The Sentinels: Crude Deception

(The Sentinels #2)

Gordon Zuckerman (Goodreads Author)

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An oil supply controlled by corrupt hands, murderous assassins who will do anything to keep that power intact--and a group of friends with a wild plan to thwart them all.

As World War II recovery begins, word gets out that the heads of the biggest oil companies in the world are holding secret meetings. The Sentinels--the same counterespionage group that captured millions f

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Published June 1st 2011 by Greenleaf Book Group, LLC (first published May 30th 2011)

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Jul 26, 2011 Orbs n Rings rated it liked it · review of another edition

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A well written historical temperate thriller, with a combination of fact and fiction, relevant to the world as it is today.

The Sentinels: Crude Deception is a mix of thriller and historical fiction with its central point based on a group of individuals called the sentinels, who have set out to break up a monopoly of seven major oil companies who began controlling the oil industry after World War II. The story begins with the seven American and British oil companies breaking the law by getting t A well written historical temperate thriller, with a combination of fact and fiction, relevant to the world as it is today.

The Sentinels: Crude Deception is a mix of thriller and historical fiction with its central point based on a group of individuals called the sentinels, who have set out to break up a monopoly of seven major oil companies who began controlling the oil industry after World War II. The story begins with the seven American and British oil companies breaking the law by getting together for a private meeting. Jacques, one of the sentinel’s, spies from a nearby fishing stream at a private hunting and fishing club. He records each plane's individual make and model number as each plane passes above him, before landing for the meeting. This information is to prove proof that the seven oil company monopoly has gotten together. This is brought back to the sentinel table and the sentinels quest begins. Zuckerman has taken the element most common to government and politics, those which include the deceptions, greed and secretive societies. He has intermingled them with fiction, thrown in some past history and actual facts, to create this very realistic novel. We all know how controversial oil and government can be. However, Zuckerman takes us back to the era of 1946 and presents a group of heroes, the sentinels, who are not only graduates of an elite American doctoral program, but are also tied in to the global financial district. With a plan to break up the oil group, the sentinels acquire help from some of the current world’s most powerful private investors, Middle Eastern leaders and government officials. Crude Deception covers numerous issues that are relevant to the issues in the world as it is today. The characters in the book are very strong and focused on their agenda, which is to create their own kind of energy development fund, with the intent on putting a stop to the controlling financial grip the seven big oil corporations have on the current market. I found Crude Deception to be slow at first, but it did pick up speed at times and then settle down again. All the sentinels are distinct in their own way and, although they are all distinguished individuals, each have their own little quirks. I recommend this book for those who are into mild thrillers with a twist of history and government, otherwise you will lose interest quickly.
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Jul 08, 2011 Viviane Crystal rated it really liked it

Crude Deception is the second book in The Sentinels series. The Sentinels are a group of well-connected people who perform various missions that protect American interests on a global basis. They discover that the major oil companies in America have formed a monopoly that will ever prevent anyone from entering the market in any part of the world. The difference to take note is that this takes place in the 1950s, and the story seems to really be about the formation of OPEC, an irony indeed consid ...more

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Sep 30, 2011 William Bentrim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Crude Deception by Gordon Zuckerman

This book read more like a history book than a novel. What little bit of research I did on the premise seems to hold true with the author’s vision, frightening to say the least. Post WWII intrigue by the oil industry to seize the world is the theme of the book.

I liked the book but would have preferred to have a little more background about the Sentinels. The Sentinels appeared to be a well connected, off the books, oversight group with international implicati ...more

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Jun 16, 2011 Lia rated it liked it

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From the start I was excited about the premise (fighting Big Oil!) and feeling a thrill from the espionage and staying one step ahead of even unexpected threats. I could imagine myself on these missions, trying to catch conspirators red-handed and setting up a plan to thwart their efforts.

There were some awkwardly unbelievable moments (stuff that would never happen in the 40's, like a woman being offered a vice president position in a bank, and a Saudi Prince taking the women's side when a poten ...more

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