The Hadrian Memorandum
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4.1 • 11 Ratings
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Publisher Description
John Barron was once a top detective in the Los Angeles Police Department's elite 5-2 Squad. A deadly shootout with fellow officers changed his world forever. Taking a new identity, Barron becomes Nicholas Marten.
The President of the USA sends Marten to the West African country of Equatorial Guinea to gain information on alleged collusion between a US oil company and mercenaries hired to protect its workers. Marten is caught up in a bloody civil war between rebellious tribesmen and a merciless dictator. He meets a priest who has clandestine photographs that show the mercenaries supplying arms to the rebels. When the priest is captured by army troops, Marten is determined to find the photographs and turn them over to the president before they are made public and ignite a global firestorm of protest and propaganda. But others are close on his heels...
Murder, suspense and deceit shadow Marten every inch of the way as his harrowing journey. At stake are thousands of human lives caught in the struggle for control of an ocean of oil. The cause is a top secret agreement called The Hadrian Memorandum.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Folsom's improbable sequel to his equally improbable The Machiavelli Covenant (2006) takes ex-LAPD detective Nicholas Marten, who's trying to create a new life for himself as a landscape architect in England, to Equatorial Guinea, at the behest of the U.S. president, John Henry Harris, who became his confidante in the previous book. In a village on the island of Bioko, Marten meets Willy Dorhn, a 78-year-old German-born priest, who shows him photos of rebels being armed by members of a U.S. security firm hired to protect American oil workers. Soon after, soldiers who serve the impoverished country's brutal dictator attack the village, leaving Dorhn dead and Marten a fugitive. Marten's efforts to report what he's learned to people he can trust lead him to Germany and Portugal. Readers expecting a nuanced look at corruption in sub-Saharan Africa in the vein of John le Carr 's The Constant Gardener will be disappointed.
Customer Reviews
The Hadrian Memorandum
A truly great read,Noel
Angela
If you are after an exciting read with a great plot this is fantastic
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I didnt know what the title meant but after reading you will certainly find out ..enthralling