His entry begins:
I write in the techno-thriller genre and I enjoy it immensely because that is the world we live in but I enjoy reading outside of my genre. I recently finished Alan Furst’s Mission to Paris. Anyone familiar with Mr. Furst’s writing know that he comfortably inhabits the world of espionage immediately proceeding and during the years of World War II. I read Furst because he writes about the occasionally violent “cloak-and-dagger” universe with an effortless, literary grace seldom found in this kind of writing. Of course, I’m swept up in the intrigues and dangers of his plot, but he also transports me to a bygone world I can never visit and yet which now, thanks to him, seems hauntingly familiar. No doubt, that’s partly due to his brilliant choice of subject matter. We all think we know something about World War II and when we hear the word “Nazi” we know immediately who the bad guys are so all of his material is, in fact, vaguely familiar. But Mr. Furst brings an imaginary specificity to that world that is endlessly satisfying.About Drone, from the publisher:
What I particularly enjoyed about Mission to Paris is that the protagonist is...[read on]
Troy Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Systems, a private security firm that is the best in the world at drone technologies. A former CIA SOG operative, Pearce used his intelligence and combat skills to hunt down America’s sworn enemies in the War on Terror. But after a decade of clandestine special ops, Pearce opted out. Too many of his friends had beenFollow Mike Maden on Facebook and Twitter.sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Now Pearce and his team chose which battles he will take on by deploying his land, sea, and air drones with surgical precision.
Pearce thinks he’s done with the U.S. government for good, until a pair of drug cartel hit men assault a group of American students on American soil. New U.S. president Margaret Meyers then secretly authorizes Pearce Systems to locate and destroy the killers sheltered in Mexico. Pearce and his team go to work, and they are soon thrust into a showdown with the hidden powers behind the El Paso attack—unleashing a host of unexpected repercussions.
A Ph.D., lecturer, and consultant on political science and international conflict, Mike Maden has crafted an intense, page-turning novel that is action-packed and frighteningly real—blurring the lines between fiction and the reality of a new stage in warfare.
My Book, The Movie: Drone by Mike Maden.
The Page 69 Test: Drone.
Writers Read: Mike Maden.
--Marshal Zeringue
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