You are invited to the launch of Geoffrey Waring’s new novel Critical Point, which takes place at Richmond Library on Thursday 1 March,5 – 7 pm. Wine and nibbles will be provided.

Critical Point takes you into the cockpits of those anonymous jet freighters that airline passengers seldom notice at airports – and into the lives of the men who fly them.

1980’s post-colonial Africa is a place that attracts men with an eye for the main chance. An Affreight cargo jet secretly departs a bush airstrip carrying the bullion reserves of a country’s central bank; a crew member’s family held hostage by corrupt army officers has been freed and the company’s calculating chairman promises the crew a generous gratuity. What can possibly go wrong – except a massacre?

In a turbulent time of cynical politics, sanction busting and armed rebellion, action speeds between Africa, Europe and the Middle East as driven men pursue their goals – and pay the price.

The book will be available at the launch for the special price of $25.  After that it will retail for $35 and will be available from the author at www.geoffreywaring.nz, from booksellers, Amazon and Smashwords.