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This is a departure from all the romance I review, but Koontz has long been my favorite author, so I gratefully jumped at a chance to review an early copy when presented the opportunity from #NetGalley and #BantumBooks/#RandomHouse. Synopsis: When this relentless rogue FBI agent comes knocking, her adversaries will have to answer—with their lives—in the latest thrilling Jane Hawk novel by the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Silent Corner . “Jane Hawk is arguably the best character Koontz has created.”—Associated Press “We’re rewriting the play, and the play is this country, the world, the future. We break Jane’s heart, we’ll also break her will.” She was one of the FBI’s top agents until she became the nation’s most-wanted fugitive. Now Jane Hawk may be all that stands between a free nation and its enslavement by a powerful secret society’s terrifying mind-control technology. She couldn’t save her husband, or the others whose lives have been dest...

This book is definitely a departure from my usual romance and pursuit of a happily ever after, but it came on my radar and I was really curious about it, so I'm grateful to Kensington for graciously granting me an advance copy via NetGalley. With the political climate as it is these days, writing a book like this is certainly a bold move, and I suspect readers will either love or hate the plot and storyline. I did my best to go into this book with a neutral mindset and tried to evaluate several aspects of the book, not simply what message the author may have been trying to portray. Here's my review. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Jake Rivers is trying to decide what to do with his life now that he's a civilian. Being a  ex-army Ranger doesn’t give him a lot of marketable business skills, so at the urging of his grandfather, a major benefactor of Kelton College, Jake decides to pursue a graduate degree at the liberal arts school. It’s quickly apparent that Jake's values and beliefs a...