Josh Hagarty made a mistake as a young man that makes him
not very marketable, even though he graduated in
engineering with a great GPA and a master's degree. When
he's courted by a charity, NewAfrica, and sees the
potential for putting his younger sister through college,
Josh succumbs to the inevitable. Although he's never been
west of Missouri, Josh is going to grab this opportunity.
Within days of his arrival at the site of NewAfrica's
philanthropic center, Josh figures out that the non-profit
he's working for doesn't seem to be on the side of the good
guys. In a country torn with tribal warfare and disparate
loyalties, Josh quickly ascertains that he'd rather be
flipping burgers back in the U.S.
Unfortunately, he's already delved into matters best left
alone and is soon running for his life with a beautiful,
admirable Scandinavian woman who had been an aid worker.
She knows the language and Josh accidentally puts her life
in danger when he has her translate a document that reveals
what's really happening in NewAfrica.
This foray into African politics will leave you both
thankful for your life and also horrified at how things
happen politically in this unstable country. As someone who
doesn't know any more than what makes the headline news, I
was engrossed by the people portrayed here, and their
suffering.
Mr. Mills offers a plot as old as time -- greed and
corruption at the expense of the innocent -- but puts it
into a new landscape and uses a fresh style. I read this
one straight through. Josh is a character fraught with bad
choices and an undying need and desire to do what's right.
You'll want him to win.
When Josh Hagarty is recruited by the charitable
organization NewAfrica to manage a farming project in an
underdeveloped African country, he signs on, figuring that
he can put his newly acquired graduate degree in
engineering to good use. However, when Josh gets situated
in Africa, he finds that NewAfrica may not be the
philanthropic charity it purports itself to be.
As Josh
delves deeper into his work, secrets begin to unravel,
throwing him into a world of violence, turmoil, and
political corruption. He soon learns that Gideon, the man
responsible for heading the local organization, is not
only a relative of the African country’s president, but
also a strong-arm thug with a tendency towards aggression
and dishonesty. In his hunt for both truth and justice,
Josh also discovers that his predecessor may have been
murdered to cover up something he had discovered about the
project, something that should have remained buried. And
why has Gideon uprooted the very people that Josh thought
he was supposed to be helping? Is NewAfrica merely a scam?
With the help of Annika Gritdal, a beautiful
Scandinavian aid worker, and journalist J.B. Flannary,
Josh must fight to uncover the truth behind NewAfrica. In
doing so, the trio must struggle to survive by evading
those who are trying to prevent them from uncovering a
dangerous secret—a secret that might just get them
killed.
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