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Covert Reich
Young, homeless, pregnant minority women and their unborn infants are dying in the emergency rooms in East Los Angeles...
When three pregnant, homeless women die within a week of one another inside the emergency room of County Hospital in East Los Angeles, Dr. Kelly Morales begins to question why and how. When Dr. Morales attempts to question her colleague pathologist Dr. Jake Hamilton he becomes agitated and obviously anxious at her questions. Hours later Dr. Hamilton is murdered.
A cryptic e-mail is sent to journalist Georgia (Gem) Michaels insisting she look into the brutal slaying of a San Diego County family in 2008 that was chalked up to The Mexican Cartel. The e-mail also insists she keeps an eye on her neighbor. At first, Gem thinks the e-mail is nothing but a joke, but her gut tells her that maybe checking out her handsome but odd neighbor is worth her time.
Terrorized and brutalized chemist Dr. Ryan Horner is being held against his will. He knows that if he does not do the bidding of a group who call themselves The Brotherhood that the lives of his wife and children are at grave risk.
In a race against good versus true evil, Dr. Kelly Morales, Gem Michaels, Dr. Ryan Horner, and Detective Tony Pazzini search to uncover the truth and expose it behind the deaths and murders that make up Project Covert Reich.
Note: This book contains explicit language and graphic violence.
When three pregnant, homeless women die within a week of one another inside the emergency room of County Hospital in East Los Angeles, Dr. Kelly Morales begins to question why and how. When Dr. Morales attempts to question her colleague pathologist Dr. Jake Hamilton he becomes agitated and obviously anxious at her questions. Hours later Dr. Hamilton is murdered.
A cryptic e-mail is sent to journalist Georgia (Gem) Michaels insisting she look into the brutal slaying of a San Diego County family in 2008 that was chalked up to The Mexican Cartel. The e-mail also insists she keeps an eye on her neighbor. At first, Gem thinks the e-mail is nothing but a joke, but her gut tells her that maybe checking out her handsome but odd neighbor is worth her time.
Terrorized and brutalized chemist Dr. Ryan Horner is being held against his will. He knows that if he does not do the bidding of a group who call themselves The Brotherhood that the lives of his wife and children are at grave risk.
In a race against good versus true evil, Dr. Kelly Morales, Gem Michaels, Dr. Ryan Horner, and Detective Tony Pazzini search to uncover the truth and expose it behind the deaths and murders that make up Project Covert Reich.
Note: This book contains explicit language and graphic violence.
361 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 21, 2011
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A.K. Alexander
29 books165 followersA.K. Alexander writes gritty thrillers that will keep you looking over your shoulder. She explores the darker side of storytelling with daring, frightening, and suspenseful novels. These books are written for those readers who like to be thrilled and kept in the dark up as the suspense mounts with each turn of the page. Mingling her love of horses with a world of deceit, violence and desire, A.K. brings to life engaging murder mysteries.
Her gripping books are impossible to put down, featuring strong characters with complicated lives. A.K.’s books have appeared on The Wall Street Journal’s and Amazon’s Kindle bestseller lists.
A.K. Alexander is a pen name for Michele Scott. Under her own name, Michele writes contemporary fiction and mystery romance. To learn more about the author, visit her website at www.michelescott.com
Her gripping books are impossible to put down, featuring strong characters with complicated lives. A.K.’s books have appeared on The Wall Street Journal’s and Amazon’s Kindle bestseller lists.
A.K. Alexander is a pen name for Michele Scott. Under her own name, Michele writes contemporary fiction and mystery romance. To learn more about the author, visit her website at www.michelescott.com
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September 11, 2019
2.5 "a real excellent thriller in here if the author hadn't given up" stars !!
This book needed to be much longer.
This book needed a lot more care and time.
The book had an excellent and exciting premise. A white supremacist group has plans through hidden substances in pre-natal vitamins and new "street drugs" to sterilize minority groups such as African americans , latinos, LGBT, low socio-economic people on welfare benefits etc.
There are a wide variety of heroes including a latina neo-natologist, a gay male nurse, a sexy Italian cop, a singe mom who is also a journalist etc. These characters come together and in their own way do battle with "The Brotherhood" who has (of course) rich and powerful white Anglo-Saxon men as their main membership. Although just a bit stereotypical and cliché,with more time spent etching out these characters it might have worked. The villains were not at all multi-dimensional and all of them in the end could have ended up in a Tarantino film.
