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The Banker and the Eagle: The End of Democracy
Unhappy with the election outcome, the Banker plots to kill the US president.
It is the year 2028, and the terrorist group Guns Against Globalism attacks the Factual News Network headquarters owned by the corrupt media mogul Damien Vanderbilt. This attack sets a dangerous chain of events in motion.
The attack leads to the idealistic independent presidential candidate Eva Moreno, coming in possession of damning evidence against the Banker, Pierre Beaumont, regarding the Hei Bai virus outbreak and the dangerous drug Reversogene that Pierre released in 2021.
Pierre sets out to make Damien Vanderbilt the US president to save himself and he gets help from his co-conspirators; the Monocle Conspiracy, an underground group in possession of monocles holding the secrets of an ancient alien artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, the democratic president of China, Eileen Lu, is desperately trying to support Eva to bring down Pierre once and for all.
In the end, who will win and who will lose in this dangerous game of chance?
It is the year 2028, and the terrorist group Guns Against Globalism attacks the Factual News Network headquarters owned by the corrupt media mogul Damien Vanderbilt. This attack sets a dangerous chain of events in motion.
The attack leads to the idealistic independent presidential candidate Eva Moreno, coming in possession of damning evidence against the Banker, Pierre Beaumont, regarding the Hei Bai virus outbreak and the dangerous drug Reversogene that Pierre released in 2021.
Pierre sets out to make Damien Vanderbilt the US president to save himself and he gets help from his co-conspirators; the Monocle Conspiracy, an underground group in possession of monocles holding the secrets of an ancient alien artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, the democratic president of China, Eileen Lu, is desperately trying to support Eva to bring down Pierre once and for all.
In the end, who will win and who will lose in this dangerous game of chance?
164 pages, Paperback
Published September 9, 2020
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December 10, 2024
The story has the pace of an eagle in flight.
Characters are cruelly crushed with the brute strength of an eagle’s talons catching its prey.
Book 2 of the Banker trilogy gets an equal star rating of 4 as I did book 1. Like the Eagle and its prey this book picks up the story from book 1, holds it in its talons and takes us to some dizzying heights.
Now this Banker by now you realise is not the placid branch / lending manager you would see on city rail advertising boards.
It may come as a surprise to some, this Banker is the bad guy. No further comment that’s all I am saying. Then , of the fleeting life of some the characters
in this book, who would be the Eagle? Well you will just have to read Books 1 and 2 and come to your own conclusions. I am now going to start Book 3 to see if what I think will happen will happen.
I find it fascinating that Martin Lundqvist started this trilogy in May 2020. Book 2 is set in 2028. It’s December 2024 the time of writing this review. This young author’s brushstrokes between life and art are starting to blur that divide of life and art.
Martin I know it’s a Sci - Fi thriller and I am hoping it’s more fiction than fact. However you are telling a fascinating tale and I really would like to think it’s more fiction than fact although events in 2024
do prompt me to maybe overthink things and not just be entertained by an exaggerated plot as sci- fi is to take us.
Ok like readers of this talented author I will meet up with you on the review of book 3.
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Characters are cruelly crushed with the brute strength of an eagle’s talons catching its prey.
Book 2 of the Banker trilogy gets an equal star rating of 4 as I did book 1. Like the Eagle and its prey this book picks up the story from book 1, holds it in its talons and takes us to some dizzying heights.
Now this Banker by now you realise is not the placid branch / lending manager you would see on city rail advertising boards.
It may come as a surprise to some, this Banker is the bad guy. No further comment that’s all I am saying. Then , of the fleeting life of some the characters
in this book, who would be the Eagle? Well you will just have to read Books 1 and 2 and come to your own conclusions. I am now going to start Book 3 to see if what I think will happen will happen.
I find it fascinating that Martin Lundqvist started this trilogy in May 2020. Book 2 is set in 2028. It’s December 2024 the time of writing this review. This young author’s brushstrokes between life and art are starting to blur that divide of life and art.
Martin I know it’s a Sci - Fi thriller and I am hoping it’s more fiction than fact. However you are telling a fascinating tale and I really would like to think it’s more fiction than fact although events in 2024
do prompt me to maybe overthink things and not just be entertained by an exaggerated plot as sci- fi is to take us.
Ok like readers of this talented author I will meet up with you on the review of book 3.
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January 21, 2021
Loved the storyline and the character development in this novel, the second of a trilogy. The author has skillfully drawn together the major characters from the last book, and added new ones when required, to really drive the story forward. I finished this book in under 2 hours - was hard to put it down once I started!
The novel itself offers a startling view into the higher echleons of politics and power, and honestly most of it is unfortunately quite believeable. I loved reading this and can't wait for the last book in the trilogy.
The novel itself offers a startling view into the higher echleons of politics and power, and honestly most of it is unfortunately quite believeable. I loved reading this and can't wait for the last book in the trilogy.
October 23, 2020
Something about this book just didn't sit right with me and I'm not sure what it is. It's very well written and there is no real good guy, although anything close to that gets killed off. The premise is not realistic, but the comparison with present day politics is rather interesting. That being said I suppose I would read the next book in the Trilogy but I am not going to rush out to buy it just yet.
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March 24, 2021The book was fantastic and kept me entertained while I went through it. Love this authors style
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