Review- Stealth Attach - 5 stars

 

Author John Gilstrap has a winner in his novel Stealth Attack.  It is a well written book that is definitely a page-turner.  I had trouble putting it down. 

The story is set mainly in El Paso and Mexico but occasionally in suburban Washington; it addresses several real issues of the day—child exploitation/kidnapping/sex-trafficking and drug cartel influence on this business. It mainly follows the exploits of young teens, Ciara and Roman, and their trials while being kidnapped, abused, and held for ransom.

Throw in a private investigation agency with ties to the US government, a whiz-person at delving into all things cyber, previous history with narco-traffickers, FBI murder plots, and other similar activities and you have the underpinnings of this story.  

There are some pretty violent episodes described so this is not for the squeamish. Since I am not in the know on these issues, I don’t know how accurate the descriptions are of the types of events that occur.  They do seem to be somewhat realistic based on some recent news reports. Regardless, this is a good storyline where good and evil clash.  It is not always clear the distinction between some of the activities of the two extremes.  A question to consider is “how does displaying evil actions account in the broader sense  for the greater good”?  It is not an easy question, but does happen in this story.  A reader must make up their own mind.