In the beginning the story was very interesting and then about 80 percent into the book, the author lost steam and seemed to just conveniently tie up all the loose ends and the epilogue was sooooo painful. The last line was actually:
"Cheers!" she called out loudly. Then, "More champagne please!".
Bloody awful.
This could have been a pretty good diversion with more care on the writing, fleshing out of characters, extending and refining the plot and using Spellcheck. I have to be honest, though, and say I really did enjoy the story initially and have hopes the author can take her very interesting ideas and work harder on creating a better quality of work.
Jaidee whispers quiety, "I'm going to have another cupcake, please" :)
This book needed to be much longer.
This book needed a lot more care and time.
The book had an excellent and exciting premise. A white supremacist group has plans through hidden substances in pre-natal vitamins and new "street drugs" to sterilize minority groups such as African americans , latinos, LGBT, low socio-economic people on welfare benefits etc.
There are a wide variety of heroes including a latina neo-natologist, a gay male nurse, a sexy Italian cop, a singe mom who is also a journalist etc. These characters come together and in their own way do battle with "The Brotherhood" who has (of course) rich and powerful white Anglo-Saxon men as their main membership. Although just a bit stereotypical and cliché,with more time spent etching out these characters it might have worked. The villains were not at all multi-dimensional and all of them in the end could have ended up in a Tarantino film.
In the beginning the story was very interesting and then about 80 percent into the book, the author lost steam and seemed to just conveniently tie up all the loose ends and the epilogue was sooooo painful. The last line was actually:
"Cheers!" she called out loudly. Then, "More champagne please!".
Bloody awful.
This could have been a pretty good diversion with more care on the writing, fleshing out of characters, extending and refining the plot and using Spellcheck. I have to be honest, though, and say I really did enjoy the story initially and have hopes the author can take her very interesting ideas and work harder on creating a better quality of work.
Jaidee whispers quiety, "I'm going to have another cupcake, please" :)
March 4, 2013
Excellent good vs evil plot. This book is not for the faint of heart. The author does not shy away from some of the most sensitive social issues of our day. I think the writing was crisp and without a lot of extraneous fluff. The subject matter did not lend itself to flowery prose and the author was well aware of that. I will read this author again.
February 26, 2013
Whew! This was quite a ride. At 93% of the way through the novel, all of the primary characters were still in imminent danger. Well-written medical thriller, moves very quickly and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
March 27, 2012
The Covert Reich, by A.K.Alexander is a political/sociological thriller that is a fast paced, character driven novel. It begins in a hospital emergency room, where a young mother codes after needing life-saving efforts: her two month premature infant daughter is taken to the neo-natal intensive care unit by Doctor Kelly Morales. Kelly hears, while hooking the infant up to monitors and checking her vital signs, that two young mothers and their babies died the day before in this same hospital. Kelly is determined to save this baby, and find out what may have been similar in the three mothers' deaths.
Her questions lead her to the morgue, where she asks the doctor, her friend Jake, for the autopsies, but rather than having a collegial chat about results, she encounters hesitation, evasion, and fear in Jake. They agree to meet for dinner to talk outside of the hospital. Jake never arrives at the restaurant, and she goes back to the hospital to find out why.
She is met there by a police homicide detective, and is told that her friend has been murdered there in the morgue. Kelly is put off by the detective's blunt questions and by her attraction to him. He, in turn, is struggling with his own reluctant attraction to her.
The story reveals, slowly, character by character, a whole host of bad guys, racists who are involved in a conspiracy to make the world a better place by removing the "undesirables." Their program toward having a "pure" white society is funding a politician who is on track to be the next president of our country.
The settings change quickly: from the hospital's NICU (newborn intensive care unit) to the morgue, to the streets and a parking garage, from San Francisco to the Cayman Islands, from Germany to New Jersey, and from ordinary condo units to a mansion. The characters are varied: East European bullies, neophyte assassins, well intentioned physicians, hypocritical doctors taking the money offered, pharmaceutical chemists with the strength to say no, and others who play along for the money, the wife and twin daughters of a chemist on the run from the killers, a reporter/journalist with an excellent memory, and police officers who may or may not be involved with the conspiracy.
