End Game - a thriller all too real.

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We are now seven billion people on our planet - rising by six million a month.
No thriller has so powerfully drawn on this advancing crisis.

A book with chilling realism and credibility, a gripping action-filled international plot,
and a thrilling end game which will leave any reader thinking.

Pilot books were sent around the world - they drew the distinguished praise below.

Niel Bowerman, sat on President Obama’s Environment Policy Team, on a a G8 Research Group, and addressed the European Parliament on environmental issues.

“Allan Hendry’s eco-thriller End Game is a true page-turner.  I read it from cover to cover in one go.  In an addictive plot the characters jump from one exotic location to another." 

"The book touches on fundamental questions about over-population and extinction. Hendry is clearly well travelled, and this shines through in his writing.”

In Jordan, a theologian and an arms dealer meet a terrifying sect.

Nick Goldie, is the fiction reviewer for the newsletter of Sustainable Population of Australia.

“Complex and full of action. Contemporary issues such as population and the breakdown of society are just below the surface. End Game is a ripping yarn. I put the book down, exhausted, long after midnight.”

In Colorado, a computer scientist is threatened by people who see in the dark.

Regina Layug, is Project Coordinator for Mulat Pinoy, a initiative for youth issues in the Philippines.

“This new book by Allan Hendry is an exciting combination of suspense and intrigue, with strong messages about ecology and population. A gripping page-turning read which leaves you more aware and thoughtful.”

At Oxford, a doctor does dangerous experiments with extreme protesters.

Paige Andrews, is Worldwide Executive Director of Climatico, a US incorporated non-profit corporation charged with analysing global developments in climate change policies. She led their teams in Copenhagen, and Cancun at COP16.

"Vivid, powerful, and action-packed, eco-thriller End Game will challenge your beliefs about humanity, leaving you wondering just how far is too far."
"Delivers a complex, tightly woven story and irresistible page-turner. Both gripping and thought-provoking, This book grabs you and doesn’t let go until the heart-pounding finale.”

In Australia, a dietary researcher unmasks a hidden cult.

Dr Nitish Priyadarshi, Geologist, M.Sc., Ph.D., Department of Environment and Water Management, Ranchi University, India, writes scientific articles on environment, geology, anthropology and religion.

End Game combines suspense and intrigue with a strong message about environment and overpopulation. From the book's very first page it gripped me with thrilling incidents which kept me guessing, and showed the dark face of so called civilized humans. Mind opening and exciting.”

In Costa Rica, a tropical plant collector is caught in the destruction of a town.

Lisa Sammet, President of Vermonters for a Sustainable Population, is also Library Director for the Jeudevine Memorial Library, Vermont, USA, and a professional book reviewer.

An environmental thriller of the gripping, can't-put-it-down type. Don't pick this book up if you want to sleep that night. Intricacies are really complex and keep you guessing. I cared about the characters, which I also like in a novel. A good read, and not a sermon, but will get you thinking. Exciting, and also makes you wonder.”

Two women and three men do not grasp what they've seen - until they meet.

Ellie Hopkins, is co-director of the UK Youth Climate Coalition, an organisation which aims to inspire and mobilise young people to build a clean and just future.

"Absolutely fantastic! Gripped me from page one, with a thrilling storyline that literally left my heart thumping with the potential for it all to be too true. I was totally unable to put it down.

The reader is drawn straight into the story. The characters and the context build as the story unfolds, not as a precursor to the main event like most books.”

Kirsten Stade, is Advocacy Director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in Washington, USA.

“I thoroughly enjoyed this book! End game is a page-turner, with a spooky atmosphere and an air of mystery that slowly builds. The environmental messages are on-point and timely!”

Charles Mumanikidszwa, is a Harare, Zimbabwe, based Corporate Communications Officer, a wide-ranging broadcaster and a member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Public Relations.

“A captivating work. The characters and how they interacted in the story, the settings of every part of the book and the connection of the fictious backgrounds to the core issue of overpopulation and its consequences, were extremely amazing. It makes one feel as if you are seeing reality.

A classic piece. I couldnt put it down. A kind of global achievement.”

The author's local papers in the UK praised the pilot book. (Pilot not submitted nationally.)

Lymington Times "If it's a fast-moving well-written suspense story you want, this is definitely the book for you!"
Bournemouth Echo "End Game is fast-moving and attention-grabbing ... a real page-turner of a book."
Ringwood and Fordingbridge News "Gripping action and content. This is thinking person's holiday thriller."
Western Gazette "End Game is addictive reading. But you can’t guess how it will end, and don’t want it to."
Hampshire Chronicle "Breathtaking mystery and action...questions that keep the reader hungry for more."
Petersfield Post "End Game is the book I was always hoping to read...a very good thriller."
Southern Echo "From the very start action jumps off the page...and then grips you to the final page."
Compass Magazine "It isn't just the thrilling plot in End Game, you are also held by the breadth of detail."

Dr Ian McKee, MBE, Edinburgh GP and recently retired Member of the Scottish Parliament, is also a trustee of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh's OneCity Trust, founded to fight social exclusion in the city.

