The Hunger is a short story linked to Greene’s Calling, the third novel in AD Starrling’s award-winning action thriller series Seventeen.1695. Spanish Netherlands.The war between King Louis XIV and the League of Augsberg, the European Alliance formed to counter the French monarch’s aggressive attempts to expand his territories, reaches a pivotal moment at the Siege of Namur. When the besieged French army suddenly starts to mount an increasingly fierce resistance, Bastian immortal Conrad Greene and his company of elite intelligence operatives are sent to Liège to track down the traitor supplying the enemy with stocks of a new, powerful gunpowder. Frustrated at every turn, an unexpected visit from Conrad’s superior results in a surprising addition to his team. Can the captain resist his all-consuming attraction for immortal Laura Hartwell long enough to solve the mystery of the gunpowder plot?Want a FREE boxset? Sign up to AD Starrling’s newsletter at www.adstarrling.com to get your copy of The Seventeen Series Short Story Collection now!Other novels and short stories in the series Soul MeaningWinner Fantasy Category National Indie Excellence Awards 2013Finalist Adventure Category National Indie Excellence Awards 2013Finalist Action-Adventure Category Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2013Honorable Mention General Fiction Hollywood Book Festival 2013King’s CrusadeWinner Action-Adventure Category Next Generation Indie Book Award 2014Finalist Shelf Unbound Competition Best Independently Published Book 2014Greene’s CallingFinalist General Fiction Category Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2015Ashstorm First DeathDancing BladesThe MeetingThe Warrior MonkThe Bank Job (coming soon)