The reader is kept guessing, and kept judging or not judging, siding with or not siding with the characters in this story. The author touches on issues of poverty, teen pregnancy, gay rights, medical responsibility, racism, and ethnic removal plans. The story is thought provoking, heart rending, and well constructed. Five Stars!
Her questions lead her to the morgue, where she asks the doctor, her friend Jake, for the autopsies, but rather than having a collegial chat about results, she encounters hesitation, evasion, and fear in Jake. They agree to meet for dinner to talk outside of the hospital. Jake never arrives at the restaurant, and she goes back to the hospital to find out why.
She is met there by a police homicide detective, and is told that her friend has been murdered there in the morgue. Kelly is put off by the detective's blunt questions and by her attraction to him. He, in turn, is struggling with his own reluctant attraction to her.
The story reveals, slowly, character by character, a whole host of bad guys, racists who are involved in a conspiracy to make the world a better place by removing the "undesirables." Their program toward having a "pure" white society is funding a politician who is on track to be the next president of our country.
The settings change quickly: from the hospital's NICU (newborn intensive care unit) to the morgue, to the streets and a parking garage, from San Francisco to the Cayman Islands, from Germany to New Jersey, and from ordinary condo units to a mansion. The characters are varied: East European bullies, neophyte assassins, well intentioned physicians, hypocritical doctors taking the money offered, pharmaceutical chemists with the strength to say no, and others who play along for the money, the wife and twin daughters of a chemist on the run from the killers, a reporter/journalist with an excellent memory, and police officers who may or may not be involved with the conspiracy.
The reader is kept guessing, and kept judging or not judging, siding with or not siding with the characters in this story. The author touches on issues of poverty, teen pregnancy, gay rights, medical responsibility, racism, and ethnic removal plans. The story is thought provoking, heart rending, and well constructed. Five Stars!
March 3, 2024
Young, homeless, pregnant minority women and their unborn infants are dying in the emergency rooms in East Los Angeles… When three pregnant, homeless women die within a week of one another inside the emergency room of County Hospital in East Los Angeles, Dr. Kelly Morales begins to question why and how. When Dr. Morales attempts to question her colleague pathologist Dr. Jake Hamilton he becomes agitated and obviously anxious at her questions. Hours later Dr. Hamilton is murdered. A cryptic e-mail is sent to journalist Georgia (Gem) Michaels insisting she look into the brutal slaying of a San Diego County family in 2008 that was chalked up to The Mexican Cartel. The e-mail also insists she keeps an eye on her neighbor. At first, Gem thinks the e-mail is nothing but a joke, but her gut tells her that maybe checking out her handsome but odd neighbor is worth her time. What is behind it is terrifying.
January 23, 2013
Kindle freebie. The premise and pace was decent, but I found the characters a bit too obvious and the story ends abruptly in a very nice, pretty bow. However, kudos to "A.K." for writing something so disgusting AND believable. If you like conspiracy, then this is a good book to grab. I have not read the author before, and I got the feeling the characters are found in earlier work? I haven't looked it up....
August 12, 2015
Don't normally read medical thrillers, but highly recommend this.
February 16, 2024
This is a book I’ve had on a TBR pile for eons. What on earth was I thinking never picking it up before. When three homeless, pregnant women are admitted to the same hospital in quick succession, all end up dead. Only one of the three new norms survive. Initially it’s thought the girls were all users - until Dr Kelly Morales starts scratching an itch that just will not lie down. Within days, seemingly unrelated murders hit the papers, including one on the morgue of the very hospital under scrutiny. It’s a “who can I trust” book, a definite real page turner, and one of those books that will draw you in and keeping you engrossed for as long as it takes to finish.
October 3, 2018
Inconsistent
Slow starting novel, heroic woman, a doctor, a reporter, a veterinarian, even housewives with children are no match killers with guns and money. You obviously want the good characters to win.
So I would accept suspension of disbelief, because the bad guys are greedy, corrupt, and racist.
But she (the authoress) pushed it a little too far. For example the female Doctor gets a handgun hours before and she shoots two of bad guys and rescues him.
