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Crude Deception

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An oil supply controlled by corrupt hands, murderous assassins who will do anything to keep that power intact—and a group of friends with a wild plan to thwart them all.As World War II recovery begins, word gets out that the heads of the biggest oil companies in the world are holding secret meetings. The Sentinels—the same counterespionage group that captured millions from Nazi-controlled corporations—learn of this ''Oil Club'' and its plan to perpetuate its control over 90 percent of the world's future oil production.To prevent this dangerous concentration of power in the hands of seven incestuous companies, the Sentinels develop a plan to break the club's grip. It will require the cooperation of some of the world's most powerful private investors, government officials, and Middle Eastern leaders, plus the help of grassroots America. To implement their plan, the Sentinels must rally support over four continents while eluding the constant threat of ruthless assassins hired by the Oil Club. As the Sentinels' struggle unfolds in the jungles of Indonesia, the corporate boardrooms of America, Europe, and Asia, and the desert of the Western frontier, you'll be taken along on a ride that includes romance, political intrigue, and plenty of bare-knuckled action.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 27, 2011
      Set in 1946 as WWII recovery begins, the Sentinels, a counterespionage group first introduced in Zuckerman's Sentinels series first book, Fortunes of War, tackle the "members of a self-styled âOil Club.''' These seven companies present a potentially dangerous concentration of power that threatens to monopolize future world oil production. Equipped with customary espionage novel elementsâdouble-crossings, raids, political interestâthe Sentinels devise a worldwide plan to sever the corrupt alliance. While Zuckerman's exotic locations are well conceived and his plot thickened by rational solutions, this fast-passed thriller is often marred by obvious deductions and dialogue overflowing with clichés: "Blow the cover off that can of worms, and we have a whole new ball game." Despite their good-natured intentions, it's difficult to warm to the cast of Sentinels with comments like: "Your ideas and your superb way of expressing them make me proud to be living in a country of free speech." Zuckerman's latest doesn't require reading of the first but only offers an episode that fizzles out to a very predictable conclusion.

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