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In Deep: A thriller romance set in Latin America
Finalist for best thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest
Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award.
"Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." --Jake Halpern, author of Welcome to the New World , a New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner
When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military’s claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site.
Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator’s death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves.
Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award.
"Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." --Jake Halpern, author of Welcome to the New World , a New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner
When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military’s claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site.
Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator’s death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves.
165 pages, Hardcover
Published November 3, 2021
About the author
Michael Segedy
53 books38 followersMichael Segedy is an award winning author. Over the years he has lived abroad in faraway places such as Taiwan, Israel, Morocco, and Peru. His life overseas has inspired him to write thrillers that include scenes set in foreign lands.
Novels to date:
Hampton Road, a psychological thriller
In Deep, a political thriller
Cupiditas, a political thriller
Evil's Root, a compilation of In Deep and Cupiditas
EMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thriller
Our Darker Angel, a crime thriller
Sanctimonious Serial Killers, a crime thriller
Apart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:
A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel
Teaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary Classroom
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael Segedy
He's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.
Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.
He and his family currently spend half of the year living in the US and the other half in Lima, Peru.
Novels to date:
Hampton Road, a psychological thriller
In Deep, a political thriller
Cupiditas, a political thriller
Evil's Root, a compilation of In Deep and Cupiditas
EMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thriller
Our Darker Angel, a crime thriller
Sanctimonious Serial Killers, a crime thriller
Apart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:
A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel
Teaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary Classroom
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael Segedy
He's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.
Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.
He and his family currently spend half of the year living in the US and the other half in Lima, Peru.
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