Thirst for Justice
A Novel
ISBN-13: 9781773054919
Author(s): David R. Boyd
Subjects: FGB
Publisher: Ecw Press
Publisher Imprint: Ecw Press Digital
Publication Date: 27-10-2020
Format: Ebook
Availability: In stock
£8.99
About the book
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Fast and fierce Kirkus Reviews
For readers of John Grisham and William Deverell comes a political thriller ripped from today s headlines. Lawyer and environmental activist David R. Boyd writes a riveting thriller about the psychological toll of a humanitarian crisis. Filled with tension and courtroom drama, Thirst for Justice will have you questioning what you believe about right versus wrong.
Michael MacDougall is a talented trauma surgeon whose life in Seattle is slowly unraveling. Frustrated as an ER doctor and with his marriage in trouble, he volunteers with a medical aid charity in the Congo. Disconsolate at the lives he cannot save in the desperate conditions of the region, he is shattered by a roadside confrontation with the mercenary Mai Mai that results in unthinkable losses.
Back home in Seattle, he is haunted by his experiences in Africa and what he sees as society s failure to provide humanitarian aid to those who most desperately need it. Locked in a downward spiral, he becomes obsessed with making his government listen to him and dreams up an act of terrorism to shock his nation awake.
Activist and lawyer David Boyd s debut novel is a taut political thriller that begs the question: how far is too far when you re seeking justice?
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