Roland Nair, who has worked (is
possibly still working for?), NATO intelligence returns to Africa to meet his
well-connected (at least in his own mind) friend Michael Adriko. Sierra Leone
hasn’t changed much since his last visit, but Nair has changed. Nair comes to Africa with an agenda that he
keeps hidden from his friend Michael, and it looks like Michael may have a
hidden agenda of his own.
If you need to be reminded of how
corrupt and alien the workings of Africa are compared to the law and order we
are used to this book brings it all right to the fore. Between illegal border crossings easily come
by for a fee, backroom dealings for goods of any kind, the sporadic available electricity,
not to mention the colorful characters, the world Nair and Adriko inhabit comes
vividly to life. This is a spy thriller
where the goals of each character are revealed in small doses and we don’t know
the full extent of the wishes of anyone.
The reader does a wonderful job with
the accents, dialects and characterizations for this story. I may not have enjoyed the book reading it, I’m
not completely sure, but I sure loved listening to it.
