Invisible Armies - Softcover

Evans, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000200769X ISBN 13: 9780002007696

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Danielle Leaf thinks she’s helping out a friend―until she isabducted and imprisoned in remote rural India. Her escape is only the beginningof a wild ride. Danielle is swept up in a secret war between anti-corporateactivists and a transnational mining company that is poisoning thousands ofThird World farmers. In a dizzying world of whirlwind romance on the Goa coast,bloody street battles in Paris, shadowy computer hackers and mysteriousbenefactors, the line between right and wrong becomes increasingly blurred.Danielle discovers that both sides of this war hide terrible secrets―and arewilling to kill to protect them.

Award-winning author Jon Evans returns with new heroes and acompulsive, fast-paced story that digs into issues of corporate exploitation andthe extreme edge of antiglobalization activism. Invisible Armies is ColdWar suspense for the modern age, a thriller that looks behind the power ofprotests and the politics of big business, written by a truly internationaltalent.

About this title

About the Author:

JON EVANS, Arthur Ellis Award–winning author of Dark Places and Blood Price, grew up in Waterloo and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo. In breaks between jobs across North America and Europe, he travels the world, searching for the perfect settings for his fiction. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario. Visit his website at www.jonevans.ca.

From Publishers Weekly:

Following his Arthur Ellis Award– winning debut, Dark Places, Evans forays into corporate malfeasance versus organized protest, but disappoints. A former Infosys project manager living in Bangalore, India, Danielle Leaf agrees to deliver a package for Keiran Kell, a London-based hacker. En route, Danielle is seized by thugs apparently in the employ of Kishkinda, a megacorporation that has been blamed by activists for industrial pollution that has plagued the Bangalore area. While held captive, Danielle meets an attractive activist, also captive, Frenchman Laurent. As the two conspire to escape, Laurent tells Danielle that the package's intended recipient, Jaylitha, who had been doing research to build a case against Kishkinda, has been gruesomely murdered. After Laurent's martial arts skills free them, the pair undertake a series of dangerous escapades, with Danielle suspecting her ally may not be fully trustworthy. Danielle is less than plausible as an action hero, and Evans's take on globalization and its discontents is less than convincing. (June)
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 000200769X
• ISBN 13: 9780002007696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368