You might like the Archangel Agenda but I never liked anything that had serious religious overtones.
Slow starting novel, heroic woman, a doctor, a reporter, a veterinarian, even housewives with children are no match killers with guns and money. You obviously want the good characters to win.
So I would accept suspension of disbelief, because the bad guys are greedy, corrupt, and racist.
But she (the authoress) pushed it a little too far. For example the female Doctor gets a handgun hours before and she shoots two of bad guys and rescues him.
You might like the Archangel Agenda but I never liked anything that had serious religious overtones.
October 24, 2016
Controversial
This book was hard to read in spots because of the subject matter. Prejudices are still rampant in our great nation. To think that a conspiracy to eliminate people just because they don't fit a certain mold could be happening today is barbaric. The conclusion of the book was very satisfying. Will read more by this author!
This book was hard to read in spots because of the subject matter. Prejudices are still rampant in our great nation. To think that a conspiracy to eliminate people just because they don't fit a certain mold could be happening today is barbaric. The conclusion of the book was very satisfying. Will read more by this author!
October 3, 2020
Page Turner
It will keep you guessing from beginning to end. A terrifying tale of greed and hate that is overcome by people who love each other and believe in the world. The characters ate wonderful, from the unlikely hero's to the disturbing villains. And all the interlocking stories keep you guessing on what will happen next.
It will keep you guessing from beginning to end. A terrifying tale of greed and hate that is overcome by people who love each other and believe in the world. The characters ate wonderful, from the unlikely hero's to the disturbing villains. And all the interlocking stories keep you guessing on what will happen next.
January 2, 2025
Honestly this was just a bit meh..
Small kind of spoilers below..
The Author just basically gives up at the end and introduces one character with “special ops training” who basically just figures it all out and voila.. done!
Also everyone just shoots or kills everyone everywhere 😂 so so many deaths with no consequences or anyone even really even noticing.
Good concept, not great execution.
Small kind of spoilers below..
The Author just basically gives up at the end and introduces one character with “special ops training” who basically just figures it all out and voila.. done!
Also everyone just shoots or kills everyone everywhere 😂 so so many deaths with no consequences or anyone even really even noticing.
Good concept, not great execution.
March 8, 2018
Intriguing
It was a bit difficult to follow the story in the beginning but once l got the characters straight I had to finish the book. The story held my interest and I enjoyed the twist and turns.
It was a bit difficult to follow the story in the beginning but once l got the characters straight I had to finish the book. The story held my interest and I enjoyed the twist and turns.
November 21, 2023
Lack of excitement
When I read the title and synopsis, I anticipated a far better book than this.
Characters lack depth and ending is extremely poor.
I don't want to give away too much, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
When I read the title and synopsis, I anticipated a far better book than this.
Characters lack depth and ending is extremely poor.
I don't want to give away too much, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
March 8, 2025
Good yarn showing the bad and good
Nazi pooling around the world trying to remake the world in the way of thinking. A woman doctor and a detective work together to search to find a way to undo the bad from possible depth the world is not ready for.
Nazi pooling around the world trying to remake the world in the way of thinking. A woman doctor and a detective work together to search to find a way to undo the bad from possible depth the world is not ready for.
June 24, 2020
Dr. Morales, Tone and Gem solve a different part of the bloody puzzle and end up with its eradication.
February 5, 2021
Suspense
This book has short, suspenseful chapters. I found it hard to put down. I would read more from this author.
This book has short, suspenseful chapters. I found it hard to put down. I would read more from this author.
February 18, 2021
3.5 - interesting plot. The ending seemed a bit rushed and predictable.
Also about 1/4 into the book, the font changed to italics. I wasn't too impressed with that.
Also about 1/4 into the book, the font changed to italics. I wasn't too impressed with that.
October 3, 2021
Eh
Felt rushed and there was it a real ending. Felt like the author just got bored writing it. Just beware.
Felt rushed and there was it a real ending. Felt like the author just got bored writing it. Just beware.
January 3, 2022
Thin plot
Overly simplified. Lots of loose ends. Not a great read. None of the characters are real. It is all ink on paper.
Overly simplified. Lots of loose ends. Not a great read. None of the characters are real. It is all ink on paper.
