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Random Sacrifice
A highly original espionage thriller about Libya, its infamous dictator, "The Colonel" and strange events that take place in the summer of 1981. It was a time before personal computers, the internet and cell phones. Life was not easy, nor was the spy business! The story unfolds as Ronald Reagan was recovering from an assassination attempt, MTV initially aired, and IBM introduced its first, rather primitive PC to market. That summer, US air-traffic controllers went on strike; the American Sixth Fleet cruised off Libyan shores and Prince Charles and Lady Di were on their honeymoon...This novel is for the thinking person; a kind of who-done-what that will leave the reader guessing till the very last chapter.
466 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 5, 2011
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M.K. Alexander
29 books71 followersNo genre is safe from me!
(OK, maybe Romance is safe)
One thing that bugs me is the accusation that I am too subtle. Too subtle? Is this even possible? I like to give my readers some credit: I always assume they are clever, educated, and have a good sense of humor...
I've has been writing fiction for over 20 years and recently published eight new titles, as well as a short story collection. Every book I write is exhaustively researched, I'm proud to say.
I have been a reporter and editor for many newspapers, and worked for The New York Times for well over ten years. Winner of the BBC Short Story Award.
(OK, maybe Romance is safe)
One thing that bugs me is the accusation that I am too subtle. Too subtle? Is this even possible? I like to give my readers some credit: I always assume they are clever, educated, and have a good sense of humor...
I've has been writing fiction for over 20 years and recently published eight new titles, as well as a short story collection. Every book I write is exhaustively researched, I'm proud to say.
I have been a reporter and editor for many newspapers, and worked for The New York Times for well over ten years. Winner of the BBC Short Story Award.
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October 19, 2013
Review your own work? Hmm, seems to be a dangerous precedent even though the rules here allow it. Brilliant, subtle, inventive, engaging… all these words jump to mind, but I should limit myself to some simple comments:
Again, this is an alternate history, like much of my work. This retro-spy thriller takes place in a single day (more or less) during the summer of 1981. My, how things have changed— yet all the technology we take for granted today is here in its infancy, from personal computers to digital cameras, and more. No cell phones though! The story is largely a black comedy, somewhat like Dr. Strangelove, though not nearly as brilliant. It talks a lot about the infamous Colonel Qaddafi, not someone remembered fondly by history, but in his own way, and early in his career, this despot was quite the reformer. Oddly, I completed and released this novel just as he was captured and killed.
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Again, this is an alternate history, like much of my work. This retro-spy thriller takes place in a single day (more or less) during the summer of 1981. My, how things have changed— yet all the technology we take for granted today is here in its infancy, from personal computers to digital cameras, and more. No cell phones though! The story is largely a black comedy, somewhat like Dr. Strangelove, though not nearly as brilliant. It talks a lot about the infamous Colonel Qaddafi, not someone remembered fondly by history, but in his own way, and early in his career, this despot was quite the reformer. Oddly, I completed and released this novel just as he was captured and killed.
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