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Final Report
Washington, DC is eviscerated and the cover-up that follows is only the beginning…
A gritty, psychological thriller, THE FINAL REPORT, tackles the grisly fallout of a nuclear attack and a sinister government cover-up with eerie accuracy and plenty of sass. Shrewd investigator, Jackson Guild takes on the Pandora’s Box of the American military industry with droll wit---and a liquor cabinet full of Jameson.
It’s just months after a nuke detonated Washington, DC’s Union Square-killing 85,000 and wiping out everything but the Pentagon. A Former Senate Foreign Relations Press flak, Guild is recruited to fly to Los Alamos, New Mexico to investigate the weapons management firm that uncovered the source of the nuclear attack---and discovers they are hiding their findings.
With Irish Whisky as his only solace, Jackson discovers the indictment he’s been ordered to probe only hits the tip of the iceberg. Because when an explosion rips through Manhattan outside the Waldorf Astoria—as none other than Vladimir Putin is partying inside—Jackson finds himself not only tangled in an intricate web of his investigation but high on its list of assassins.
Author Jeff Shear writes like his protagonist who prefers his drinks cool and dry, no frills. His story goes down fast and smooth but packs a dizzying wallop.
Fans of political thrillers—especially fans of Russian conspiracy—will find themselves delighting in this timely, deft and downright terrifying socio-political commentary.
A gritty, psychological thriller, THE FINAL REPORT, tackles the grisly fallout of a nuclear attack and a sinister government cover-up with eerie accuracy and plenty of sass. Shrewd investigator, Jackson Guild takes on the Pandora’s Box of the American military industry with droll wit---and a liquor cabinet full of Jameson.
It’s just months after a nuke detonated Washington, DC’s Union Square-killing 85,000 and wiping out everything but the Pentagon. A Former Senate Foreign Relations Press flak, Guild is recruited to fly to Los Alamos, New Mexico to investigate the weapons management firm that uncovered the source of the nuclear attack---and discovers they are hiding their findings.
With Irish Whisky as his only solace, Jackson discovers the indictment he’s been ordered to probe only hits the tip of the iceberg. Because when an explosion rips through Manhattan outside the Waldorf Astoria—as none other than Vladimir Putin is partying inside—Jackson finds himself not only tangled in an intricate web of his investigation but high on its list of assassins.
Author Jeff Shear writes like his protagonist who prefers his drinks cool and dry, no frills. His story goes down fast and smooth but packs a dizzying wallop.
Fans of political thrillers—especially fans of Russian conspiracy—will find themselves delighting in this timely, deft and downright terrifying socio-political commentary.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2017
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About the author
Jeff Shear
18 books10 followersJeff Shear is the author of The Keys to the Kingdom, which was an investigation into a weapons deal between the US and Japan (the FSX), published by Doubleday. He’s been a Fellow at The Center for Public Integrity, in Washington, where he contributed to the book The Buying of the Congress, published by Avon. Before that he served as staff correspondent for National Journal, covering fiscal policy, with regular venues at the White House, Congress and Treasury. His magazine writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and other national publications. He writes TV narrations for the National Geographic Channel, Discovery, and The History Channel. Currently, he's working on the Jackson Guild Books, a hybrid espionage series, about a Senate investigator Jackson Guild, who uncovers a terrorist plot to set off a nuclear weapon in the beating heart of Washington. But there's a twist. If Guild exposes the conspirators, he sets off a nuclear blow-by-blow. That plunges Guild into a lose-lose situation, and he’s got to dance along the razor’s edge between the Truth and its Consequences. When he has the nerve, Shear continues work about an American woman who spied for the British during World War II, which is being (occasionally) serialized on the History News Network, a project of the Ron Rosenzweig Center for History and the New Media at George Mason University.
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October 17, 2018
Imagine. The problem with nuclear war is that it is really MAD - mutually assured destruction means everyone loses. It would be an extinction event for humanity, perhaps for the whole ecosystem too.
More to the point, there would be no winners. But what if, according to the twisted logic of our deadly and destructive species, there were a 'fourth generation' type of bomb that did assure a possible winner. Ah, so now nuclear war becomes perfectly feasible.
Final Report reads infinitely more like a tale of espionage than it does of science fiction, or even alternate (dystopic) history. In Final Report the hero, Jackson Guild, has survived the destruction of Washington and its president after a terrorist nuclear attack in 2009. Guild suspects that genius physicist Alessandra Almont has created a weapon the size of less-than a brick that bends and folds anti-matter as well as atoms: the science fiction of this may or may not agree with current research into such matters and all things sub-atomic and quantum but there is nothing inauthentic about Jackson the spy's desire to neutralise this new and deadly invention before more unscrupulous interests do. There is also the conflict of interest in that he does clearly hold a candle to Alesdandra, but then the life of a spy is always complicated.
