title: The Driver (John Milton Thrillers) (Volume 4)
author:  Mark Dawson 
description: Mark Dawson has worked as a DJ and lawyer and currently works in the London film industry. <br /><br />You can find him at markjdawson.com or facebook.com/markdawsonauthor. <br /><br /><b>You can get a free copy of one of his books by signing up for his mailing list at: eepurl.com/Cai5X </b>
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  A John Milton Novel
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
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  **Part One**
  
  Saturday, August 23rd, 2005
  
   **Chapter One**
  
  JOHN MILTON peered through the rain that hammered on the windshield, trying to
  pick a path that would spare the car the deepest of the potholes that
  disfigured the muddy track. He had been driving for six hours, the headlamps
  on all the way, initially caught up in the throng of traffic as people sought
  to escape the city. Then he had been slowed by the terrain, the visibility,
  and his lack of familiarity with his surroundings. He rolled past a fork in
  the road, slowed and parked the rental on the margin of the road. It wasn’t
  much more than a backwoods track by this stage, cutting 