Title: The Conspiracy: A Chinese Deception
Author: Laurence O'Bryan
Genre: Thriller
Series: Vaccine Wars
Pages: 298
Publisher: Ardua
Published: November 28, 2020
Format: Kindle
My Rating: 3 stars
Synopsis:
Robert McNeil is a vaccine scientist. His wife died while he was rushing to London to be with her. Her death from the Cornavirus hit him very hard. He is asked to join a U.S. State Department mission to China, he accepts the mission. The mission is headed by Faith Gordon, a specialist on China. She is tasked with finding out the truth about where the virus originated.
McNeil's vaccine, developed in a lab outside of London, is one of the leading contenders for rapid vaccine development globally. China wants to find out everything about it. McNeil pushes for explanations in China, and ends up in prison, in the hands of an official who tortures enemies of the government of China.
My Thoughts:
After dealing with the pandemic, I wasn't sure if I would be interested in this book. While it was very action packed and had me wondering if Robert would succumb to his grief, or become very angry. I felt that after reading this book and living through the pandemic, I really wasn't into reading a book about this. Again, while it was a very good plot and subject. You must understand that after awhile reading or hearing about the pandemic is getting a little old. Yes, these are the times we live in, and yes this is the new normal. But, also reading is supposed to be a way to escape what is going on around us.
I really felt heartbroken for Robert and wanted him to survive this and proceed with what he was tasked to do. But just wasn't really into this book as much as I really thought or wanted to be. This is my honest opinion.
About the Author:
Laurence O'Bryan was born in Dublin, Ireland. He studied business, then IT and began rising at 4 am, so that he could study and work at the same time. One early job was a kitchen porter near the Bank of England, cleaning the plates of the very well connected. He stayed in London and struggled for years. He was first published by a school newspaper when he was ten, for a short story about aliens getting lost. Thirty five years later, he attended a authonomy workshop and not long after that was offered a publishing contract for three books. The first of which was the Istanbul Puzzle,. He won the Outstanding Novel award at the Southern California writers conference in 2007.
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