Genre: Crime Thriller
Description:
“Two grisly murders are committed at a meatpacking plant by a person
wearing a cow mask…not long after the CEO of a water park is brutally killed by
someone wearing an orca mask.
Interpol Agent An Chang believes these are the latest acts of a
ruthless serial killer he has been chasing for more than twenty years…a killer
who targets those who harm innocent animals.
Elephant poachers in Chad, Russian big-game hunters of endangered
species, dog fighters in Atlanta, European food execs who gorge ducks to make
paté, gorilla hunters in the Congo, ivory merchants in China.
Those who torture animals are not safe…
Working with two California detectives, Chang races to unmask the
killer, as his spree ramps up. But the killer’s motives and history are far
deeper than anyone realizes, and the truth of his rampage leads on a wild chase
from the streets of Shanghai around the globe…
Animal is a relentless thriller by renowned surgeon and
humanitarian Dr. Munish K. Batra, in collaboration with international
best-selling author Keith R.A. DeCandido. This thought-provoking,
pulse-pounding novel will engross and enthrall. Do the most noble of intentions
justify the most horrific acts?”
Author:
“Dr. Batra is currently collaborating with Keith R.A. DeCandido on
other fiction projects, and is also working on a nonfiction book called Medical
Madness. He also enjoys Brazilian jiu-jitsu, yoga, and meditation. His wife
Pooja and their three young children, Ayaan, Kairav, and Kiara, offer him
constant encouragement and support.
Keith R.A. DeCandido is the award-winning, best-selling author of more
than fifty novels, almost a hundred short stories, a smattering of comic books,
and a ton of nonfiction.”
Appraisal:
“Do the most noble of intentions justify the most horrific acts?” That
question is the big one that is at the root of this book. The story, a crime
thriller with a couple California police detectives and an Interpol agent
looking for a killer, is a good detective story, but the question of whodunit
is pretty much answered early in the book However, it leaves the detectives
with plenty of other questions. Why? Who’s next? How do we find our suspect and
stop the murders?
Then we have that big question quoted above. When is the killing of
animals okay and when isn’t it? Is the killing of humans ever justified to stop
the killing of nonhumans? Is the killing of a cow to provide me with my burger
more forgivable than the killing of an endangered and rare gorilla or elephant
for reasons of sport or profit? Is the torture through force feeding of a duck before
slaughtering it to get foie gras for human consumption worse than just killing
a cow to get those steaks? What if the animal being killed for food is
something we might not picture as food, but may be considered food in other
countries, like a dog for example? I don’t have the answers, but reading and
thinking about this story sure got the questions roiling around my brain.
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FYI:
Some adult language.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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