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The Chaos Vortex
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 02:23
THE CHAOS VORTEX:
None of us exist in isolation. We are all enmeshed in the web of life so that often it is impossible to foresee how far, or in what manner, the effects of our every action will be manifested.
Seemingly unrelated happenings, sometimes remote both in space and time, can cause decisions to be made or initiatives undertaken, the consequences of which appear unpredictable.
There are many problems facing today’s world which concern me. Greed, corruption, pollution, manipulation, exploitation, oppression are but a few. But their results and the way they affect the development and behaviour of individuals, the crimes they cause to be committed, the popular uprisings and the revolts and havoc they bring about, are enormous, their repercussions often disastrous.
In ‘The Chaos Vortex’ I have attempted to address, in I hope an exciting and readable way, many of these issues. Genetic modification, euthanasia, media influence, drug addiction, tragedy, passion and love, all play a role in an exploration of the motives, moulding and actions of the characters.
If my novel can make you think and at the same time give you entertainment and enjoyment, then it will have served its purpose.
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Product DescriptionLondon is in chaos! Rioting mobs are looting, burning and killing. A young scientist at Woden Chemicals discovers a computer disc containing horrifying information. Scared for her life, she contacts her boyfriend, a reporter for the ‘London News’.From England to Germany, from Colombia to Switzerland, we engage with the characters’ stories as they deal with greed, passion, addiction, power, deceit and murder. Circumstances shape destinies. Choices are made. Lives collide with horrendous consequences as all are drawn inexorably into The Chaos Vortex. A book you won’t be able to put down! |
SYNOPSIS
The unthinkable has happened! London has erupted in violence. Mobs rioting in the streets, looting, burning, killing. Workers’ patience is at an end. They’ve been pushed too far!
Insulated in her laboratory from the mayhem outside, research scientist Lisa Marchman has just discovered a missing computer disc with terrifying implications for society and financial ruin for her employer Woden Chemicals. Frightened, she contacts her boyfriend, Peter Ross, consumer advocate lawyer now working as an investigative journalist for the London News. But others are after that disc!
We go back in time and to other places.
1945 War ravaged Germany.
Gerhart Eisling, orphaned after his mother’s rape and murder, will struggle with lifelong emotional scars. He is found wandering along an autobahn by a traumatized Captain William Marchman, heir to Marchman Press, who forms a strong attachment to the lad and takes him to live in England.
1946 Yorkshire.
A miner is crippled in a gas blast. As a result his son Sam Wiggin becomes a passionate union leader later involved in a disastrous uprising which he is unable to prevent.
1954 Colombia.
Two children are kidnapped by a ruthless drug baron. The boy Juan-Miguel is groomed as the Don’s successor but eventually poisons his Capo and assumes a new identity as Carlos Cortez, corrupt boss of Woden Chemicals and Cordova Coffee Corporation. In his quest for power and wealth, he resorts to genetic modification and murder.
1962 England.
Jessica Wiggin, a young feminist, makes a spectacular debut on the political stage at University. Later in life, driven by her failing marriage, she begins an affair with the charismatic Carlos, who tries, through her and her heroin-addicted son Mark, to infiltrate her husband’s newspaper empire.
1989 England.
Doctor Douglas Maitland, after attending an ill-fated birth, is accused of euthanasia, resigns his position and moves to America to further his genetic research.
Time passes. Circumstances shape destinies. Choices are made which cause paths to cross. Events move to a spine-tingling climax where lives collide with explosive consequences as together, all are sucked inexorably into The Chaos Vortex.
Book Review
Published in the Southern Highlands News, Wednesday 30th November, 2011.
‘The Chaos Vortex’ by local author Rob Ennever is a remarkable book. Remarkable in that it can be read and enjoyed at two levels. For those of you who want a gripping, page-turning holiday or travel read with a compelling story-line, this is for you!
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BOOK REVIEW
Published in the Southern Highlands News, Wednesday 30th November, 2011.
‘The Chaos Vortex’ by local author Rob Ennever is a remarkable book. Remarkable in that it can be read and enjoyed at two levels. For those of you who want a gripping, page-turning holiday or travel read with a compelling story-line, this is for you!
From its dramatic opening in riot-torn London the reader is transported back in time to become totally involved with a cast of intriguing characters drawn from vastly different backgrounds.
As their sometimes tragic and often brutal stories develop and circumstances shape destinies, inevitably paths cross and lives collide with disastrous consequences.
And for those who like something thought-provoking, this exciting novel revolves around many of the controversial issues confronting us today. Unbridled greed, media manipulation, drug addiction, social breakdown, civil unrest and mindless violence, all portrayed against the background of a moving love story.
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