The Syndicate Spy: A Juliet Arroway Novel

Near Future Examination Of Toxic Femininity. Did I grab you with that title? Well, as it turns out, one of the more interesting lasting features of this book is, in fact, its look at feminism and how even here, noble ideals can be perverted. But the setup to get to that particular moment - and its resultant *need* for Book 2 of this nascent series - is at least as compelling, showing two women from such divergent cultures - one "enlightened" Western, the other "repressed" Muslim - and how women truly live in each, for worse - and for better - and with all of the resultant struggles within each system. The action is intense and at times literally explosive, and the chase for the almost Osama Bin Laden type terrorist looming in the background is easily reminiscent of many of the Vince Flynn written Mitch Rapp thrillers. Overall a pretty solidly written tale that brings enough "new"/ "different" to the genre to be refreshing, without deviating so much from genre standards as to be alienating. Very much recommended.