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Into the Volcano: A Mallory and Morse Novel of Espionage
This is an homage to Ian Fleming and the books and films of the Bond series. Jack Mallory is the Bond stand-in, this time with a very deadly and efficient Emma Peal variant, Laura Morse. They are drawn into a web of intrigue when an operative of their organization, The Consultancy, is very dramatically done in while on assignment in Istanbul. They are to locate the evil-doers and return the favor as a way of telling the world that the Consultancy cannot, with impunity, be messed with. Adventures in Instanbul lead to adventures in the Indian Ocean and a very Doctor No-like private island, inhabited by a madman. And so it goes. This is a fun read, winking at Fleming the whole way. Enjoy