Suicide Seeds by Ken Fry

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It was the title that caught me. I am not a fan of GM crops and I think non-seeding varieties exploit the poorest people in the world. Terminator seeds are something else and this fast paced and violent thriller is centred around a plot to sow them in Africa, hence suicide seeds. Ken Fry does a superb job in this story and I only dropped one star on account of the trigger violence against women and animals. To go the whole hog to five would be to disregard some scenes I found very worrying. Yes, the assassin is obviously a dangerous and sick sadist but the murder and sexual abuse of one female character upset me a little. If it disturbs someone who is not, generally speaking, a sensitive reader it will trigger someone who is. Nevertheless there will be people who expect and enjoy graphic scenes that push you to the edge so I hope Mr Fry does not mind this one criticism because it is well intentioned and I have read and enjoyed other books by this author.

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