SHEBA 1st IN CATEGORY (BEST NONFICTION BOOK), 4TH OVERALL IN THE BEST INDIE BOOKS OF 2017 AWARDS
A MERSEY MARINER 1ST IN CRIME, 14th OVERALL
Thank you for your votes!
The final votes are in and out of over 2000 initial nominations, Sheba: From Hell to Happiness has finished as the Best Nonfiction Book and in 4th place overall in the Best Indie Books of 2017 Awards. Thank you to all who voted for the book and also for A Mersey Mariner which finished 1st in the Crime category and in 14th place overall.
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A REVIEW OF SHEBA
5.0 out of 5 stars Sheba, rescued from Hell
By HZ on 26 November 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Sometimes, man’s cruelty never ceases to amaze me. Training dogs to fight for human ‘amusement’ is bad enough, but stealing and using people’s loved and innocent pets to use as bait in order to train the fighting dogs is much worse. Poor Sheba was one such dog, used and abused, starved, beaten and tied up to be attacked as ‘training’ for the fighters. Just how cruel can people get? Near death, this poor dog was thrown away like a piece of trash on a rubbish tip, a living skeleton, and left to die. Somehow she was found, rescued and despite being close to death the author and his wife made it their priority to save this little dog and return her to health and a happy life. How they did it is beautifully described in Mr. Porter’s book, in which he doesn’t seek to dodge the mistakes they made along the way in trying to rehabilitate a dog that had been so cruelly abused, which adds to the poignancy of this excellent book. Needless to say, ‘Project Sheba’ was a resounding success and ten years later, Sheba is still with the Porter family, a much loved and loving, family dog.
I recommend this book not only to dog lovers but to anyone who enjoys reading about the ability of man to overcome difficulties as the Porters did in loving and caring for this dog, who most people thought would be dead within weeks of them rescuing her. I defy anyone, man or woman, to read this book without feeling a lump in your throat or a tear in your eye. The photos in the book are a testament to the great job the family did in restoring Sheba to health and happiness. Long may she live and enjoy her life with Mr, Porter, his family and their wonderful pack of rescue dogs.
SHEBA; FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS
Sheba is the sequel to Brian L Porter's award-winning bestseller, Sasha, and tells the story of rescue dog Sheba, Sasha’s best friend, starved, beaten and used as bait for the training of fighting dogs and then thrown on a rubbish tip and left to die, a barely living skeleton.
The author and his wife adopted this unfortunate waif and so began a long period of recuperation and training, as they gradually helped Sheba back to full health and helped her to learn to live sociably and happily within their pack of rescue dogs.
A story of real triumph over adversity, full of emotion and a fair amount of humor too, Sheba’s is a real-life tale of what can be achieved in rehabilitating a dog, having suffered a living hell, from the brink of death to a life full of happiness.
A REVIEW OF A MERSEY MARINER
This man is a brilliant author with traits of Agatha Christie, Alistair MacLean, and all the best British crime writers. This book holds your attention from the start and weaves its way through one twist after another. As I was reading it I mentally posited several endings - all were wrong, of course! Like the previous novel, A Mersey Maiden, this book has major international links and twists that make it so much more than a simply good crime novel.
Brian is a master at developing his characters and you really feel as though you personally know all of the key players - must have a pint with them next time I am in Liverpool. Sad about Andy Ross (Brian Porter!) being an Everton supporter, but I suppose we are all aloud a few errors of judgement!
Read this book! Read all four of Brian's books and keep pestering him to write more (two are in the pipeline)!
A MERSEY MARINER
DEATH ARRIVES ON THE MORNING TIDE.
The aging cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, enveloped in thick fog that delays her entry into the port of Liverpool. When one of the ship’s passengers is found dead in his cabin, a chain of events is set in motion that leads to one of Detective Inspector Andy Ross’s most baffling and complicated cases to date.
The first death is soon followed by another, and Ross discovers that his case has its roots in the depths of the Amazonian Rainforest in Brazil. A billionaire entrepreneur, passengers who may not be exactly who or what they say they are, a team of medical researchers and a team of vicious mercenaries combine to confound and complicate what begins as a simple death aboard a nondescript and insignificant ship.
Ross and his team from the Merseyside Police Specialist Murder Investigation team need all their skills in order to solve the case of the ‘Mersey Mariner.’
