A thrilling and interesting page turner that looks to seek out the truth…
Henry Cox has used the concept of the global coronavirus pandemic to explore it’s potential origins while also telling a thrilling story. Upon the surface it would appear exploitative but from quite early on in the book its obvious to see that isn’t the case, in fact the pandemic seems to lurk on the fringes and in the background while we meet those who appear to have involvement in it’s origins.
The story focuses on two characters and their links to the interior workings of China’s secretive operations. It’s both detailed and informed. We see how the potential beginnings of the virus play out along with the effects it has on these individuals and where it could lead. This moves toward the deeper exploration that highlights how the people’s republic deals with the outbreak paired with the public relations cover up and who it intends to put the blame on – all of this is seen through the eyes of these two character’s who’s journey’s are separate, polarizing and similar all at once. Above all the execution of this story is where you’ll find the real strength with mystery, thrills and deception throughout the journey.
Even though this is a work of fiction, it’s delivered in a way that will provoke thought towards everything that is suggested, in particular the sinister surveillance culture where everyone is either watching or feeding information to a higher power or the theoretical mapping of the implications this virus will have. Has this pandemic been manufactured intentionally to assert world economic dominance? Is ‘bat soup’ really where this outbreak came from.
“…modern war is fought with our surrogate allies, artificial intelligence, social media modification, tariffs and sanctions…”
With an ultra modern subject matter and the feel of a spy/espionage thriller that carries a highly political venom, readers will find this story to be about a lot more that just the beginnings of an outbreak with a real moral conflict at the very center of it all.
4 Stars – A surprising read that hooked me from the very start. Thank you to the author for providing a copy in exchange for a review left on both Amazon and Goodreads. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Thank you for an excellent review of Deceit of the Soul, (and your time). Your perception into the story and characters demonstrates your extraordinary skills as a professional reviewer and blogger – along with your own author skills in developing the likes of Luke, Blake and Twister. It’s self-fulfilling to write a story, made wonderfully meaningful when others find it worth their time to read the written journey, and then to recommend it to others. Most pandemic stories are futuristic (the aftermath in a sci-fi world) and my intent was to write in the “now.” Your poll on interest in pandemic stories was enlightening. You deserve all of the success that will continue with your books and blogging. My most sincere thanks, once again.
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Thank you for the kind words Henry, I’m looking forward to see how your book progresses with hopefully more reviews!
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