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THE K-7 DIRECTIVE
PAUL N. MCMAHON, INFINITY PUBLISHING.COM, West Conshohocken, PA, $16.95,
paperback, (286p)
ISBN: 0-7414-2313-8
Paul N. McMahon's 'The K-7 Directive' is a spine-chilling thriller set in the
aftermath of the September 11 2001, when the world is recuperating from the
shocking terrorist attack on America. What would be the consequences of such a
gruesome attack? Is it right to meet such a ghastly deed with an equal and,
possibly more ghastly, deed? McMahon does not provide us with a direct answer;
however, this novel builds on and around this interesting premise an exceedingly
engrossing tale of twins who have diametrically opposite viewpoints on this
subject.
The novel starts off with a nauseating and scary first scene set in the
Kuznetsky region of Russia fifty years ago, with a deadly virus being discovered
in the coalmines there. Half a century later, the terrorists who are out to
destroy world peace threaten to release this virus in America. The story of the
twins Francis and Nick D'Abruzzo is cleverly interwoven into the text to bring
in an element of sibling rivalry. While Francis is successful in academics and
sports, Nick, though more intelligent of the two, fails in almost everything.
Nick starts envying Francis, and soon this envy takes on maniacal proportions.
Francis is recruited by the Homeland Security, while Nick leaves home and soon
joins a terrorist group. Nick's rebellious tendencies soon make him an important
figure in the organization, and he is given the assignment of getting the virus
to America. Meanwhile Francis learns of this, and tries to dissuade his brother.
Does Francis succeed in convincing his brother to leave the organization? And
will he able to outwit the terrorist organization? The answers to these
questions form the rest of the story.
This novel, with an epigraph by Edmund Burke proclaiming, "All that is required
for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing", highlights the difficulty of
making the right choices in the present world. This book is reckoned to make it
to the best-sellers' list by virtue of the author's fast-paced narrative and
engaging style.
BookWire Review
March 29, 2005
This book
draws you
in and
doesn't let
you go.
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