Interesting start to the series. I look forward to more. The publisher blurb really caught my attention. I received a copy through Netgalley. A review was not required.

Taken from the confidential government cables and confiscated journals of a young American soldier/spy and aspiring poet stranded in Paris at the time, the 1st person testimony is at once the story of one of the artist’s closest and most loving disciples, and an important public record of the narrator’s harrowing experience as the sole survivor of a mission of unspeakable evil and secrecy. Beginning sometime after a violent explosion in the City of Light, when having passed several days in a coma, he awakens only to discover that three of his platoon mates are dead. At the same time, he receives his shocking lethal orders from his new commanding officer and is ultimately faced with the cruel choice of having to either kill his best friend or the woman that he loves.



So, we are led through the eyes of an embedded informant on the mind-bending tale and cryptic path of art history, espionage, and government On the hunt for a mysterious enemy, one whose anonymous identity and prophesied rise – till this day - the government will use any amount of deadly force to keep hidden and destroy.


Part spy novel, part murder mystery, and a critique of the Post-Modern art scene in 1990s Paris, American Renaissance is an action-driven international thriller about the plight of modern-day artists living in the spiritual and political vortex during a paradigm shift of the new millennium. The full story is best experienced in numerical order.
Loved it. Cannot wait to read more. Will recommend to others.

alternate-history, international-crime-and-mystery, international-espionage, international-politics, investigations, murders, political-intrigue, politicians, spy-thriller, suspense, 1990s, art-critic, art-detective, art-history, classified-materials, combat-veteran, espionage, fiction, gripping*****

The publisher's blurb caught my interest with the notation that it is inspired by true events. This complex beginning to a series is not exactly the kind of thing that is in my wheelhouse, but several friends and family want to know when and where they can get a real copy for them to read. I liked it but got lost too often. Going to go ahead with a five star because of the responses of those who hung over my shoulder to read snippets.
I requested and received a free temporary uncorrected ebook proof from BooksGoSocial via NetGalley.
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DNF - I don’t like the writing style. It’s very un-specific in the language, I was having trouble understanding what I was saying. #AmericanRenaissance #NetGalley

This was a strong start to this series, it had that mystery element that I wanted and was a great opening chapter to this series. The characters were everything that I wanted and enjoyed the overall feel of this. It left me wanting to read more in this series and enjoyed how good Amory Patrick Blaine wrote this.