The Shadow Priest
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4.4 • 129 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"This is a great beach read." –USA TODAY Network
"[The main characters'] personalities come through loud and clear in dialogue. I love these guys and they're funny." --Sue Grafton, author of "Y is for Yesterday."
BOOK ONE of the series.
In the remote Four Corners region of Colorado, Special Agent Nathaniel Arkin, a disgraced former intelligence officer, investigates the killing of a bigoted, vitriolic preacher who was about to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In processing the murder scene, Arkin thinks he recognizes the modus operandi of a shadowy group he pursued and was on the verge of exposing years earlier, just before his abrupt fall from grace and exile from Washington, D.C. Rumored to be run by a self-righteous, lapsed Jesuit priest, it was a group Arkin long suspected of orchestrating an international assassination campaign targeting charismatic, fledgling fanatics—future Hitlers and bin Ladens—just as they emerged from obscurity, before they were capable of instigating mass murder. Reluctant, but aching for redemption, Arkin resumes the chase, setting in motion a chain of events that could lead to his salvation—or his doom. Along the way, he confronts a question that has troubled him for many years: What creates murderous fundamentalists and fanatics like Hitler and bin Laden in the first place?
Customer Reviews
Shadow priest
Page turner. Could not put it down.
Fast paste and intriguing !
A book that is hard to put down, conspiracies within high ranking government officers always willing to pass the buck (blame) to their subordinates. Except they chose the wrong man who won’t accept his fate!
Shadow Priest - Book 1
Book started slow for me. I actually put it down just after starting to read it because it didn’t grab me to hold on and read until the end. So I left the book and came back to it. As I continued to read I became engaged and connected to the main characters. From there it was hard to put down until it was finished. When I went looking for the 2nd book in the series, and realized it was not yet published, I registered for email updates from the author so that I can get the next one as soon as it comes out.