The Repentant Spy
Thank you KD McNiven for such a great review!
The Repentant Spy is the second book I've read by Shawn Callon, and I was not disappointed. Callon knows how to weave a suspenseful, thrilling, spy novel. The story is about Simon Montfort, whose unsavory past catches up with him. Plagued by his past deeds, it compelled Montford to climb the steps of La Madeleine, a famous Roman Catholic Church and there he gives in to his inner turmoil for the evil deeds he had committed, and there he also meets up with a priest, Monsignor Eamonn Collins. Montford pours out all of his detestable deeds to the priest who bids him come clean with his wife and repent: "Simon, you have a gift for subterfuge and illusion but you have clearly misused these God-given talents. If you truly want to repent then you must find a way of using those gifts to benefit not you but mankind..."
The priest tells Simon that there are many families exploited, and whose lives are in grave danger and to use his life to do good and not evil, then disappeared, later to find the priest was an apparition.
At that moment, Simon knew what he would do. Changing his name to Pierre Laval, Simon goes undercover as a schoolteacher in a refugee camp in Apelpisia, Narissiki, Greece with intentions of bringing down a human trafficking ring.
I applaud Callon for writing on the deeply disturbing subject of human trafficking. His research is sterling, and the storyline is well-plotted, thrilling, and top-notch, and a couple of curve-balls! I am giving Callon 5 stars and highly recommend it.
The Repentant Spy: A Journey of Remorse, Romance and Retribution
The Repentant Spy
The Repentant Spy is the second book I've read by Shawn Callon, and I was not disappointed. Callon knows how to weave a suspenseful, thrilling, spy novel. The story is about Simon Montfort, whose unsavory past catches up with him. Plagued by his past deeds, it compelled Montford to climb the steps of La Madeleine, a famous Roman Catholic Church and there he gives in to his inner turmoil for the evil deeds he had committed, and there he also meets up with a priest, Monsignor Eamonn Collins. Montford pours out all of his detestable deeds to the priest who bids him come clean with his wife and repent: "Simon, you have a gift for subterfuge and illusion but you have clearly misused these God-given talents. If you truly want to repent then you must find a way of using those gifts to benefit not you but mankind..."
The priest tells Simon that there are many families exploited, and whose lives are in grave danger and to use his life to do good and not evil, then disappeared, later to find the priest was an apparition.
At that moment, Simon knew what he would do. Changing his name to Pierre Laval, Simon goes undercover as a schoolteacher in a refugee camp in Apelpisia, Narissiki, Greece with intentions of bringing down a human trafficking ring.
I applaud Callon for writing on the deeply disturbing subject of human trafficking. His research is sterling, and the storyline is well-plotted, thrilling, and top-notch, and a couple of curve-balls! I am giving Callon 5 stars and highly recommend it.
The Repentant Spy: A Journey of Remorse, Romance and Retribution
The Repentant Spy
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