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George Franks - Trustee: Franks, Swindles & Gentry

George Franks is a solicitor and partner in the firm: Franks, Swindles & Gentry. George was a friend of John Storm's deceased uncle: Professor Douglas Storm, and a friend of the family. He is trusted to administer the estate of his late friend, with some rather unusual clauses as to assisting John, if he takes up a challenge his uncle has set him.

John did take up the challenge, making George more than just a legal eagle. He becomes a mentor and advisor to the ocean adventurer, taking up the challenge with relish.

Professor Douglas Storm became legally declared dead at the age of ninety, where he has been missing for a number of years, and is said to have died in an 'accident' while involved in the testing of a top-secret and very high speed underwater craft. But the circumstances were never fully investigated or explained, and the mini-sub was never recovered. Later, Zheng Ling is arrested for the murder of Professor Storm, based on planted USB evidence, which appears to have been fabricated by another agency.

George Franks is keen to get to the bottom of that matter, suspecting foul play. He does not believe in coincidences, where Professor Storm was a thorn in the side of many a government administration from his human rights work - so had many enemies in high places.

This belief, tends to be borne out by the CIA's interest in the AI onboard the Elizabeth Swann. Which, gets even more bizarre when they kidnap Cleopatra. Goerge is determined to solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his old friend. He keeps an open book on the subject, always on the lookout for clues.

George has an office wherein there is a round table, surrounded by his collection of armour, from the knights of old. He believes that the age of chivalry is not dead, and that John is a modern day Knight of the Round Table, or Knights Templar. For sure, John's expertise with DNA identification and computer manipulation would have qualified him as a member of the Illuminati.

George Franks is a fictional character in the John Storm 'inner-space' adventure series. He is one of the mainstay supporting characters in this Treasure Island story.

Only gold, silver and gemstones were worth anything to captains of old. The currency was easy to trade and did not corrode, so ideal to be secreted in the most inhospitable environments. Paper money is worthless, when the value can rise and fall, without anything tangible to back the promises written thereon. In the modern world, with rampant inflation and cost of living crises, we'd have to agree with the pirates.

CAST OF - "TREASURE ISLAND: BLACKBEARD'S CURSE & PIRATES GOLD"

Draft scripts for Kulo-Luna and Cleopatra The Mummy are published with 'Treasure Island'.

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