The cloak-and-dagger way of coding persons of interest and projects may or may be authentic in this murky world, but it certainly ups the ante with the sense of intrigue and paranoia in Guild's world where no encounter may be purely chance and friends, enemies. The hunter may all-too often be the hunted and it is not even clear who Guild has to answer to in the first interest.
There are, as can be expected, many twists and turns to this plot, so this makes for a good and entertaining read. It end on a cliffhanger too, so there are more adventures for this scarred and battle-weary front-line operative to come. The reader does have to pay attention to the details of the plot, to whom is whom. It is all very entertaining, though.
More to the point, there would be no winners. But what if, according to the twisted logic of our deadly and destructive species, there were a 'fourth generation' type of bomb that did assure a possible winner. Ah, so now nuclear war becomes perfectly feasible.
Final Report reads infinitely more like a tale of espionage than it does of science fiction, or even alternate (dystopic) history. In Final Report the hero, Jackson Guild, has survived the destruction of Washington and its president after a terrorist nuclear attack in 2009. Guild suspects that genius physicist Alessandra Almont has created a weapon the size of less-than a brick that bends and folds anti-matter as well as atoms: the science fiction of this may or may not agree with current research into such matters and all things sub-atomic and quantum but there is nothing inauthentic about Jackson the spy's desire to neutralise this new and deadly invention before more unscrupulous interests do. There is also the conflict of interest in that he does clearly hold a candle to Alesdandra, but then the life of a spy is always complicated.
The cloak-and-dagger way of coding persons of interest and projects may or may be authentic in this murky world, but it certainly ups the ante with the sense of intrigue and paranoia in Guild's world where no encounter may be purely chance and friends, enemies. The hunter may all-too often be the hunted and it is not even clear who Guild has to answer to in the first interest.
There are, as can be expected, many twists and turns to this plot, so this makes for a good and entertaining read. It end on a cliffhanger too, so there are more adventures for this scarred and battle-weary front-line operative to come. The reader does have to pay attention to the details of the plot, to whom is whom. It is all very entertaining, though.
November 10, 2021
Final Report is written by Jeff Shear. This book comes under the category of fictional mystery.
The great spy Jackson Guild is a secrete detector, the investigator who works for the Gov. Of New York. He used to run investigations for committees on foreign relations and worked in a concert with a spectrum of Diggers who were going to stop the attack on Washington. They failed in their mission but Jackson was lucky to escape.
The story begins as the Edder family got killed. Who killed Edder family? Who the Edder family was protecting? And why would a great and historic family betray a nation they believe they built? Jackson was in charge of this investigation. The operation later being called seven Dwarfs.
This is a nicely written story full of mystery.
I believe that the story was professionally edited. The text was easily readable. The illustration was expressive and effective.
I recommend this title to readers who enjoy reading crime mysterious books.
This book successively leaves an impact on its reader. I give Final Report three out of five
The great spy Jackson Guild is a secrete detector, the investigator who works for the Gov. Of New York. He used to run investigations for committees on foreign relations and worked in a concert with a spectrum of Diggers who were going to stop the attack on Washington. They failed in their mission but Jackson was lucky to escape.
The story begins as the Edder family got killed. Who killed Edder family? Who the Edder family was protecting? And why would a great and historic family betray a nation they believe they built? Jackson was in charge of this investigation. The operation later being called seven Dwarfs.
This is a nicely written story full of mystery.
I believe that the story was professionally edited. The text was easily readable. The illustration was expressive and effective.
I recommend this title to readers who enjoy reading crime mysterious books.
This book successively leaves an impact on its reader. I give Final Report three out of five
May 30, 2018
Extraordinary, alarming and absorbing may all be applied to this book about
conditions in a post-apocalyptic scenario. The main character is by turns
likeable, funny and I wanted to up smack his head on occasion. Well written
thought provoking and very clever book. Take time to read it carefully as a bite
or two occurs along the way. This book was sent to me by Voracious Readers
Only.
conditions in a post-apocalyptic scenario. The main character is by turns
likeable, funny and I wanted to up smack his head on occasion. Well written
thought provoking and very clever book. Take time to read it carefully as a bite
or two occurs along the way. This book was sent to me by Voracious Readers
Only.
October 15, 2021
Somewhere between 3-4 stars. I enjoyed this but it's not necessarily a new favorite of mine.
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