Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Over the past two years, Agents with the Company have been going missing. Now, however, they are starting to reappear—psychologically broken and unable to offer any explanation as to what happened to them. Abraham Fogg, an analyst, is assigned the task of figuring out what is going on.

His partner on the assignment is Michael Takahashi, a talented sniper, and the only one to apparently escape the kidnappers...

 

Book Review

As much as I hate the thought of people getting shot in real life, give me a good story about an assassin, a dark plot, and some internal political wrangling in a powerful organization, and I’m there. It might be because I can tell myself it’s all fiction, and pure escapism, or I might just have a secret violent streak that I’m not ready to acknowledge in any other way. Be that as it may, the concept for this book struck me as fascinating, and as soon as I started reading, I was hooked. I mean, assassins who vanish? Amnesia and sudden helplessness in trained killing professionals? Can it get any more mysterious than that?

Abraham, who goes by Abe, is an analyst. A techie. Someone who is invisible to the “real” agents and powerbrokers of the secretive Company. When he gets the assignment to figure out who is kidnapping the agents, and, more importantly, who in the Company is the mole helping their enemies, Abe steps into his new role with his usual efficiency. He is physically powerful, and as his past is slowly unveiled, it becomes clear he is way more than a “techie”. He has he smarts, but he also has the drive to succeed – at possibly more than the brief he received.

Michael is an agent, a sniper of the highest caliber, but he is also someone who thinks outside the box. As good as he is at his job it is this “extra” ability to think and do the unexpected that will ultimately help him and Abe to figure out what has been going on. He isn’t too impressed with being paired with a techie, especially since Abe is also now his handler, but he quickly finds out there is a lot more to the man than he expected.

This is an action-packed, fast-moving story about two men who take on an entire agency with more twists and turns than your average novel. For being a short novella, it sure packs a punch. Told in snapshots, following each other in rapid succession, almost like scenes from a movie. I found it to be a gripping story and a very subtle romance.

If you’re looking for excitement and action, if you like dark plots, mysterious enemies, and secretive organizations, and if you’re looking for a short read that will make you feel as if you’ve just finished a novel, then you will probably like this novella. I enjoyed it immensely!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Short Story, 12000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	27-August-2014
Price	$1.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-throughnofaultofmyown-1597767-149.html