December 20, 2022
Drugs to covertly sterile minorities is at the heart of a dastardly plan to cleanse America. Interesting
June 8, 2023
Boring. Old played out story. Evil rich white men plotting a ridiculous plan to kill minorities. This time with drugs for horses. Lots of liberal talking points.
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April 24, 2025Great read!!
This book was hard to put down, as I couldn't wait to see how each event unraveled.
I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author.
This book was hard to put down, as I couldn't wait to see how each event unraveled.
I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author.
February 26, 2017
The plot of this novel sounded so intriguing, but the book was disappointing in heightening that sense of intrigue and danger -- the end was also most disappointing.
September 6, 2012
What happens when a bigoted zealot with dreams of racial purity has the money and resources to make his goals a reality??? Covert Reich is a thought provoking scenario of just how that might be....
When the story started, I was immediately gripped by the fast pace in the hospital scene and the intrigue surrounding the murder in the morgue. (Ooh, there's a title for you: Murder in the Morgue! Sorry....) I was quickly distracted, though, by the major cast of characters that come into play throughout the story. The cop, the doc, the dead doc, the nurse, the former special ops, the scientist, the nephew, the psychopath, the janitor, the wife, the journalist, the henchman, etc. Granted, they were all connected, and they were all relevant to the story--I just felt that there was too much time spent developing these characters and once you had them flushed out, bam! End of book! The slower pace of exposition gave way to faster than rapid plot wrap up.
On the positive side, the book was entertaining. Just enough of a realistic threat of this occurring again in modern history to make it nauseatingly realistic. We, as a society, would like to believe that people like this don't exist. That there aren't such prejudicial motivations for all aspects of life (medicine, politics, etc.) Only the reality is that there is no utopia where all are welcome, and some people will stop at nothing to obtain their goals. The concept behind the novel was excellent, and highly enjoyable to read. I could easily see this as a movie script (with a demotion of some of the fleshed out characters to minor roles).
When the story started, I was immediately gripped by the fast pace in the hospital scene and the intrigue surrounding the murder in the morgue. (Ooh, there's a title for you: Murder in the Morgue! Sorry....) I was quickly distracted, though, by the major cast of characters that come into play throughout the story. The cop, the doc, the dead doc, the nurse, the former special ops, the scientist, the nephew, the psychopath, the janitor, the wife, the journalist, the henchman, etc. Granted, they were all connected, and they were all relevant to the story--I just felt that there was too much time spent developing these characters and once you had them flushed out, bam! End of book! The slower pace of exposition gave way to faster than rapid plot wrap up.
On the positive side, the book was entertaining. Just enough of a realistic threat of this occurring again in modern history to make it nauseatingly realistic. We, as a society, would like to believe that people like this don't exist. That there aren't such prejudicial motivations for all aspects of life (medicine, politics, etc.) Only the reality is that there is no utopia where all are welcome, and some people will stop at nothing to obtain their goals. The concept behind the novel was excellent, and highly enjoyable to read. I could easily see this as a movie script (with a demotion of some of the fleshed out characters to minor roles).
May 27, 2013
This book, a Kindle freebie, has one of the most improbable plots I've read in a very long time. It's not that I think there are no white supremacist groups in the U.S. I absolutely know there are and I'm sure we'd be surprised to know there are powerful people who are members or at least sympathizers. This book puts forth the idea that a group called The Brotherhood, composed of very wealthy and powerful men, have joined together to sterilize and cause miscarriages among 'the undesirables.' They also have a candidate for the U.S. presidency, who will see their agenda carried out. I sure hope we're nowhere near this kind of scenario! The most ridiculous part is the way they'd sterilize and cause miscarriages. This group has started pilot projects across the country in poor areas where many minorities reside. The highly addictive 'vitamins' they're distributing are causing miscarriages and in a few cases, also kill the mothers. The plan is to extend these pilot projects everywhere, and they believe that advocates for prenatal care will support these clinics. Um, is everyone that dense? Won't it be obvious that these 'prenatal vitamins' are the cause of the miscarriages and maternal deaths?
