In the Eye of the Storm

## Chronology

***In the Eye of the Storm*** is the second book in the *Storm and Silence* series by Robert Thier. It is free to read on both Wattpad and the Radish Fiction App. The first chapter was uploaded onto Wattpad on December 2015 and the novel was published electronically and in paperback on August 2016.

## Synopsis

In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined.

Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier?

## Plot

### Search And Reunion

On the North Sea, Lilly relentlessly searches for Mr Ambrose for five days with Captain Crockford of the Waterguard following the Urania's shipwreck. When the captain informs her that they are giving up the search and heading back, he emphasises that that the missing man cannot have survived dehydration or the ocean's glacier temperature. Lilly protests and the captain annoyedly retorts that it is not the Waterguard's responsibility to look for missing people. Exasperated with the captain's refusal, she motivates him by reminding him of Mr Ambrose's high social standing as a powerful and important financial magnate. He then calls in three more ships to help with the search and they find several corpses of other men. They scour the along the coast of Dover for many hours until one of the other ships signal over that a man who is alive has washed ashore.

They head over to the small village of St. Margaret's at Cliffe and Lilly parts ways with the captain, deciding to go alone. Trudging to the village's vicarage in the night, Lilly finds Vicar Dawson and asks him about the castaway. He tells her that the man is no longer under his care and is staying with a lady living at the end of the village named Mrs Fotheringay. The vicar directs her to her house and when Lilly arrives, she explains to Mrs Fotheringay that she is looking for a man who was with her during the shipwreck. Much to Lilly's relief, Mrs Fotheringay's personality and physical description of her guest matches those of Mr Ambrose. She then introduces Lilly to her daughter, Violet, and the two share immediate dislike towards each other. When Violet haughtily asks about Lilly's connection to the man, she unconvincingly lies that they are cousins. Nonetheless, Violet leads her to his room, but makes her wait in the hallway while she informs the man that someone is there to see him. After trying to unsuccessfully persuade the man into sending Lilly away, she gives up and leaves, letting Lilly into the room.

## Chapters

### Wattpad/Radish Version

2. The Sister-Cousin-Fiancée-Secretary-Dogsbody
3. Sweet Reunion on the Rocks
4. Happy Homecoming
5. A Study in Golden
6. Oh Gentle Lady, Spare My Feet...
7. To Watch For Fat and Gold
8. Only a Factory Girl
9. Travel Plans
10. The Black Ship
11. Secret Cases
13. The Art of Suggestive Name-calling
14. Silent Lips
15. The Plight of My Plighted Troth
16. In Dark Alleys
17. Grannyfaking for Beginners
18. Suspicions
19. True Fake Love
20. Favours and Fires
21. Explosions and Abductions
22. Wedding Night a la Ambrose
24. Cultural Differences
25. Hot and Sweaty
26. A Little Pebble is a Dangerous Thing
27. Trapped
28. Enlightening Darkness
29. Camelkaboom
30. Hot on their Hoofs
31. Gorgeous Gorge
32. The Art of Losing your Way
33. Communication Problems
34. Ambrose

### Published Version

2. The Sister-Cousin-Fiancée-Secretary-Dogsbody
3. Sweet Reunion on the Rocks
4. Happy Homecoming
5. A Study in Golden
6. Oh Gentle Lady, Spare My Feet...
7. To Watch For Fat and Gold
8. Only a Factory Girl
10. The Nice Ocean
11. The Female Man Who is a Woman
12. The Art of Suggestive Name-calling
13. The Plight of My Plighted Troth
14. In Dark Alleys
15. Grannyfaking for Beginners
16. Suspicions
18. Favours and Fires
19. Explosions and Abductions
20. Bizarre Bazaar
21. Hot and Sweaty
22. Trapped
23. Camelkaboom
24. The Art of Losing your Way
25. Communication Problems
26. Ambrose

**Ambrose POV chapters:** (Available on Radish and Published Versions only)

1. Chapter Titles are a Waste of Ink
2. They Still Are!