Reseña del libro "Evil's Root: A Political Thriller (en Inglés)"
"Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." -Jake Halpern, Pulitzer Prize winning author Best Adventure Novel in BIBA Awards Contest Finalist for Best Thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award. "Evil's Root is one of those unforgettable stories filled with characters that will stay with the reader for a long time." -Alice DiNizo, Readers' Favorite "Politics, power, money, drugs, the dynamics of international arms/drugs trade, greed, betrayal, sacrifice make this novel an exciting read." -Oliva Dsouza When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military's claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site. Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator's death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Segedy's novel tells the story of Steve Collins, an expatriate American journalist living in Peru, who is investigating the death of a U.S. Senator who was allegedly killed by leftist-guerrillas. As he delves deeper into the story, Collins ventures into the jungles of Peru and becomes entangled in a web of schemes involving drug traffickers, guerrillas, diplomats, anti-terrorism operatives, and others who threaten to kill his story and perhaps, ultimately, him. Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor. -Jake Halpern, author of the New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America
