Corrupts Absolutely
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Publisher Description
An action-packed thriller about the NEXT war on terror...
First came "the Slaughter": the Colombian drug cartel launched a massive attack on American soil, assassinating thousands of federal judges and law enforcement officers in an attempt to stop the crackdown on drugs. Then came public outrage: Congress created a new supersecret agency, the Bureau of Illegal Substance Control. BISC operatives short-circuit due process, acting as judge, jury, and executioner for drug traffickers. When she loses her kid brother to a drug OD, Leah Berglund is recruited by BISC. She becomes one of their finest agents and a skillful assassin. She has a perfect kill record for every guilty verdict. Then she is assigned to a special case...
Elliott Delgado was a hot shot FBI agent until a burst of machine-gun fire retired him on a disability pension. Now all Del wants is to spend time with his son and enjoy his new career as a Pulitzer Prize--winning reporter. Until he receives a phone call from his old mentor at the FBI....
Posing as a research assistant to Del, Leah investigates secret drug charges against him while he uncovers a conspiracy between BISC and the Pentagon. He learns that the war on drugs is about to go nuclear. The Western Hemisphere will be flash-fried if the conspirators are not stopped. As she digs deeper into Del's case, Leah realizes she has been set up to kill an innocent man.
Now she and Del are running targets as BISC agents chase them from Mexico to Maine. America's worst nightmare is set to begin if they can't run fast enough.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Opening with several pages of simulated news stories, this near-future thriller screams its story: "Cartel Targets FBI, DEA, Judiciary!... President Declares State of Emergency." After thousands of Americans die in a coordinated attack by Colombian drug cartel assassins responding to a crackdown on their new drug, Elevator (a popular and often deadly combination of cocaine and Viagra), a new, ruthless super agency, the Bureau of Illegal Substance Control (BISC) is created. Elliott Delgado, former FBI agent, is called back into action when his old boss finds that several FBI agents have been assassinated by BISC agents. The FBI men were investigating intelligence that suggested that the BISC is preparing a strike against the Colombians on their home ground. This attack, and the retaliation, will likely result in a nuclear holocaust. Delgado accepts the assignment to investigate the BISC and is tracked by beautiful but deadly BISC assassin, Leah Berglund, with whom he quickly falls in love. The drug scenario is an intriguing premise, but the love portion of the equation is a continuing drag on the basic military/espionage elements. Hunt is the author (under her real name, Shirl Henke) of 26 romance books, and it shows. No amount of shoot-outs, car chases and helicopter battles can overcome pedestrian writing studded with lines like, " 'Mmm, I love hairy men,' she breathed, plowing her splayed fingers through the mat on his chest...."