Raw Nerve: Tearing the dark veil from the face of white supremacy.

by Tim Rees

A fast-paced political action thriller by the author of the bestseller, Delphian.

Set in 1997, Janice N. Mathias, the Governor of Georgia, looks set to be the next President of the United Sates of America - She also happens to be black.

How is the Ku Klux Klan going to respond?

Gideon is the man who makes the difference as he tears the dark veil from the face of white supremacy...

382 pages, Paperback

Published June 17, 2020

About the author

I live in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where I write novels from my car, which has become my office, parked at Freshwater West.

I have written six standalone novels and the Original Earth science fiction adventure series that so far consists of three published novels. I am currently writing the fourth.

I most recently published the second edition of Delphian and it's proving very popular among readers who seek Ludlum-sized doorstop thrillers. The story is set in Wales, UK.

I'm happy to discuss all my novels and my memoir, which was published by The History Press (UK).

I write a variety of genre and am pleased that I am having people walk up to me in the street to tell me they love my novels. Original Earth, especially, appears to appeal to a very wide audience. I have had a nine year-old girl ask me when she can read another novel with Anu and I've had twenty, thirty and even sixty year-olds asking the same question. That is all the reward I seek.

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Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up for a fast paced political action thriller that I read in 5 days, reading almost 200 pages in the last day, even though it is 493 pages long. Colonel Gideon Latimer is a Special Forces soldier, who is called upon to infiltrate the KKK in 1997, by his mentor and friend General Lon Travers, a black man and now a General. Travers has heard whispers that the KKK may try to kill Janice Mathias, a black woman Georgia governor and candidate for US president.
He asks Gideon to infiltrate the KKK.
Gideon does infiltrate the KKK and discovers a wider, frightening conspiracy that could result in thousands or hundreds of thousands of deaths. He does manage to thwart the assassination attempt and the wider conspiracy.
There are some trigger issues:
Language: The white supremacists use profanity and the n word.
Sex: There is one graphic sex scene. In addition some characters talk about what they want to do to others in graphic terms.
Violence: There is quite a bit of violence, some of it graphic.
Moral issues: Gideon kills two innocent people and critically wounds a third. One of the killed is an FBI agent, as is the critically wounded person. There is context: Gideon is aware that the KKK have allies inside the FBI.
The author is British, and there are a few slip ups, using British terms, i.e. kilometers instead of miles, torch instead of flashlight.
One quote, from a conversation with a white supremacist and Gideon: "Okay, I saw a sign back there aways," he said calmly. It's about seventy kilometers to Memphis." The use of that word might arouse suspicion on the part of the white supremacist, but did not, possibly because he had a head injury.
The other slip ups are only during narration, not conversation.
The author and I belong to the same Goodreads group. He posted that this book would be free on Amazon for 48 hours, along with a synopsis of the book. I downloaded it during the sale.

[Todd Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, what a great story. Tim Rees has done a splendid job with this captivating Action Thriller. It’s always a great sign when I need to stop reading a book when life gets in the way, and I can’t wait to pick it up again. This was definitely one of those books. A very well thought out plot, with a lot of interesting characters, make this a truly entertaining read. Colonel Gideon Daniel Latimer was living the peaceful life with his wife Ashita down in New Mexico, before his boss General Travers turned up with a top secret assignment for him. It wouldn’t be easy for Gideon to leave Ashita as she was due to give birth to their first child. However he knew the General wouldn’t be asking for his help if it wasn’t important. The Ku Klux Klan had popped up on the radar for all the wrong reasons. Janice Mathias was a strong chance at becoming the next President of the United States of America, and normally that would be ok, but not for the Ku Klux Klan considering she was a black lady. The General wants Gideon to infiltrate the Klan, and see what they are planning, and try to stop them. Gideon is such a great character that I would love to see him in future stories. Hands down, this is well worth a read.

[Paula · Rating 1 out of 5]

I suppose it's hard for a non-native author to understand the political and cultural institutions of another country. I could have suggested some additional research on the Republican party and the institutional roots of racism for this book. Maybe Rees wasn't aware that the party of Lincoln and the Democratic party flipped in their relationships to racism in the early-to-mid 20th century. In other words, the premise that the Republican party would have a black female senator who was a candidate for president in 1997 is just not credible.

Further, the books allusion to a pharmaceutical company working on a drug that would target black people is itself racist by positing that there are genetic differences between black and white people that could be used to create such a drug. What were you thinking, Rees?