After a rough mission in Rome involving the discovery of a devastating bioweapon, Company spy Ben Calix returns to Paris to find his perfectly ordered world has collapsed. A sniper attack. An ambush. A call for help that brings French SWAT forces down on his head. Ben is out. This is a severance–reserved for incompetents and traitors.
Searching for answers and anticipating a coming attack, Ben and a woman swept up in his misfortunes must travel across Europe to find the sniper who tried to kill him, the medic who saved his life, the schoolmaster who trained him, and an upstart hacker from his former team. More than that, Ben must come to grips with his own insignificance as the Company’s plan to stop Leviathan from unleashing the bioweapon at any cost moves forward without him–and he struggles against the infection that is swiftly claiming territory within his own body.
Award-winning author James R. Hannibal ratchets up the tension on every page of this suspenseful new thriller.
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Summary
The Paris Betrayal by James R Hannibal started out with a bang. So much so that I started to wonder if I was in the middle of a series. I was with Ben as we were trying to figure out who we could trust and who we couldn’t. Who was going to be the ‘betrayer’?
Ben is trying to prove that he has not become a traitor. In the process he is fighting and fleeing both sides. I really liked Clara and was holding my breath to figure out which side she was going to land on.
James writes action that is larger than life. It will make you feel like you are watching a movie in your head. If you know James’ background you will understand how he is able to write so much action.
The author’s notes at the end of the book really brings the book home for me. I didn’t pick up on the biblical reference so it makes me want to read it again with that knowledge. And the author explains how he was almost done with the book when covid hit and how he had to tweak the book a little.
I recommend all of James’ books and this one is another keeper.
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