In a wasteland that never forgets, Michael returns to the one place he swore he'd never see again. Buried beneath an abandoned mine lies a footlocker-and a past stolen by betrayal.
Guided by Charlotte, a presence as quiet as she is unwavering, Michael must confront the man who once claimed victory without pursuit. What waits inside the mine is not revenge, but a reckoning-one that will decide whether survival is enough, or if true resolution demands something more.
He Lost; I Won - The Resolution is a stark, haunting story of choice, identity, and the strength it takes to finally lay the past to rest.
Autorentext
Carl Lakeland lives with his wife in the sleepy town of Snake Valley, 36 kilometers southwest of Ballarat in Australia.
Lakeland grew up during the early seventies western suburbs of Sydney. Having enlisted into the military at the age of seventeen, he draws on his experience to create powerful and engaging speculative fiction.
"Sometimes, I can't let things be," says Lakeland. "I write stories with a passion that others might see as being obsessive. I live and breathe it. I dream it when I sleep. But I never write down my dreams. If I can't remember those things I've dreamt, they're not important enough."
Carl Lakeland's stories revolve around the element of 'what if?' He pushes the boundaries of his stories to the edge of the Official Secrets Act, which will have the reader wondering about the aspect of creative license, or the possibility of fact in his writing. Either way, the reader will be left to make up their own mind. His books are fast paced, edge of your seat thrillers which are distinctively written in a way that will have the reader guessing which way the story is about to head.
"As a writer, unpredictability is the key essence. If I write something that can be foreseen in coming chapters, it's not good enough. I will scrap it. My goal is to keep the reader wondering, even sometimes to the detriment of my good guys!"