Anwar Abbas is part of a select group of individuals. As a genetically enhanced secret operative working for the United Nations, Anwar is used to missions requiring his unique set of skills. A bodyguard position seems beneath him but Anwar accepts the mission to protect Olivia del Sarto, head of the New Anglicans Church. Olivia believes someone wants her dead, but Anwar is about to uncover a conspiracy that is much deeper than one woman's life.
John Love does a marvelous job at immersing the reader into the world, where various conspiracies and factions have dominated both the political and religious spheres. John Love has crafted some interesting twists and turns and the ending is one that I suspect no one will see coming.
I wanted to like EVENSONG a lot more than I did. The world building had so much potential but unfortunately I just didn't like the two main characters, Anwar or Olivia. Anwar is overly analytical and quite obsessive. I tend to like quirky characters but Anwar's personality just didn't resonate with me. Olivia, on the other hand, has learned to thrive in both the political and religious arenas but the result has left her a bit too pushy and abrasive for me to fully embrace her character.
Readers who like their science fiction multilayered, with deep philosophical and spiritual implications will probably appreciate EVENSONG. The ending is one of the most unique conclusions I've read in a while and I suspect that while EVENSONG didn't appeal to this reviewer, that John Love will garner quite a few fans with his innovative storyline.
A near-future thriller where those who protect humanity
are
not always completely human.
The future is a dangerous place. Keeping the world stable
and peaceful when competing corporate interests and
nation-states battle for power, wealth, and prestige has
only gotten harder over the years. But thatβs the United
Nationsβ job. So the UN has changed along with the rest of
the world. When the UNβs βsoftβ diplomacy fails, it has
harder options. Quiet, scalpel-like options: The
Deadβbiologically enhanced secret operatives created by
the
UN to solve the problems no one else can.
Anwar Abbas is one of The Dead. When the Controller-
General
of the UN asks him to perform a simple bodyguard mission,
heβs insulted and resentful: mere bodyguard work is a
waste
of his unique abilities. But he takes the job, because to
refuse it would be unthinkable.
Anwar is asked to protect Olivia del Sarto, the host of an
important upcoming UN conference. Olivia is head of the
worldβs fastest-growing church, but in her rise to power
she
has made enemies: shadowy enemies with apparently
limitless
resources.
Anwar is one of the deadliest people on earth, but her
enemies have something which kills people like him. And
theyβve sent it for her. Itβs out there, unstoppable and
untraceable, getting closer as the conference approaches.
As he and Olivia ignite a torrid affair, Anwar must
uncover
the conspiracy that threatens to destroy her, the UN, and
even The Dead.
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