DANNY DARREN ( Actor, Author) .............Halmat Salah, Kurdish from Iraq , known as Danny Darren to his friends, as actor/ writer and Author with a life story that most people only read about in the newspapers. From growing up under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein in his home country of Iraq to emigrating to the United Kingdom in search of a better life and a greater education. In this challenging debut novel, Danny D conjures an evocative and compelling story of desecrated innocence. With powerfully realistic characterisation, Begotten Son ( The plan of the Italian Merchant) portrays the emotional conflict between appeasing power and learning to respect and appease one’s own desires. Danny D’s delivers a racing plot that twists and turns at breakneck speed through the winding streets of Italy and London. Danny D writes with great drama and this first work will not fail to excite.