little fun with you”
He touched her cheek with the point of the blade,
“When I have finished, of course”
But although her heart was pounding, she still maintained her silence. She felt him come right up close to her and put the knife to her throat once again, she could smell his hot foul breath as he pushed the hair off her face and kissed her, she wanted to be sick as his slobbering wet mouth covered hers.
She was terrified but refused to let him see her fear. He stood back looking down at her, and her outer coolness incensed him even more.
“Put her on the table. Let’s see how many she can take before cracking”
Two of the Arab soldiers stepped forward and roughly untied her, they dragged her to the table; pushing her flat on her back with her legs positioned so that her bottom was right on the edge. One man tied her legs whilst the other tied her hands to the table above her head so she was spread-eagled on the table; rendering her terrifyingly vulnerable to whatever sadistic action she knew very well this man was quite capable of performing.
Her heart almost stopped with fear, she was on the verge of fainting but still she knew she must not let him see it, as this was exactly what he wanted, ‘Please God; please help me’ she prayed over and over again in silence.
Realisation hit Tom like a bomb; when for a split second he saw her face; and knew what was happening,
“Jesus Christ Clive, we have to get down there now”
Clive gripped his arm, holding him down as he glanced again at his watch,<
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About the Book
This unique romantic adventure concerns a couple from two entirely different cultures.
Tom a successful married English businessman, unexpectedly encounters a former novice nun, Maria, a gorgeous mysterious young Lebanese woman, with a secret identity.
Separated from each other by a raging civil war and distance, yet bound to one another by love, trust and understanding.
This novel unites East and West in a thrilling adventure that combines passion, lust, danger and heroism
About the Author
Tony J Swainston still lives most of the year on the South East coast of England. He has four daughters, two being from his previous marriage.
He prefers that his Lebanese wife and their two young daughters continue to live in Lebanon until his daughter have both completed their studies Notre Dame University.
Tony was inspired to pen his first novel a few years after his young wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and he himself diagnosed with secondary progressive Multiple Schleroris.
He travels to Lebanon once a year, but this has become more and more difficult over recent years due to his progressive condition
BEYOND ALL LIMITS took more than three years to complete, using his personal experience and knowledge obtained through extensive traveling during his business working life.