Face Last Seen is a twisting, turning, pacey thriller with infusions of emotion and danger lurking around every corner. Jeffrey Deaver and Isabella Maldonado have delivered a compelling and suspenseful tale with scary technology that’ll have readers on the edge of their seats.
Federal Agent Carmen Sanchez and her partner, intrusionist/hacker Jake Heron, find themselves in the crosshairs as they seek to recover a stolen revolutionary artificial intelligence weapon called Epsilon Core. In the wrong hands, this weapon can dispense catastrophic destruction upon its programmed targets. With failure not an option, Sanchez and Heron dive headfirst into a world of arms dealers, hackers, mercenaries, conspiracies and misdirection. As if that’s not enough, Heron is trying to track down his wayward mother, on the run from cult leaders she’s turned against and informed on to law enforcement. With the clock ticking and trust at a premium, Sanchez and Heron will have to pull out all the stops to recover the weapon and avoid unimaginable violence from visiting innocent people.
Beyond the mysteries and thrills filling the pages of this novel, of which there is plenty to keep fans of the genre entertained, Face Last Seen explores several fascinating themes that engage readers’ minds. First, there’s individual identity and how technology is increasingly making it easier to impersonate someone else in the digital and physical world. Then there’s the fine line between technological advancement for the benefit of humankind versus the nefarious ways that technology can be repurposed for destruction. Both of which bring up issues of trust and deception, examining how you can ever trust what you’re seeing is real when it’s so easy to manipulate visuals and facts. These are just a few things you’ll find yourself thinking about as you join Sanchez and Heron in their hot pursuit of containing dangerous technology all while not knowing who or what to trust.
Action-packed, filled with well-developed characters within a stimulating plot, and relentless pacing that doesn’t let up for a second, Face Last Seen is a thriller you won’t soon forget. An excellent third installment in this captivating and compelling series.
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