Shadows Beneath the Surface - Jack Dempsey

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Résumé :
When Frank Bargen, a paper-pusher with a knack for avoiding trouble, gets dragged into a high-stakes operation at a grim offshore refugee camp, he's forced to trade his comfortable numbness for a front-row seat to corruption. The orders are clear: sit, watch, and press the button if things get messy. But nothing's ever as clean as it looks on the surface, and when Frank's finger hovers over the switch, he realizes he's staring down the barrel of a choice he never wanted to make. Now he's in deep-surrounded by cold-blooded bosses, faceless victims, and the ghosts of his own cowardice. With his family's fragile life back home on the brink of collapse, Frank must decide whether to keep his head down and live with the guilt or stand tall against a machine that chews up men like him and spits out the pieces. Time's running out. The stakes are high. And in the shadows of power, Frank Bargen is about to find out just how much a man can lose when he dares to do what's right....

Biographie:
Jack Dempsey is the author of the satirical London novels Half Alive (2012) and Tip Me You Wanker (2014). He has contributed to alternative magazines and lives in Sydney, Australia....

Sommaire:
Editor Jack Dempsey is an award-winning author of works on the Civil War, Michigan history, and culture. Born in Detroit, a graduate of James Madison College / Michigan State University, and George Washington University National Law Center, his fascination with the Civil War began in the third grade. He chaired Michigan's Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, was vice-president and president of the Michigan Historical Commission from 2007 to 2018, a member of the Michigan World War I Centennial Commission, and board member of several heritage-focused nonprofit organizations. He served on the Black Historic Sites Committee of the Detroit Historical Society, contributed to Civil War articles for The Michigan Chronicle, and is a life member of the NAACP. He is a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, the Society for Women and the Civil War, and the Society of Midland Authors. The Michigan Civil War Association (MCWA) is a Michigan 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Its purposes include the pursuit of cultural, historical, and economic development opportunities to preserve and promote the history of Michigan's role in the American Civil War. Proceeds from this volume support the MCWA in raising funds to erect a monument honoring Michigan's contributions to victory and to emancipation at the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862....