Hot on the heels of his first book, Inside Out, released just four months ago, Port Elizabeth writer Patrick Moffett already has another novel out. Join the Dots is Moffett’s second book in the Pegasus Publishers’ Bataleur series.
Released in late July, Join The Dots features the same characters as in Inside Out.However in Join the Dots, Bataleur, who was introduced in the first book as a trained lethal fighter and assassin for the government, has now evolved into a bigger character.
This time around he must work with the CIA to foil a terrorist plot to bomb the US Embassy in Tshwane, and uncover a child trafficking ring and pornography site.The novel is largely set in SA, moving between Port Elizabeth, Pietermaritzburg and Tswane and beyond the borders between Afghanistan, Libya and London.
It explores the use of technology to track and prevent crime. Moffett, a former marketing director of a computer software company, said the book was inspired by his creative a creative imagination and true-life experiences.
“Writing allows you to use your imagination to develop characters and tell a story. “Child trafficking is a growing phenomenon not only in SA, but globally.
The book explores the theme to alerts readers to its existence.”Moffett said when he retired from corporate life to become an author, his aim was to write 10 books.“I enjoy writing and am planning to write at least two books a year.” Hopefully I will write more than the initially planned number.” With every book it became easier to write, he said.
The first one took him two years and the second a year. He already has a third novel, About Face, almost in the bag and this one has taken him a little more than six months to tie up.
Writing has become less challenging as most of the plots in his books are based on events he has experienced throughout his life.
“Join the Dots shows how many disparate events are interlinked and how different plots and subplots are connected and exposed.”
Join the Dots is available in stores on request and can be ordered directly from Pegasus Publishers. The book is also available from Amazon, Gardners and Takealot.com and most book websites at R156.15.