Though less experimental than his debut thriller, Impulse (1993), which featured three narrative voices, Weaver's second novel is every bit as gripping, a fast-paced, brutal and kinky tale that mixes crime and political intrigue with aplomb. Rising Manhattan artist Gianni Garetsky, 38, is drawn back into the American and Sicilian underworld of his youth when he's strong-armed by two men who claim to be FBI agents but who begin to torture him to reveal the whereabouts of his boyhood pal, Vittorio Battaglia, a minor mobster whom Gianni hasn't seen in 20 years and has presumed dead. Killing his two accosters, Gianni, who's soon joined by Vittorio's ex-lover, the beautiful and equally dangerous Mary Yung, moves between Europe and the States as his hunt for Vittorio and his race to save his own skin quickly involves a small child and other innocent victims, a world-class contract assassin and possibly the balances of political power in the U.S. and the world. Enhanced by strong, sinewy writing, numerous plot twists and a potent melding of sex and violence, this expertly wrought novel proves that Weaver knows what most thriller fans want?and can deliver it in spades. Audio rights to Time Warner AudioBooks; major ad/ promo.
THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE CRIME.
THEY WILL BE SHOCKED BY THE RESULTS.
He's from a family torn apart by bloody crosscurrents of American crime. And the seeker of a redemption that can only come from his gift for brilliant artistic achievement.
Now Gianni Garetsky will reunite with one of the world's most dangerous assasins . He will track an innocent child trapped in a jungle of predators. And in his odyssey for survival he'll be joined by 2 woman: one with a secret that can destroy untold victims; the other with a spellbinding erotic powere more formidable than any weapon wielded by the agents of death that shadow them all .
" Gripping... A Fast paced, Brutal, And kinky tale that mixes crime and political intrigue with aplomb." - Publisher's Weekly
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THEY WILL BE SHOCKED BY THE RESULTS.
He's from a family torn apart by bloody crosscurrents of American crime. And the seeker of a redemption that can only come from his gift for brilliant artistic achievement.
Now Gianni Garetsky will reunite with one of the world's most dangerous assasins . He will track an innocent child trapped in a jungle of predators. And in his odyssey for survival he'll be joined by 2 woman: one with a secret that can destroy untold victims; the other with a spellbinding erotic powere more formidable than any weapon wielded by the agents of death that shadow them all .
" Gripping... A Fast paced, Brutal, And kinky tale that mixes crime and political intrigue with aplomb." - Publisher's Weekly
___ Taken from the bookcover
what happens when a clandestine ,violent crime, born of a persivity no law can reach? a chain of breath taking consequences becomes the result,in one of the most compelling novels of suspense of the tyear
Outstanding ... Michael Weaver hasn't written much, but what he has done leaves most bestselling suspense writers in the dust. He's especially good with character development and devising jagged plot twists that are terrifyingly bizarre yet seem perfectly natural under the circumstances.
a real page turner-kept me guessing until the very end!
