<p>Famine ravages war-torn, anarchic Bulimia. International humanitarian organizations want to help, but the country's rival gangs and militias have brought aid to a halt, targeting relief operations with violence and extortion while tens of thousands starve. Resolute action to secure humanitarian operations is needed, and the United States decides to take the lead. Yet good intentions are no match for cynical political calculations, interagency rivalries, bureaucratic ambitions and escalating incompetence. Humanitarian volunteers, diplomats, military personnel and a beleaguered Department of State analyst face one disaster after another in this farcical and tragic story of problems that belie solution.</p>

A Feast of Famine

Literature & Fiction

Manuel, David E

Literary

Persimmon Alley Press

Richard Paladin works in the shadows eliminating terrorists, spies, and just general riff-raff who threaten the security of the United States.  At least, he assumed that's who he'd be killing when he was hired into a secret department of the Environmental Protection Agency.  But when one of his "clients" turns out to be a seemingly harmless Missouri housewife, then he's ordered to eliminate the owner of the local northern Virginia bar he frequents, he starts to ask himself a few questions—like what any of this has to do with the U.S. Government's reluctance to sign the Kyoto Protocol.  Still, if he can run the gauntlet of spies and goons who keep cropping up unexpectedly, he might just be able to hold onto his job and keep doing what he loves—arranging fatal accidents and suicides.  Because Richard Paladin hasn't got a clue what he would do for a living if he loses his job as a government killer.

Killer Protocols: Richard Paladin Series #1

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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