Tom Sundell is a former merchant marine and soldier who has survived the oceans of the world and the Foreign Legion. Yet, his biggest challenge seems to be to survive his difficult marriage and be a good father to his boys. Although he is haunted by his violent and traumatic past, Sundell’s life continues uneventfully until his wife meets an untimely death and he receives a strange and unexpected letter. Before he even realizes it, Tom is on his way to Buenos Aires in search of something he thought he had put behind him a long time ago.
About the author
Formerly the songwriter of the Sony/BMG & Warner Music band, Carmen Gray, Tom Tikka has managed to build a rather successful career for himself as a musical artist that includes quite a few critically acclaimed albums as well as #1 hit singles. Tikka has been featured in Huffington’s Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Melody Maker Magazine, Ballroom Blitz, The Hollywood Digest, VENTS Magazine and many others, while his music videos have won at film festivals around the world.
Now he is back – surprisingly enough – with a debut novel titled Perfect Reflections. Partly based on his father’s merchant-marine diaries, this book is an adventure thriller cum detective story that is full of unexpected twists and turns. Through trackbacks and flashforwards, it takes the reader through time and space to the sources of dark secrets and scars that plague the life of its protagonist, Tom Sundell.