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This book, the fourth in a series of Chance Cormac Legal Thrillers, features protagonist Chance, whose personal and professional experiences combine his morality with pragmatism. Throughout the work, personal challenges and tragedies are interspersed with national and international crises. The team surrounding Chance is composed of colleagues and friends—including his dog—who experience multiple levels of trauma as they try to outwit enemies as tough, determined, and ubiquitous as the protagonists' personal problems.
Seriously injured, Chance withstands verbal accusations of abandonment by his goddaughter, who has been sexually assaulted and experienced the death of her father, who was Chance's close friend. Unwise actions by one of the team have caused many of the dangers and major injuries. Through all the trials, successes, and failures, living or dying depends on emotional development, intelligence (or the lack of it), and, sometimes, split-second timing.
Determination, development, and reorganization of crucial priorities are integral to the story, just as they are interwoven in nearly everyone's life, even the readers who don't risk their lives every day. The author offers examples of it all throughout this intriguing volume. Survival—physical, emotional, and spiritual—is a major theme, as are dedication and the protagonists' attention to personal commitments. The author has interwoven multiple plot lines and a diverse array of local, national, and international situations, perspectives, and characters, while never losing the reader's interest. The dialogue is tight, dramatic, and entertaining. The story is packed to the brim with drama, violence, loyalty, and love. Readers won't want to miss this one.
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