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A Perfect Hatred #1
End Times
"The end times are here."
A chance encounter with a skinhead carjacker leads U.N. spies Mai Fisher and Alexei Bukharin to research America's extreme right wing, a bleak world of militias, paramilitary compounds, and racist religion.
Then, the U.S. government requests The Directorate's assistance for a standoff with a religious cult in Killeen, Texas. There, Mai and Alexei not only make an enemy of the FBI's special agent in charge, but Mai also spots a young man among the protesters at the site, a man whose vacant expression reminds her too much of herself.
After the FBI reject their plan for a peaceful resolution, Mai and Alexei hunt the young man at gun shows around the country. To encounter him, Mai revives a persona from a mission that almost killed her, and Alexei searches for a paramilitary compound to infiltrate. They soon realize these homegrown extremists are serious--and dangerous. They want to dismantle the U.S. government and replace it with an autocracy straight out of their favorite dystopian novel.
Meanwhile, John Thomas Carroll, the man Mai spotted at Killeen, is at the end of his proverbial rope. No job, no prospects for the future, helpless to save the life of a child he loved, he wants to end his life--until he remembers a woman he met at a gun show.
Has Mai Fisher unknowingly given a terrorist a reason to live?
A chance encounter with a skinhead carjacker leads U.N. spies Mai Fisher and Alexei Bukharin to research America's extreme right wing, a bleak world of militias, paramilitary compounds, and racist religion.
Then, the U.S. government requests The Directorate's assistance for a standoff with a religious cult in Killeen, Texas. There, Mai and Alexei not only make an enemy of the FBI's special agent in charge, but Mai also spots a young man among the protesters at the site, a man whose vacant expression reminds her too much of herself.
After the FBI reject their plan for a peaceful resolution, Mai and Alexei hunt the young man at gun shows around the country. To encounter him, Mai revives a persona from a mission that almost killed her, and Alexei searches for a paramilitary compound to infiltrate. They soon realize these homegrown extremists are serious--and dangerous. They want to dismantle the U.S. government and replace it with an autocracy straight out of their favorite dystopian novel.
Meanwhile, John Thomas Carroll, the man Mai spotted at Killeen, is at the end of his proverbial rope. No job, no prospects for the future, helpless to save the life of a child he loved, he wants to end his life--until he remembers a woman he met at a gun show.
Has Mai Fisher unknowingly given a terrorist a reason to live?
483 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 7, 2018
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About the author
Phyllis Anne Duncan (P. A. Duncan)
24 books32 followersP. A. Duncan is a retired bureaucrat but one with an overactive imagination--at least that's what everyone has told her since she first started making up stories in elementary school, prompted by her weekly list of spelling words.
A commercial pilot and former FAA safety official, she lives and writes in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A graduate of Madison College (now James Madison University), she has degrees in history and political science. Politics and history manage to work their way into her writing.
Her fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. When not reading, writing, editing, singing in a UU choir, watching the Yankees, or cheering on Dale Earnhardt, Jr., she delights in spoiling her grandchildren.
She is president emeritus of the Virginia Writers Club, one of the oldest writer organizations in the country.
A commercial pilot and former FAA safety official, she lives and writes in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A graduate of Madison College (now James Madison University), she has degrees in history and political science. Politics and history manage to work their way into her writing.
Her fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. When not reading, writing, editing, singing in a UU choir, watching the Yankees, or cheering on Dale Earnhardt, Jr., she delights in spoiling her grandchildren.
She is president emeritus of the Virginia Writers Club, one of the oldest writer organizations in the country.
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June 24, 2018
Having read Duncan's first novel, I was anticipating awesomeness and I was not disappointed! I enjoyed reading more adventures of Mai and Alexei while getting a little insight into what created our current political climate. I cannot wait to read the 2nd book!
August 16, 2019
A church who wants to keep their weapons regardless of what the government wants.
A decent story but not really my type of thriller.Too much military and guns mixed in with the main storyline, though it was well written and may be someone elses cup of tea.⭐⭐⭐3 stars.
A decent story but not really my type of thriller.Too much military and guns mixed in with the main storyline, though it was well written and may be someone elses cup of tea.⭐⭐⭐3 stars.
December 7, 2019
Action packed, fast-paced story from this new to me author. It has a strong plot with strong characters and believable dialogue.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 27, 2025
Dnf
Pure horseshit
Pure horseshit
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