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In the Shadow of the Kingmakers
The shadows were closer than he thought …
Tehran in 1924, a year before the birth of a new dynasty, is the stage for a daring international showdown over the control of Persian oil. James Malcolm, a British operative stationed in Tehran weaves an intricate plot in hopes of installing a new loyal Persian king and keeping Americans out of Iran’s lucrative oil business. When his plot is sabotaged, Malcolm’s clandestine investigation entangles him with American diplomats, double agents, and Soviet spies, all seeking to foil the oil grab of the British, regardless of collateral damages. Innocent people are caught in the vortex.
Tehran in 1924, a year before the birth of a new dynasty, is the stage for a daring international showdown over the control of Persian oil. James Malcolm, a British operative stationed in Tehran weaves an intricate plot in hopes of installing a new loyal Persian king and keeping Americans out of Iran’s lucrative oil business. When his plot is sabotaged, Malcolm’s clandestine investigation entangles him with American diplomats, double agents, and Soviet spies, all seeking to foil the oil grab of the British, regardless of collateral damages. Innocent people are caught in the vortex.
Imani shows a great depth of research as he describes the warring plots of the British, American and Russian spies who fight a hidden war in 1920s Persia, bringing these men alive and making our hearts pound at their scheming.
— Gerald DiPego, author of several novels, including Cheevey, and screenplays for many feature films including Phenomenon, Message in a Bottle, The Forgotten, Instinct, and Words and Pictures.
This blood-curdling thriller kept me turning pages late into the night.
- Gerald Powers, professor emeritus, Boston University college of communication.
Plot: This book is a richly written historical and political study of Iran in 1924. The book presents a remarkable struggle for justice in the midst of political maneuvering by countries competing to control oil rights.
Prose/Style: This is a well written book and the author keeps a lot of action and characters organized. The language is succinct and the dialogue exceptionally authentic and strong.
Originality: The book explores vicious culture clashes with a light touch, deftly avoiding any tendency to preach.
Character Development: The characters are authentic and explored in great detail. They are also surprisingly complex; the author avoids painting characters with a broad brush, bringing great humanity to them all.
-Publishers weekly’s Critic’s Report BookLife
The historical novel, In the Shadow of the Kingmakers, is one of those books you can imagine being made into a great film. I’ve found myself thinking about it long after I finished reading it, and still find myself in tears when I remember certain passages. It is a forceful, informative, and gripping work that left me impatient to finish it, interrupted as I was by daily life. The author takes the reader back in time, to the early decades of the 20th century, and the nascent beginnings of the greed, power, and economic need that would drive the intrigue, espionage, and covert actions taken by various governments to be the first, or at least most powerful, in obtaining the oil fields of Persia (Iran) for the fuel of a new century; and the lives, political machinations, and collateral damage left behind in the wreckage of such policies.
– C M Powers
— Gerald DiPego, author of several novels, including Cheevey, and screenplays for many feature films including Phenomenon, Message in a Bottle, The Forgotten, Instinct, and Words and Pictures.
This blood-curdling thriller kept me turning pages late into the night.
- Gerald Powers, professor emeritus, Boston University college of communication.
Plot: This book is a richly written historical and political study of Iran in 1924. The book presents a remarkable struggle for justice in the midst of political maneuvering by countries competing to control oil rights.
Prose/Style: This is a well written book and the author keeps a lot of action and characters organized. The language is succinct and the dialogue exceptionally authentic and strong.
Originality: The book explores vicious culture clashes with a light touch, deftly avoiding any tendency to preach.
Character Development: The characters are authentic and explored in great detail. They are also surprisingly complex; the author avoids painting characters with a broad brush, bringing great humanity to them all.
-Publishers weekly’s Critic’s Report BookLife
The historical novel, In the Shadow of the Kingmakers, is one of those books you can imagine being made into a great film. I’ve found myself thinking about it long after I finished reading it, and still find myself in tears when I remember certain passages. It is a forceful, informative, and gripping work that left me impatient to finish it, interrupted as I was by daily life. The author takes the reader back in time, to the early decades of the 20th century, and the nascent beginnings of the greed, power, and economic need that would drive the intrigue, espionage, and covert actions taken by various governments to be the first, or at least most powerful, in obtaining the oil fields of Persia (Iran) for the fuel of a new century; and the lives, political machinations, and collateral damage left behind in the wreckage of such policies.
– C M Powers
