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Samuel Dean lives an isolated, peaceful existence; he is alone and happy to be so. The remote coastal area of England where he lives provides all he needs to survive. His daily routine is to hunt, forage and poach. Someone, however, is stalking him.
One night, two officers from Special Branch pay him a visit and ask for his help. They claim two men, extremists in the Animal Liberation Movement, will soon visit a woman who lives in a near-by cottage. All Sam has to do is watch the cottage and inform Special Branch when the men arrive.
He agrees to help, not for profit or for patriotic zeal, but because he suspects they have told him a lie.
His isolated existence is soon smashed into a world of murder, terrorism and international conspiracy.
Fleeing his own guilt, he is propelled out of his solitude and on to a trail that takes him to London, Paris, Malta and then to Africa, where he uncovers a sinister group of the world’s elite, who together conspire a dark future for all those beneath them.
Only by mimicking their twisted, ruthless logic can Sam hope to contain them.
One night, two officers from Special Branch pay him a visit and ask for his help. They claim two men, extremists in the Animal Liberation Movement, will soon visit a woman who lives in a near-by cottage. All Sam has to do is watch the cottage and inform Special Branch when the men arrive.
He agrees to help, not for profit or for patriotic zeal, but because he suspects they have told him a lie.
His isolated existence is soon smashed into a world of murder, terrorism and international conspiracy.
Fleeing his own guilt, he is propelled out of his solitude and on to a trail that takes him to London, Paris, Malta and then to Africa, where he uncovers a sinister group of the world’s elite, who together conspire a dark future for all those beneath them.
Only by mimicking their twisted, ruthless logic can Sam hope to contain them.
184 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 9, 2011
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March 17, 2014
Conspiracy Theories Abound -Opaque and Non- Specific
We start with a poor, mute hunter, who lives at the beach. From there, we ratchet up to surveillance and pay offs, then murder. Was it a set up? Get on WiFi and ask the wise website. Soon we are at global alert proportions with the conspiracies, people are dying like flies and our protagonist, who just happens to have incredible combat training for both weapons and hand to hand, wins every engagement he gets in. 007 is crying right now.
The story is one big stream of consciousness. By half way through, I knew it wasn't going to change, and I was right. The ending is so ridiculous it is almost scary. This could be the dream of a ten year old boy. I got it for free, so that was good. There is no character development, little worldbuilding, the. pacing is frantic, the reader information about any facet of the story is miniscule at all times. The cliffhanger ending made me laugh. Because no questions were ever answered in the book, why should the end be any different.
Amateurish...
We start with a poor, mute hunter, who lives at the beach. From there, we ratchet up to surveillance and pay offs, then murder. Was it a set up? Get on WiFi and ask the wise website. Soon we are at global alert proportions with the conspiracies, people are dying like flies and our protagonist, who just happens to have incredible combat training for both weapons and hand to hand, wins every engagement he gets in. 007 is crying right now.
The story is one big stream of consciousness. By half way through, I knew it wasn't going to change, and I was right. The ending is so ridiculous it is almost scary. This could be the dream of a ten year old boy. I got it for free, so that was good. There is no character development, little worldbuilding, the. pacing is frantic, the reader information about any facet of the story is miniscule at all times. The cliffhanger ending made me laugh. Because no questions were ever answered in the book, why should the end be any different.
Amateurish...
December 11, 2018
A thrilling ride, granted, you will need to suspend a good chunk of belief - easy for me, I'm easily fooled - but once onboard, I was hooked and willing to be pulled along through an original and intriguing story.
Yes, the plot is a little thin at times, and elements of the protagonists back story are left for the reader's imagination. But why is he a mute? Well, his father was a brutal and violent man who killed his mother. So silence through trauma, and to show his contempt for the world? Hence his self-imposed isolation and his own capacity for violence.
This also explains his successes against professionally violent, well-trained men - his animalistic rage, brutal and unrefined, but fearless. Yes, he quickly learns how to use a gun to deadly effect, but modern guns aren't designed to be cumbersome to use but rather to be efficient killing machines. The will to pull the trigger is all that is required, especially at close range.
Yes, the plot is a little thin at times, and elements of the protagonists back story are left for the reader's imagination. But why is he a mute? Well, his father was a brutal and violent man who killed his mother. So silence through trauma, and to show his contempt for the world? Hence his self-imposed isolation and his own capacity for violence.
This also explains his successes against professionally violent, well-trained men - his animalistic rage, brutal and unrefined, but fearless. Yes, he quickly learns how to use a gun to deadly effect, but modern guns aren't designed to be cumbersome to use but rather to be efficient killing machines. The will to pull the trigger is all that is required, especially at close range.
March 16, 2013
I'm still not sure exactly what this book was all about after reading it. It's certainly an unusual tale, well enough written with an intriguing plot, but quite who the protagonist of the story is, why he's mute, how he comes to be living the way he is and crucially why he's so able to take on a myriad of skilled enemies is all a bit of a mystery. I did finish the book and didn't dislike it, but as well as feeling a bit lost, I didn't really get on with the short, choppy writing style.
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