Let's see. Erik Stoeller, a megabillionaire from Eastern Europe, envisions a new unified world living in peace under a common language, currency, and leadership . . .His leadership. Erik is no benevolent grandfather-type, he is one part sociopath and one part megalomaniac. He has assembled a group of a dozen like-minded nutcases who have infiltrated the highest levels of government, military, and business in all the major nations. From their initial meeting, they call themselves the Krakow Klub.
Blackmail, bribery, and extortion are their tools. And it's time to pay the piper. Think SMERSH, not the United Nations.
And then there is James Scott. Think of him as Spock. Part human, part Mylean. We never learn how Scott came to be, just that the Mylean's, a mere couple thousand lights years distant, seem to have taken Earth under their wing. Their technology is also light years ahead of Earth. Two almost human 'computers' named Maxx and Maxxine, see all and predict all and do all. Whenever John Scott needs a question answered or an aircraft carrier battle group neutralized (without casualties, of course), Maxxine and 'her' cadre of drones based on an orbiting star cruiser are there to do the impossible.
Like thwart Stoeller and the Klub at every turn resulting in Stoeller becoming a candidate for a rubber room.
Reading a novel usually involves a level of suspension of reality. Elrod tries to unite a thriller with science fiction. Successful? For some, maybe so. For me? Not so much. I finished it, that's about the best I can say. Looks like this is part of a series about the Myleans. Enjoy it if you wish. Tell me what happens because I'm not coming back. Not my cup of tea.
East Coast Don
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