Solaris Insertion

by Nathan Williams

By Maliq Okoye’s count, getting hired as a financial researcher for Brooklyn Capital Management, an obscure and unusual venture capital firm located away from the Wall Street establishment in Brooklyn, New York, was his second real break in life. Nearly three years later, however, he finds his career has stalled while his most cherished friends, also employed by Brooklyn Capital, have made the leap into the enigmatic Special Operations division and, it seems, begun to distance themselves from him. To top it off, his nine-month-old relationship with his girlfriend is on the rocks. As Okoye’s demons from his troubled youth in Brooklyn continue to resurface, his old friends, Lukas Dvorak and Lyn Lee, offer a professional life line, but for a severe price. A dangerous and unprecedented new terror network has emerged in North Africa, and Charlie Monroe, the founder of Brooklyn Capital, and the CIA are looking for an agent with just the right skills—and just the right moxie—to infiltrate the network. As Okoye risks his life in Africa, the others follow the trail of evidence to locales in Eurasia, Europe, and the Middle East in a bid to end the threat before it grows too large to contain and the holy war begins in earnest.

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2017

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author describes how the CIA infiltrates a North African terrorist group; describing the agents' arrival and his travel into the heart of the training camps and strongholds of the target unit. He goes into great detail to allow the reader to feel a part of the action. The reader experiences the heat of the desert and the balm of the southern Mediterranean as the protagonist travels through several North African countries including Algeria, Nigeria, Egypt, and many others. Having never visited this area I enjoyed the descriptions of the cities and countryside. If you are intrigued by the workings of the CIA and terror groups this is an excellent primer. Recommended.

[Kenneth C Gossard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just OK

Author used lots of $6.00 words to show he can use a thesaurus. The story was more of a narrative than anything else.