SYNOPSIS

Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but instead found himself homeless and hooked on crystal methamphetamine. He began working for the 14K, one of Hong Kong's largest triad groups, as a nightclub doorman in the Wan Chai red-light district. Dealing with violence, psychosis and the 'foreign triad' -- a secretive expat clique which, unbeknown to the world, works hand-in-hand with the Chinese mafia --- he had to survive in the world's most unforgiving city, addicted to the world's most dangerous drug...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S

Chris Thrall was born in Kent, England. At eighteen, he joined the Royal Marine Commandos. Following active service in the Northern Ireland conflict and training in Arctic warfare and survival, he earned his parachutist's "wings" and went on to serve as part of a high-security detachment on board an aircraft carrier. In 1995, he moved to Hong Kong to oversee the Asia-Pacific expansion of a successful network marketing operation he'd built, part-time, while serving in the Forces. Less than a year later, he was homeless, became a drug addict and began working for a large crime syndicate. Eating Smoke is his account of what happened.