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To Kill the Truth (Maggie Costello, #4)
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A frenetically paced thriller which, sadly, falls prey to political ranting in places. The story centres on a breathtaking plot to destroy the world's most important libraries - those containing vital historic documents such as original literary works and religious texts along with others such as the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence.
Meanwhile, at a Virginia courthouse, a university professor is suing a writer who called him a slavery denier. Outside, Black Lives Matter protestors clash with right wingers and violence seems set to escalate.
A historian studying aspects of slavery is murdered at his desk and there are reports of other academics and Holocaust survivors dying in mysterious circumstances. Former White House adviser, Maggie Costello, is asked by the Governor of Virginia to investigate the historian's death, but she soon uncovers a conspiracy which threatens to destroy the history of the world.
High tech computers are being used to set libraries on fire and destroy digital copies of the vital historical documents they contain.
As Maggie battles to discover the truth, she is subject to online attacks which lead to her be sidelined from the FBI investigation into the destruction of buildings such as The Bodleian Library and Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
Then, she discovers a link between the professor currently fighting the libel case in Virginia and some of his students from the 1980's, one of whom is a disgraced political adviser to the current President of the United States. In a lengthy rant, the latter explains to Maggie why a large number of Americans and, indeed, people throughout the World wouldn't care if these repositories of human knowledge were to vanish.
Aided by a handful of friends, Maggie struggles to stop the seemingly relentless computer generated attacks, but time is running out.
This story stretches the bounds of credulity throughout, but as a pacy thriller with some interesting information about major libraries and their contents and how computers can be used to do almost anything, it's worth a read. The author Sam Bourne gives both sides a chance to put their arguments, though it's clear which side he's on.
Meanwhile, at a Virginia courthouse, a university professor is suing a writer who called him a slavery denier. Outside, Black Lives Matter protestors clash with right wingers and violence seems set to escalate.
A historian studying aspects of slavery is murdered at his desk and there are reports of other academics and Holocaust survivors dying in mysterious circumstances. Former White House adviser, Maggie Costello, is asked by the Governor of Virginia to investigate the historian's death, but she soon uncovers a conspiracy which threatens to destroy the history of the world.
High tech computers are being used to set libraries on fire and destroy digital copies of the vital historical documents they contain.
As Maggie battles to discover the truth, she is subject to online attacks which lead to her be sidelined from the FBI investigation into the destruction of buildings such as The Bodleian Library and Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
Then, she discovers a link between the professor currently fighting the libel case in Virginia and some of his students from the 1980's, one of whom is a disgraced political adviser to the current President of the United States. In a lengthy rant, the latter explains to Maggie why a large number of Americans and, indeed, people throughout the World wouldn't care if these repositories of human knowledge were to vanish.
Aided by a handful of friends, Maggie struggles to stop the seemingly relentless computer generated attacks, but time is running out.
This story stretches the bounds of credulity throughout, but as a pacy thriller with some interesting information about major libraries and their contents and how computers can be used to do almost anything, it's worth a read. The author Sam Bourne gives both sides a chance to put their arguments, though it's clear which side he's on.
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Finished Reading
January 10, 2019
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