The
Human Disguise was the first book in this series. This too is a cop book set in a near,
possible future. Tom Wilner is a cop
trying to maintain order in a dystopian future south Florida.
He is ex-military facing bio-engineered diseases and possible
aliens. His priorities change
dramatically when his family is threatened. In this second book, he continues to try and
enforce a radically changed legal landscape.
The Hallecks and Simolits play a smaller part in this
book. The aliens are referred to but
don’t really play into the story. The
current events aspect of the book is just as frightening as the first
book. The ramifications of thrusting
our values and ideas into foreign cultures and the ensuing violence are
altogether too real. Equally, the
ramifications of a collapse of the economy are certainly highlighted by the current
self centered egotism on our elected and not very representative
officials.
A near future characterized by an uncaring government and
bureaucratic morass doesn’t seem all that unlikely compared to current events
today.
Wilner and Besslia are likeable characters, the Hallecks and
Simolits are figures of curiosity but hardly likeable.
The book is entertaining a combination of cop book and
vigilante justice.
I recommend the book.
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