CLEANSING THE SINS is the story of a known killer at the end
of his life making one last effort to protect family,
friends, and strangers from the scum of the earth. Kyle
Reed (we'll just go with that name for now) has been sought
by the FBI for decades. Nine million dollars has been spent
over several decades trying to find a man with 211 known
kills. Reed, now an old man diagnosed with congestive heart
failure, is looking for a Bernie Madoff-type corporate thief
to try to get justice for friends who lost everything in a
corporate scam. Reed travels the states hot on the trail of
the thief and using the News to guide him to others without
whom the world would be a better place. Reed uses all the
tricks he's learned over the years (including disguises,
multiple aliases, and money hidden in various countries) to
evade the FBI and police as he travels a path that leads to
justice.
In Reed, author Sandy Prindle has created a complex and
compelling character. His experience and code of ethics is
hard to understand until it all comes together at the end.
The action is quick and attention grabbing as Reed
continually confronts the evil that pervades society. Mr.
Prindle's strength is conveying the action through dialogue,
using both conversations and news reports to move things
forward. At times, however, the dialogue is a little
stilted, sounding more like people write than how they talk.
Because of the reliance on dialogue, I found myself wishing
that I had a better sense of what Reed was thinking and his
motivations. Mr. Prindle uses the exposition to describe
events, but there is a lack of reaction to, and
interpretation of, events that left me wanting more. Reed,
an old and ill killer, is not a typical hero but,
nonetheless, I found him intriguing.
You are about to read the thrilling saga of a terminally ill
assassin racing against time to find the world’s most wanted
thief for a friend who lost everything to the fugitive. The
story is fast and the characters compelling as the
resourceful assassin, Buck Reed, erases some of the world’s
most evil misfits. The F.B.I. and the C.I.A. watch with
grudging admiration as Reed finishes one dangerous mission
after another but they have a dilemma. Do they arrest Reed
for his past sins or sit back with clean hands and let him
rid the world of its worst miscreants. As the story nears
its end this aging hitman finds the one thing in life that
he has never had. Love! He faces the two most dangerous
missions he has had in his whole life, one which will give
him complete social redemption or he can spend his final
days with his newfound love. Which one will he choose?
Excerpt
The voice returned. It was the third night in a row. A voice
so cold, so frigid, and so chilling that it robbed him of
his sleep in the night, and drained the spirit from his soul
in the day. The voice came wrapped in a different dream this
time. A dream not of an inferno but of darkness that was
foul, dank, and grimy. The voice was carried in by a soft
wind straight out of the catacombs of a different kind of
hell.The voice brought a message totally devoid of comfort,
hope, and consolation. The message was one of rebuke and
accusation. The dream penetrated the deepest sleep of Anil
Jaffer, leaving him despondent and hopeless.When he dozed
off from fatigue, the words came again:
Empty! Your life's purpose is empty.
Empty! Your family circle is empty.
Empty! Your friendship circle is empty.
Empty! Your accomplishment list is empty.
None! Your children.
None! Meaningful relationships.
None! Pleasant memories.
None! Friends who know you.
None! Friends who will mourn you.
None! Friends who will remember you
None! Your future.
None! Your hope.
None! Your dreams
None! Not even a grave marker.
Nothing! The good you leave behind.
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