Primitive
by Mark Nykanen
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Pub Date Oct 01 2009 | Archive Date Sep 29 2017
Description
Emmy-winning former NBC newsman Mark Nykanen (HUSH, THE BONE PARADE, SEARCH ANGEL) pens a politcally and morally charged suspense about climate change theories. A neo-primitive cult, possessing secret government documents filled with terrifying information about global warming, kidnaps a famous fashion model and holds her hostage, forcing her to act as their spokesperson. As time runs out, her estranged daughter allies with a dangerous activist group to rescue her, while battling dark agendas from the government and Big Oil.
Aging fashion model Sonya Adams flies to Bozeman, Montana for what she thinks is a photo shoot. Her strange limo driver and a man she recognizes from another shoot kidnap her and take her on a journey by dogsled deep into the wilderness. Sonya finds herself in Terra Firma, a commune of strange environmentalist extremists with an agenda to expose a government secret and save the world.
Sonya feels confused and angry and determines to escape. She's told escape is futile and dangerous with winter coming on. Hungry cougars are on the prowl and a threat to anyone outside the community's compound.
Back at home, Sonya's rebellious daughter, Darcy sets out to find her mother. A rogue bounty hunter follows her and will do anything to get what he wants. Murder is nothing to him or the people in the government who back him. The odds of Sonya and her daughter surviving diminish as the hunt continues, and it's anybody's guess what will happen next.
Advance Praise
"Absolutely great. I couldn't put it down. I loved the writing."
I have read Mark's book and absolutely love it . I love his style of writing. I love reading his words. He is a great writer who's time has come. I loved his previoous works, especially "The Bone Parade".
Bill Evans
Senior Meteorologist
WABC-TV
New York, NY
Bill Evans is the New York Times bestselling author of CATEGORY 7 and other
thrillers, and the nationally renowned senior meteoroloist for WABC TV
in New York City.
I read this all in one sitting it was that fast paced and easy-to-read. Both sides of the political divide can find something to agree with or argue about in this story, however they call all agree, it's one exciting thriller. J Kaye's Book Blog
This is a phenomenal story written with skill and insight. Cym Lowell
"More frightening than any vision of our future, Mark Nykanen's Primitive depicts the reality of the here and now. A timely and stunning vision of what happens when true-believers clash, catching innocents in the middle."
-- Ed Stackler, editor of New York Times-bestselling authors Greg Iles, Ridley Pearson, Ted Dekker, and others.
"It's not just a page-turner, it's a head-turner. It's Dan Brown meets Al Gore. You can't stop reading and once you're done, you can't stop thinking about its messages. A book that bookstore employees will hand-sell to customers and those customers will then insist their friends read."
--Dale Dauten, King Features
This is an exciting gripping thriller that hooks the audience from the onset when Sonya is kidnapped and never slows down even when terrorists overdo the explanations. The story line is fast-paced built off the premise that global warming is not a theory or in the future, but reality already beyond the point of return as the earth. A profound cautionary tale, Mark Nykanen makes a strong argument that to save economies but not the earth seems like Gregory Bateson's double bind theory with a touch of weak tea from Lewis Carroll's Bread and butter fly dilemma. Harriet Klausner
From MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Victoria Kennedy
Reviewer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780982175644 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 280 |