“Imagine a book that combines the pace and excitement of a gripping thriller with a serious message about the crisis that awaits our planet if the growth in population remains unchecked? Yes, I know what you are thinking, I did too, but I have to admit that in End Game the impossible has been achieved, with all the ingredients that make a successful holiday page-turner and a dramatic climax.

I was soon caught up in the twists, turns and mystery of the story, and it was difficult to put down. I strongly recommend End Game as a marvellous read.”

Jamie Bolton, BSc, a Liquid Natural Gas Market Analyst in Canary Wharf, was given a pilot copy.

“I was so engrossed in the book this morning, that someone had to prod me at Waterloo Station when I didnt realise the train had arrived there.”

Anna Koklanakis, is a Communications Strategist based in Singapore

"End Game is a book with relentless pace. With its concurrent threads, you’ll find yourself absorbed in one chapter whilst concerned for the fate of the character paused in the last.
Allan Hendry brings a truly respectable level of technical detail and insight to the subject matter. It leaves you with a scarily blurred line between fiction and reality.
You’ll finish the book entertained and enlightened and pondering ‘what if’ for a long time afterwards."

Scott Johnson, is the head of Strategic Assessment Services at an international consultancy, dealing with sustainability in strategic planning, with government bodies and private industry, to integrate sustainability into their decision-making.

"End Game has everything I like in a fictional book:  action, conspiracy, suspense, mystery, races for survival, capable but human heroes, complex villains haunted by moral dilemmas, etc. (I could go on!).  It is a timely story, with part of it being about the very real sustainability and population problems we face in this world.  Extremely well written - I was on the edge of my seat and could hardly put it down!"

Julie Burdis, has spent most of her life involved with the arts community in Alice Springs, one of the settings in End Game.

"I loved this book, it is unputdownable. Fiction hits a few home truths by graphically exposing what goes on here behind closed doors in secret bases in the bush - and it is never healthy. It is an edifying read."

Susan Vetrone, is a Vice President of Marketing in America, where many parts of the book are set.

"Captivating from page one and I couldn't put it down. Intriguing locations, twists, and characters completely pull you in. Just when you think that you can see what is next, a surprise is around the corner. Fantastic!"

Richard Baines, is an environmental consultant, co-author of Fuel Poverty Fact File and Sustainable Inclusive Design Standard, and Director of Sustainable Development for Black Country Housing Group.

"The perfect book for journeys where you are constantly interrupted by check-in, waiting, boarding, food and drink.

End game is a great mix of action and character-play. Will make anyone sit up and think about how the human selfish gene needs to grow up, although hopefully we will choose to moderate – before it is too late.”

Clive Brooks, is a wide-ranging author, and a musician.

"Allan Hendry's exciting fast-paced and very believable storyline takes focus on the threats to our fragile and delicate globe. End Game will leave you with a chilling awareness of what could become our tomorrow."

Edda Bohnsack, is a professional technical author, and founder of the South East London Book Club.

"End Game gets under your skin straight away, like a fever taking over, and it doesn't leave until you've followed every turn and twist of this extremely exciting, intelligent and beautifully written dangerous story."

Dr Alan Glasper, is a health care academic and journalist, based at Southampton University.

"A tense fast-moving thriller, explores the concept that a known pharmacological compound could exist in another format, and result in profound changes in human behaviour. End Game is tangibly woven into a plot where religion and psychology meet pharmacology."

Gareth Kimbrey, is Client Director to the Government for the world's largest IT company.

"A compelling, fast moving and enthralling thriller it is hard to put down. The plot sucks you in and, unlike so many thrillers, End Game is not a predictable book, with twists and turns throughout."

Chris Watkins, is an international interior designer. He has created palaces and fabulous houses from Moscow to Lahore and, nearer to home, the cocktail bar of the Ritz.

"Spending many hours reading books on planes, this is my kind of book, with great pace and plenty of action set in many well described locations. End Game has loads of detail, and a many concepts to ponder.."

Nick Korbey, is a pilot who, in war conditions, flew cargo into Baghdad, Sarajevo and Afghanistan.

"Witty, enjoyable, and worth a read, The airborne sequences were pacy, realistic and plausible."

Martin Jackson, "infamous" musician, ex Magazine, The Chameleons and Swing Out Sister, also songwriter, arranger - and avid book reader.

"Immediately engages and sustains interest throughout .. and makes you care about what happens next."

The author of End Game the Book.

Allan Hendry graduated in Electronic Engineering at King’s College, London.

He has run high-technology projects worldwide, in aeronautics, communications, cryptography, covert diving systems, cryogenics, space breathing equipment, and many others.

This career led him to becoming a main board member of a FTSE 100 company, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

This caused him to travel a lot - and then create the book he would have wanted for those journeys.

The book also reflects how his views have changed since those days. He retired early and now makes hand-crafted hi-fi loudspeakers, sold under the name MonoPulse.

Valuable help was given by Becky Swift at The Literary Consultancy. Scroll down this site.