On another subject, this is another Kindle book with awful proofreading. This author seems to love the word "discreet" as it appears throughout the book. Too bad it's misspelled EACH time as "discrete," a word with a totally different meaning! I also noted the word "phased" instead of "fazed" in "the guy looked up but didn't seem phased that she was pointing a loaded weapon his way." When will editing and proofreading make its way to Kindle?
On another subject, this is another Kindle book with awful proofreading. This author seems to love the word "discreet" as it appears throughout the book. Too bad it's misspelled EACH time as "discrete," a word with a totally different meaning! I also noted the word "phased" instead of "fazed" in "the guy looked up but didn't seem phased that she was pointing a loaded weapon his way." When will editing and proofreading make its way to Kindle?
September 19, 2015
A fairly interesting story, let down by a totally lackluster ending. The set-up as a whole is fairly engaging, but the ending is really abrupt.
It essentially turns out this Cover Reich consisted of about seven people; why is the supposed leader of this organization personally going on dangerous missions to kill people? All of them get killed by personally going after the protagonists, which really cheapens the impact; basically they got themselves killed with idiotic planning, instead of any challenging input on the heroes' part.
No, seriously, this is all of the people in the organization that's planning to take over the world:
Peter Redding- main baddie. Gets killed like an idiot while failing to even kill the one person he was after, while stupidly going ON HIS OWN with no backup.
Random German guy- goes after aforementioned guy before Redding. With no back up. Gets killed. Duh.
Mark- thrown off a balcony by the token gay character.
Chad- killed by Mark, Thomas and Connor. Yeah, that's right, they're so bad at this they start killing off their own men. Look, when Hitler did it, did to gain the support of the Army and get rid of the potentially dangerous SA; this is just idiotic, because all the guy did was refuse to go on a mission. Even worse, this guy is the nephew of their main funder. Sounds like he might be a good hostage to me, but NOPE! Let's kill the guy.
Thomas Martin- gets run over. Like an idiot.
Connor- dies trying to kill this guy at the end, again on his own.
Oh, and there are some people funding them. Here's an idea; why not use this funding to hire more than about three goons?
It essentially turns out this Cover Reich consisted of about seven people; why is the supposed leader of this organization personally going on dangerous missions to kill people? All of them get killed by personally going after the protagonists, which really cheapens the impact; basically they got themselves killed with idiotic planning, instead of any challenging input on the heroes' part.
No, seriously, this is all of the people in the organization that's planning to take over the world:
Peter Redding- main baddie. Gets killed like an idiot while failing to even kill the one person he was after, while stupidly going ON HIS OWN with no backup.
Random German guy- goes after aforementioned guy before Redding. With no back up. Gets killed. Duh.
Mark- thrown off a balcony by the token gay character.
Chad- killed by Mark, Thomas and Connor. Yeah, that's right, they're so bad at this they start killing off their own men. Look, when Hitler did it, did to gain the support of the Army and get rid of the potentially dangerous SA; this is just idiotic, because all the guy did was refuse to go on a mission. Even worse, this guy is the nephew of their main funder. Sounds like he might be a good hostage to me, but NOPE! Let's kill the guy.
Thomas Martin- gets run over. Like an idiot.
Connor- dies trying to kill this guy at the end, again on his own.
Oh, and there are some people funding them. Here's an idea; why not use this funding to hire more than about three goons?
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January 28, 2016
I don't remember when I downloaded this novel. I may actually have picked it up as a free promotion of the day, so my expectations were not great, and I am tempted to be more lenient in my review. Any entertaining, not necessarily trashy, novel would keep me happy.
Covert Reich about just passed the mark. Pages turn fast, as it is well written as a very light, American-style conversation. Certainly don't think too much. There are some pretty good parts, for instance during the early hospital scenes, and I was hoping to have picked up a decent medical thriller. But then the flaws started to add up.
The book is an easy read, but has just missed out on editing: many errors (calvary instead of cavalry, punctuation errors, missing words). And then there is the story. Some rich villain, with Nazi sympathies and owner of a pharmaceutical company, wants to put the entire US political system to his benefit in a programme of eradication of undesirables: minorities, gays, Jews, etc. Of course he's German. New characters keep popping up with the most bizarre connections amongst them. Some cheesy romance, an investigative reporter who single-handedly solves a final shoot-out and an ex Special Ops who untangles an entire set of bank accounts while on a flight to the Caymans, with the help of some former connections, it's all there.
