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01628aam a22002655i 4500 001 85B0C0E25AED11EBA1BD1A9643ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210120010043 008 200826s2020 xx 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1770412409 020 $a 9781770412408 040 $e rda $d SILO 100 $a Boyd, David R. 245 00 $a Thirst for Justice : $b An Eco-thriller. $c David R. Boyd 264 1 $a Toronto, Canada $b ECW Press $c 2020. 300 $a 309 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Michael MacDougall is a talented trauma surgeon whose life in Seattle is slowly unraveling. Frustrated as an ER doctor and with his marriage in trouble, he volunteers with a medical aid charity in the Congo. Disconsolate at the lives he cannot save in the desperate conditions of the region, he is shattered by a roadside confrontation with the mercenary Mai Mai that results in unthinkable losses. 520 $a Back home in Seattle, he is haunted by his experiences in Africa and what he sees as societys failure to provide humanitarian aid to those who most desperately need it. Locked in a downward spiral, he becomes obsessed with making his government listen to him and dreams up an act of terrorism to shock his nation awake. 520 $a Activist and lawyer David Boyds debut novel is a taut political thriller that begs the question: how far is too far when youre seeking justice? 655 $a Thrillers $x Fiction 650 $a Environment $x Fiction 941 $a 2 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323011931.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526013907.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=85B0C0E25AED11EBA1BD1A9643ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search