Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn
Jon Land
Forge, Apr 7 2015, $25.99
ISBN 9780765337238
Five years ago, Seven Sins Resort and Casino owner Michael “the
Tyrant” Tiranno saved Las Vegas from a terrorist attack (see The Seven Sins: The Tyrant
Ascending). Running the most financially
successful establishment on the Strip, Michael prefers leaving his fighting to
MMA bouts in the gym, but battles the State Gaming Control Board in Carson City
over his expansion project investment debt.
While on an archaeological dig in the Retezat
Mountains in Romania’s Transylvania, archeologist Scarlett Swan uncovers an
ancient Roman temple, but argues with the host country’s appointed project
manager Henri Bernard over a special find that will interest her boyfriend
Michael. Soon after that run-in, the
human trafficking cartel Black Scorpion and its leader Vladimir Dracu murder
everyone at the site except Scarlett who contacts Michael from a bar in the
nearby village of Buna Ziua. Michael
directs his legal counsel Naomi Burns to deal with the Gaming
Control Board at a critical time which could impact his casino’s value; while he and his associate Alexander head to Romania.
Filled with stunning viable twists and over the
top of Mount Moldoveanu escapades, this
sequel is a fantastic action-packed thriller that grips the audience early on
with anticipation of a showdown between the Tyrant and the trafficker. Loaded with excitement, Jon Land shows his
writing skills as the unstoppable antagonist
collides with the immovable protagonist.
Harriet
Klausner
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