As literature goes, we don't mind a good conspiracy in a story that is slightly over the top, but this was at points too silly to continue. I made it safely till the end of the book, and since the epilogue made me laugh out loud because just too cliché, I give this a generous three stars.
Covert Reich about just passed the mark. Pages turn fast, as it is well written as a very light, American-style conversation. Certainly don't think too much. There are some pretty good parts, for instance during the early hospital scenes, and I was hoping to have picked up a decent medical thriller. But then the flaws started to add up.
The book is an easy read, but has just missed out on editing: many errors (calvary instead of cavalry, punctuation errors, missing words). And then there is the story. Some rich villain, with Nazi sympathies and owner of a pharmaceutical company, wants to put the entire US political system to his benefit in a programme of eradication of undesirables: minorities, gays, Jews, etc. Of course he's German. New characters keep popping up with the most bizarre connections amongst them. Some cheesy romance, an investigative reporter who single-handedly solves a final shoot-out and an ex Special Ops who untangles an entire set of bank accounts while on a flight to the Caymans, with the help of some former connections, it's all there.
As literature goes, we don't mind a good conspiracy in a story that is slightly over the top, but this was at points too silly to continue. I made it safely till the end of the book, and since the epilogue made me laugh out loud because just too cliché, I give this a generous three stars.
March 3, 2014
My review from amazon.com dated 2/22/2014
Title: Covert Reich by AK Alexander
I have a lot of books on my Kindle and this was one of the first free ones I downloaded at the beginning of 2013. I decided to go back to the first books that I was interested in and start reading through those.
I really enjoyed reading this book, I like reading about bad things that could actually happen. I could completely believe that there would be people out there wanting to do this or even some people with the means to do this. I liked how the evil guy explained why he was so successful when others had not been before him.
What I find with a lot of free/ self published books is what I found with this as well. The ending was really fast and come together all of a sudden. I wish there was more at the end. I also have Daddy's Home and I am thinking of reading that next. I read this one pretty fast, and really enjoyed it.
I read some of the reviews after reading the book and I am kind of confused by them. Some low reviews talked about how the author had an "agenda" and was "preachy." I personally do not understand what they are talking about, the book was about an evil person who would like there to only be pure, white people in the country. Talking about how that is wrong or immoral is not preachy or pushing an agenda, it's how everyone should be - accepting of everyone. /end rant.
Title: Covert Reich by AK Alexander
I have a lot of books on my Kindle and this was one of the first free ones I downloaded at the beginning of 2013. I decided to go back to the first books that I was interested in and start reading through those.
I really enjoyed reading this book, I like reading about bad things that could actually happen. I could completely believe that there would be people out there wanting to do this or even some people with the means to do this. I liked how the evil guy explained why he was so successful when others had not been before him.
What I find with a lot of free/ self published books is what I found with this as well. The ending was really fast and come together all of a sudden. I wish there was more at the end. I also have Daddy's Home and I am thinking of reading that next. I read this one pretty fast, and really enjoyed it.
I read some of the reviews after reading the book and I am kind of confused by them. Some low reviews talked about how the author had an "agenda" and was "preachy." I personally do not understand what they are talking about, the book was about an evil person who would like there to only be pure, white people in the country. Talking about how that is wrong or immoral is not preachy or pushing an agenda, it's how everyone should be - accepting of everyone. /end rant.
January 5, 2013
This book was incredible for several reasons really. Normally when I read crime fiction I get to parts of the book and I think to myself that there is no way this is at all plausible...but what had me from page one of this book to the last page was the plot! It was in every way plausible and it frankly scared the crap out of me! With the way our nation is right now and the fact that there is still organizations like the KKK out there...i could in every way believe that there could be a government conspiracy to purify the world of all other races besides pure heterosexual white perfect people by way of altering bith control pills and prenatal vitamins to cause spontaneous abortions of fetuses and sterility in these races and people...and all under the guise of "helping" them through welfare and free healthcare...what does this sound like??? This book scared me and it scared me I think mostly because I have never been one to believe in conspiracy theories...but this book had me actually realizing how hate can fuel a plan like this and wipe out a whole race or races of people in the blink of an eye...its happened before...it could happen again...
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