WHITE BONE by Ridley Pearson - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK

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When ex–military contractor John Knox receives a text from partner Grace Chu warning that she fears her cover may have been blown while on assignment, he jumps into action. Knox must locate her overseas handlers, convince them of the threat, and then attempt to retrace the well-hidden steps of a woman who had been attempting to determine how one million euros’ worth of AIDS vaccine disappeared, all while eluding angry poachers on a parallel trail.

Corruption isn’t a “problem” in Kenya, it’s the way of doing business. The poaching of ivory from African elephants, driven by insatiable demand from mainland China, fuels constant blood and slaughter. Knox faces police, national rangers, journalists, and safari companies who are each in their own symbiotic relationship with elephants, both good and bad. As the threat from Al-Shaabab militants interferes with his pursuit of Grace, Knox finds himself pitted against the most savage and suicidal fighters in the world. And there’s this woman, Grace, always in his head. His gut. As Grace watches as her civilized self slips away while abandoned in the bush, Knox races against the clock to find her.

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In WHITE BONE, we join series protagonist John Knox as he travels to Kenya to find a missing Grace Chu who had been sent there to get to the bottom of the mysterious switching of a critical vaccine. In a race for survival Chu finds herself stranded in the wild facing certain death if she fails to employ radical measures to ward off predators.

As Knox searches for grace he encounters savage poachers brutalizing the elephant population chasing the “White Bone.” Corruption is a way of life in Kenya, with the demand for ivory feeding that corruption.

WHITE BONE is another knockout thriller for Ridley. With heart-stopping danger, vivid depictions of exotic places and people. A book that sizzles with action and social commentary.

- John