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Author: Steve Berry
ISBN : B009JU5HQO
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Cotton Malone is back! Steve Berry’s new international adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and Malone learns that he’s stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdown—an international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets.
At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for “humanitarian reasons.” An outraged American government objects, but nothing can persuade the British to intervene.
Except, perhaps, Operation King’s Deception.
Run by the CIA, the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations.
Blake Antrim, the CIA operative in charge of King’s Deception, is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire, the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations: a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland. The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land. But Antrim also has a more personal agenda, a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn. With assassins, traitors, spies, and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in, Malone is caught in a lethal bind. To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against another—and only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the King’s Deception.
Praise for The King’s Deception “[A] perfect blend of history and adventure . . . The history enhances the main narrative and gives it an added punch. . . . Pick up this new fast-paced book by Berry and have an excellent thrill ride while you also get a wonderfully enjoyable history lesson. Education has never been this much fun.”
—The Huffington Post “Steve Berry does what Dan Brown thought he did. [He combines] a love of history with global thriller action and creates books that are impossible to put down and even educational. . . . A perfect blend of history and action . . . perfect summer reading.”
—Crimespree Magazine “Cotton Malone returns in a thriller that combines history and gunfire. . . . Readers old and new will enjoy
The King’s Deception.”
—Associated Press “A complex, rollicking forty-hour ride through a very dangerous and wild weekend in London where the betrayals collide with current events and the deceptions of hundreds of years ago, resulting in an explosive finish that no one who reads it will forget. . . . Berry is a wonderful guide as always, interweaving fascinating bits of history into the narrative. . . . I can’t give you a better endorsement for a book or an author.”
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- File Size: 2916 KB
- Print Length: 433 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0345526546
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (June 11, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B009JU5HQO
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I am a longtime reader of Steve Berry's books and really enjoyed his earlier efforts, especially the first few Cotton Malone thrillers. However, as often happens with series, it seems that with time they lose something. Whether this is the fault of the reader or author is hard to say. Whichever it is, I have noticed that the last few Malone books have been disappointing for me, and it is the same with The King's Deception.
To give credit where credit is due, Berry does try to stir things up, and this latest book for the most part does without the familiar cast of characters that usually flesh out his stories. And he is a good writer who does his research and ably evokes the locations which serve an important function in his historical mysteries. The book does move along at a brisk pace, and for the most part you should find it entertaining.
However, the problems I have with it really distract from the experience of reading it. First, and most importantly, the central mystery is rather flimsy and revealed early on. And then the intricate machinations built up around the plot, which involves the CIA trying to solve a mystery involving the Tudor dynasty so as to have leverage over the British Government seem to lack a certain logical consistency [without giving away too much, the CIA is searching for proof of an historical scandal which the British already know about- so why don't they just move the evidence and therefore eliminate the possible validation of any clues found by the Americans?]. And again, without giving too much away, the shadowy Daedulus Society at the center of the action has its own mystery which should be obvious almost immediately to anyone paying attention- something a few of the characters don't seem to do.