Jason Gulok is a Navy SEAL doing a covert operation as a medically discharged SEAL and reporting in to directly to Admiral J.J. Clausen. When the Admiral is ruthlessly murdered shortly after meeting Jim, Jason knows that he will probably be on the hook for it and the police will finger him as the likely suspect. Now cut adrift, like an ice floe heading to the ocean, Jason knows he canรขโฌโขt be a fugitive forever, but who can he trust?
Fortunately, he finds a way to tap into his mental strength by recalling both his SEAL training as well as being guided by his memories of his Inuit teachings from the Elders in his home community. Being an Inuk so far south, Jason realizes that most people would mistake him as coming from a South East Asian country. That gives him a chance to take on a different identity as he seeks more intelligence on the case. But with money and resources running out and more and more people after him, Jason has to get an ally and he turns to Rose. But will Rose be there to help protect him or will her thorns prove deadly? Dare he trust her?
This is a very intriguing book with a fascinating hero in Jason Gulok and his unusual background as a Navy SEAL. If that doesn't give him enough problem solving abilities and strategies to turn to, he is also an Inuk from the Canadian Arctic and draws on the wisdom of the Inuit Elders and that of his grandfather. As an urban Inuk in New York City, Jason is such a different character than found in most thriller suspense novels. Drawing upon his own resources to survive, Jason disregards the odds despite snowstorms or being outnumbered by his foes, yet he is also realistic about danger and I had trouble putting the book down as I had to see how he would solve each dilemma!
I am thrilled to learn that the author, Stefan Kanfer, is planning more books around this intriguing protagonist. As an experienced writer, Kanfer is well skilled in exciting plot development and accelerates the momentum by writing in short bursts from the viewpoint of the different characters, rather than in conventional chapter format. Besides being a captivating mystery, Kanfer centres the plot around the impact and criminality surrounding the counterfeit drug trade and deftly has the characters give more background on this, so his research in this area is well integrated into the storyline. Kanfer fans, both new and seasoned alike, are sure to enjoy THE ESKIMO HUNTS IN NEW YORK! Now, I canรขโฌโขt wait for THE ESKIMO HUNTS IN MIAMI when it comes out in August 2013! The heat will definitely be on in that one!
Jordan Gulok is an Inuit, an Eskimo in common parlance, and a former Navy SEAL. In his freelance capacity he can do thingslike tracking and on occasion killing malefactors that are beyond the authority of the uniformed services. Jordan has an expense account and liberty to travel throughout the U.S. In turn, the U.S. government has plausible deniability should he ever get caught stretching or violating the law. In The Eskimo Hunts in New York, Jordan's assignment involves stopping a lethal international group who manufacturing illegal and sometimes toxic pharmaceuticals and selling them to victims in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. In one of the worst blizzards in the City history, subways, buses and taxis become useless. Even fire trucks and police cars are rendered immobile. But for Jordan cold weather is only a minor obstacle; after all, he grew up hunting polar bear and reindeer on ice and snow. His targets are managing a multi-billion dollar business that has killed thousands, and they soon become aware of him as their Enemy Number One. The idea of a lone man bringing down their organization is unthinkable. In previous cases, Jordan always acted alone, but as the cartel closes in on him, he turns to Rose Ho, a possible love interest and operative in a regional office of the Department of the Navy. Rose has great connections for example, her wealthy father is the unofficial mayor of Chinatown but are all her connections among the good guys? Can she provide the help he needs, or is she trouble in a green silk skirt?
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