One by K J McGillick
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Book Description:
A stolen life. A Faustian bargain. Prey becomes predator.
Lord Acton, a British historian, wrote: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Had he somehow gazed into the future and glimpsed Azar Abed’s arc in life?
Someone’s going to die, that is for certain. But will just one death be enough for Azar Abed or will nothing satisfy her until millions of innocent people are dead? It’s frightening to think of the path that personal revenge can lead a person down. All that plotting and planning that ultimately leads to one goal- the extinguishment of one life. But what happens when a psychopath with power and money is determined to implode the world’s economy through a bioterrorism attack?
Personal revenge gets caught up in a bio-terror plot to crash the world’s economy as darkness spirals into darkness and terror is the order of the day. Azar Abed and Adrien Armond are on a collision course of vigilante justice that could have catastrophic consequences on a global scale. Neither will walk away until the other is dead. No matter what the cost.
Who will kill who first? Will it be enough? Can anyone stop the bio-terror plot to destroy the world’s economy that is already in motion? Does anyone have enough humanity left even to try?
Set against a backdrop of Washington, DC, ONE is a heart pounding-psychological thriller pitting greed against greed in a cat-and-mouse game where vengeance is the only prize. It can be read as a standalone, or as the conclusion to events begun in its predecessor, TWO. It concludes the Path of Deception and Betrayal series.
My Thoughts:
After reading the previous instalment in this series I dived straight in to this 'One'.
We were introduced to Azar Abed in the previous book, when her ruthless father set up surgeon Adrien Armond to take her kidney from her in order to save his own life. This has left her, understandably, wanting revenge on everyone involved in the scandal. With Armond's whereabouts unknown following his acquittal in the trial for the involvement in the attempt on his wife's life, Azar's anger and desire for vengeance is festering inside her while she tracks him down.
Meanwhile in her everyday life she appears a clever professional woman, with links to the FBI as a global risk management consultant. Basically she has worked her way undercover to find out how she can wreak havoc on the world's financial markets yet with a completely legitimate reason to be there. With her father's very dodgy business connections she knows some very influential people on both sides of the law all around the world. She trusts no-one and in some ways is even more dangerous than her father ever was.
I don't have much understanding of how the world's financial systems work and at some points of the story was rather out of my depth. The introduction of Mary, a trainee personal investigator taking training with FBI agents, made some aspects of the plot easier to understand as they were explained to her in layman's terms. I loved Mary's character and the way the author used her to figure out certain plot points was really canny. Her rather ditzy and irritating personality worked perfectly yet hid her extremely sharp mind. She went from being an annoying distraction to a major player in bringing down an international terror plot.
I enjoyed this book in a completely different way to the previous one, this having more of a feel of personal revenge not only on one individual but the way the world works as a whole. Clever writing once again from the author showcasing a different set of skills this time.
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UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CNZXL1C/
US - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CNZXL1C/
About the Author:
K. J. McGillick was born in New York and once she started to walk she never stopped running. But that's what New Yorker's do. Right? A Registered Nurse, a lawyer now author.
As she evolved so did her career choices. After completing her graduate degree in nursing, she spent many years in the university setting sharing the dreams of the enthusiastic nursing students she taught. After twenty rewarding years in the medical field she attended law school and has spent the last twenty-four years as an attorney helping people navigate the turbulent waters of the legal system. Not an easy feat. And now? Now she is sharing the characters she loves with readers hoping they are intrigued by her twisting and turning plots and entertained by her writing
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