Out of the Dark: The Stories I’m Finally Ready to Tell

There comes a time when the shadows we’ve walked through begin to feel lighter, not because they disappear, but because we finally decide to speak. Today, I’m stepping forward to share the roads I’ve travelled, the truths I’ve carried, and the books that have grown from them.

My life has never followed a straight line. It has twisted through danger, secrecy, injustice, and resilience. Two books now stand as markers along that journey, one completed, one still being written, each born from a different kind of fight.

Directive Seventeen: Memoirs of a Spy Assassin

My latest book, Directive Seventeen, is finished. It is the memoir of a spy assassin, a woman shaped by covert directives, silent corridors, and missions that demanded precision, loyalty, and sacrifice. This is not a romanticised tale of espionage. It is the truth of what it means to live in the margins, to follow orders without hesitation, and to carry the weight of choices that cannot be undone.

In Directive Seventeen, you will walk beside her through the hidden machinery of power, the cold clarity of preparation, and the razor‑thin line between duty and survival. It is raw, unfiltered, and honest.

Directive Seventeen is available now on Amazon and through my website

Extract from Directive Seventeen

“Before every mission, the world narrowed to a single breath. No noise. No movement. Just the weight of what was about to unfold. In that stillness, clarity arrived, sharp, unforgiving. Orders were simple. Survival was not. And yet, I stepped forward every time.”

Justice in the Shadow of Mesothelioma: A True Story Still Being Written

While Directive Seventeen looks back at a life lived in secrecy, my next book turns toward a quieter but equally devastating battle, one fought in hospitals, courtrooms, and the silent spaces where fear and hope sit side by side.

Justice in the Shadow of Mesothelioma is a true-life story about systems that fail people, the silence that surrounds asbestos, and the quiet resilience of those who refuse to disappear. It is about love in its most stubborn form, the kind that stays, even when the world becomes difficult to navigate.

This book exposes the cracks in institutions meant to protect us. It confronts the reality of an illness that steals breath, time, and certainty. And it honours the strength of a life that deserved better from the world.

Extract from Justice in the Shadow of Mesothelioma

“Some battles are fought with medicine, and some with paperwork. Mesothelioma demands both. It reveals how fragile systems can be, how loud silence becomes, and how love, steady, unyielding, can hold a life together even as everything else begins to fall away.”

Why These Stories Matter

Because truth matters. Because silence is dangerous. Because some lives deserve to be witnessed. And because the shadows I walked through taught me that stories, real stories, can change the way we see the world.

Thank you for walking this road with me. There is more to come.