Rob Phayre – Award Winning Author of Military Thrillers and True Crime books
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The Response Files – By Rob Phayre
Available in Paperback, Ebook and Audiobook
Reepaman – A free to read, series of standalone short stories. Full length techno-crime thriller coming in 2026
The Rock Concert was epic. Eighty-five thousand young and beautiful people were crammed into the stadium. They danced and sang with a voice so loud that Reepaman felt the vibrations jangling his very core. He and his team were setting up two hundred meters away in the carpark outside. The flashes from the multi-coloured stage lights, as they leapt over the rim of the stadium, lit up their work. The yellows, greens and blues reflected off the low cloud base, whilst the red laser show tried in vain to slice its way through to the hidden stars above.
Reepaman’s team, all dressed in black, were busy powering up the attack drones…
To read this story and others for free, please go to the Reepaman short story website, or read it on your favourite blog medium through the links below.
Rob Phayre Blog and Articles
The one-way mirror of authenticity
To the outside world, I look successful. But am I authentic? It’s a persona I have carefully crafted in this image based, internet driven, 6th dimension of public opinion. A million articles have been written on ‘how to be authentic,’ and I am not going to repeat them here. I feel at times that I…
Two drinks and a project.
At work, there are four types of colleague, irrespective of ‘rank’ or ‘hierarchy’. I know it’s a simplification, but bear with me because there is a simple test to identify what type of colleague they are. Ask yourself a simple question. Would you have two drinks with them after work, and do you want to…
How Criminals hunt for you Online.
In my latest novel, I’ve taken on the persona of a criminal, and a fairly nasty one at that. In this article you will discover how criminals hunt for you online. Reepaman, the new book I’m writing is written in the first person, and so ‘I’ am getting up to some really quite ugly things.…
GRAI – What is it and how worried do we need to be?
With the evolution of AI, with the potential of both amazing and horrific outcomes, somewhere in the middle is the grey space. A space for GrAI.
About Rob Phayre
Over his career, Rob has led projects all around the world. From the ice and snow above the arctic circle to the deserts of the Sahara. From the jungles in Africa to the rippling waves of the Indian Ocean.
Rob Phayre spent his first career in the British military as a helicopter pilot and commander. He spent time in most of the usual places and some unusual ones. After his military career, and nearly twenty years ago now, Rob moved to Africa, where he followed his feet into a career in security and crisis management. In 2021 he discovered his passion for writing. His debut novel, The Ransom Drop, won the Audiobookreviwer.com ‘Reviewers Choice’ award, and Best Debut Author 2021. His follow up, Jungle Heist, won a Best Military Thriller award and was runner up for best International Thriller. Rob’s current work, Reepaman, is a series of standalone free to read fictional short stories. The chilling tales show how an educated psychopath can cause mayhem!
In Africa, Rob Phayre led a number of organisations, helping others in the event of a crisis. Rob delivered his first ransom to Somali pirates about fifteen years ago. Since then he has helped resolve nearly 40 hostage incidents both on and offshore across Africa. Two of those ransoms have held the Guinness world records for the largest ransoms ever paid for the release of hostages at sea. You can connect with Rob through the social media accounts below. He’s always happy to answer questions about his books!