When Steve Collins, a disillusioned ex-pat journalist, sets off to cover a plane crash in the middle of the Amazon Jungle, he has no idea how his life is about to change. Under pressure from his editor, Steve agrees to let Jennifer Strand, a young, U.S. Embassy embedded journalist tag along. Gorgeous and full of spunk, she accompanies him on an adventure where he discovers a shocking truth about American foreign policy, and about blindly following the dictates of the heart.
Genre: FICTION / Thrillers / PoliticalThis book is the first book of a two part series called Evil's Root. Evil's Root has won international book awards and has recently been converted into an audiobook along with its two books series In Deep and Cupiditas. An audiobook of the novel has just been released. You can listen to a sample at: https://michaelsegedybooks.com/?page_id=69
Before Congressman Kursten could respond, the curtain between the cabin and the cockpit slid open and a tall man in a major’s uniform stepped into the narrow passageway wielding a Browning 9 mm semi-automatic. With a slight grin on his clean-shaven face, he stood over the two middle-aged gentlemen as they looked up at him in total shock and disbelief.
The colonel blurted out,“Que te pasa!” while the gray-haired congressman sat frozen in his seat, speechless, not knowing if what he was witnessing was for real or was some bizarre joke.
“You’ll have to excuse me, gentlemen, for the interruption,” said the tall figure dressed in a freshly starched uniform. “I hope you don’t take any of this too personally. It’s just business. Nothing more.”
Smiling ironically, he pulled the trigger. A bullet exploded from the gun and struck the colonel in the chest right above his heart, thrusting him back in his seat.
The tall figure watched as the colonel’s body seemed to stiffen and then relax as his head fell back against the head rest and his vacant eyes stared up at the ceiling. His mouth hung agape, as though he were about to ask a question but was caught in mid-sentence.
In absolute panic, the senator let go of the documents resting in his lap as his hands shot up in front of him in a futile and somewhat comical attempt to protect himself.
The major fired another shot. This one went through the congressman’s outstretched hand and struck him between his eyes. His head bucked backward for a split second before falling forward against his chest. As his large body tilted to the side and was about to tumble into the aisle, the major raised his leg and gave it a solid kick that sent it back in the seat.
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Translated by Verónica Minieri
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