Review: Enigma Forced by Breakfield & Burkey
Synopsis (taken from Amazon)
Profiteers are preying on displaced souls who seek freedom, sacrificing everything. Wanting to give their children hope and a future, but they wrongly trust on a roll of loaded dice. Teens are picked off and sold into slavery. Cartels offer the choice to strong, young men to move illegal drugs over the border or die.
The R-Group and CATS team leaders want to end Mateo’s inhuman business model. The heroes must derail the human exploitation and opioid epidemic, killing people in increasingly dramatic numbers. If they can save even a few from the jaws of death, they win.
The present-day battle is in full swing, yet it can end badly for humanity unless the Enigma Heirs triumph. Who will survive the onslaught and how fast can they make Mateo pay?
Review
This book picks up where the last one left off, which I loved. The characters were content, yet they knew there was more work to be done. Once they figured out where that work was going to take place, they got right into action.
There were other standout characters in this book, especially the two computer techs. Their banter and friendship were fun, and yet you knew they meant business.
Human trafficking is not a laughing matter, and neither is the opioid epidemic. Having lost a sibling to drugs, this storyline hit home. The empire that Mateo was building needed to be toppled. The author did a great job bringing the reader on that journey and giving a satisfying conclusion.
I had the pleasure of listening to this audiobook and appreciated that the narrator used different voices for each character. I knew precisely who was speaking, giving the listener a more visual feel. I was enticed by the story and listened to it constantly (cooking and walking the dogs). I just couldn’t put it down until I knew what would happen next.
Most investigations have various avenues. The authors took that into account and led us on not just one but multiple journeys to stop Mateo. I appreciated the diversity of the missions happening simultaneously and how seamless the writing was in keeping the different investigations moving forward.
If you enjoy a good investigative book, this is the read (or listen) for you!
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