The CIRCLE of SODOM: A Gripping New Thriller

ISBN: 075969222X

Author: Mullan, Pat

Condition: New

Product Description "An even mix of Crichton and Clancy and written equally as well. It's a classic page-turner."'You know you're reading a good thriller when you start to cast it for the movie before you've even finished.' Eithne Hannigan, BOOK REVIEWS, CONNEMARA LIFE magazine.You know you're reading a good thriller when you start to cast it for the movie before you've even finished. The plot is as complex as a Grisham novel, with twists and turns that kept me reading all night. It deals with corruption in high places and sinister secret societies and collusion between those who want more power.The characters are exceptionally well drawn and the dialogue fairly whips along. With the action moving from the elegant rooms of the White House to shootings in New York bars, car chases and mysterious cult rituals, the story catapaults the reader around the United States with confidence. As the plot thickens - as they say! - paranoia battles with genuine anxiety about the U.S. government under threat from those who have a blackmailing agenda.All the ingredients for a good thriller are here. Owen MacDara is an ex-medical intern who served in Korea, now a millionaire business consultant. His previous history in the army leads him to take up a personal vendetta for the deaths - or are they murders? - of several of his former army buddies. His soulmate is the beautiful daughter of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff upon whom MacDara had operated, in strictest confidentiality, in Korea. The subplots interweave as the protagonists' lives become affected by seemingly unrelated killings. Only MacDara begins to sense a more wide-ranging conspiracy.The details about the internal workings of the U.S. President's office and the machinations of those 'who would be king' are neatly plotted, with enough kidnappings, torture and sex to satisfy any connoisseur of the thriller genre.   It's pacey and exciting and filmic in its descriptions.  Definitely a gripping read for these long winter evenings ...........Eithne Hannigan holds an M.A. (hons.) in En Review "Just when I'd lost faith in thrillers, along comes this humdinger to revive my joy in the art" -- Ken Bruen, St.Martin's Press author of 'The Guards'"You know you're reading a good thriller when you start to cast it for the movie before you've even finished." -- Eithne Hannigan, BOOK REVIEWS, CONNEMARA LIFE magazine, Autumn 2002An even mix of Crichton and Clancy and written equally as well. It's a classic page-turner. -- Pod-Dy Mouth From the Publisher COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND Highly praised author of Childhood Hills, Pat Mullan merges intriguing elements of global politics with simmering plots and controversial characters in his latest electrifying novel The CIRCLE of SODOM . Dubbed by noted literary critics as "a cracking thriller thats a thumping good read?exceptionally well written," The CIRCLE of SODOM follows Owen MacDaras deadly mission to avert an intricate plan to overthrow the US government. Owen is a karate expert and a decorated secret agent. His task is to protect the life of the president; failure would send America into chaos at the hands of her enemies. Kate Whiteside, Owens love interest and a general's illegitimate daughter, plays a pivotal role in Owens desperate quest to crush the three powerful forces that are carefully plotting the first coup detat in America. Can Owens strategy match the threats of a cult leader, a militia commander and a mad senator? What if the lives of people dear to him are in extreme danger? Will he risk his life for his country? From murder on the streets of New York to mystery on the high seas off New England, The CIRCLE of SODOM takes the reader on a wild manhunt that follows Owen's fateful odyssey to the hills of Tennessee, where the rules of the game suddenly shift into dangerous military tactics and personal conflicts. New Yorks respected literary agent Susan Kelly describes Mullans latest masterpiece as