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Journalism of Courage
Robert Ludlum has always been the master thriller who can keep readers up at night racing through his pages.
He has created a formidable reputation for himself over the years and his latest book The Ares Decision co-authored with Kyle Mills (Hachette Rs 350) once again proves why he has sold millions of books over the decades. He knows how to create action-packed sequences but along with it keeps his characters engaging. They never become cardboard cutouts at the cost of the plot.His latest installment will not disappoint with its fast-paced action and unexpected twists and turns.
The action occurs in the hotbeds of Iran,the US and Uganda,with Covert One,the Presidents very own clandestine group tracking down global threats with supernatural powers.
When you are dealing with groups who have harnessed a biological weapon,you know that there is no running or hiding. People will go missing. Some will die. Bad things will happen,but in the midst of it all there will be a hero,someone who needs saving and someone who will save.
A book with another military policeman at the centre of the action is Lee Childs most recent offering A Wanted Man (Bantam Press Rs 499) with the iconic Jack Reacher. The cop finds that a simple ride to Virginia becomes a web of mysterious conspiracies and bloody incidents. Murder,deceit,lies this novel offers all that and more with a good dose of suspense and a series of punches to the solar plexus.
Reacher finds himself stuck in a mess which he had no intention of being a part of. But some accidents are intentional. What is Reacher meant to be? Where will this journey take him?
