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    Black Swan Rising
    Black Swan Rising
    Black Swan Rising
    Audiobook12 hours

    Black Swan Rising

    Written by Lisa Brackmann

    Narrated by Christina Delaine

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Sarah Price wants a career in politics. But she has a secret past that won't stay past, threatening her job on a San Diego congressman's reelection campaign.

    Casey Cheng wants a story. An ambitious local television reporter, Casey needs to get her career back on track after being seriously injured in a mass shooting. When she investigates the man who nearly killed her, she finds a connection to a group of online harassers called #TrueMen-and realizes her shooter may not be the only killer they have inspired.

    Casey's investigation and Sarah's secret put them both in the crosshairs of a hate group that targets anyone they've deemed to be against their cause, including Sarah's boss, the congressman. Now Sarah and Casey have a choice to make-do they hide? Or do they fight back?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateSep 8, 2018
    ISBN9781684416097
    Black Swan Rising
    Author

    Lisa Brackmann

    Lisa Brackmann is the critically acclaimed author of the Ellie McEnroe novels—Rock Paper Tiger, Hour of the Rat, Dragon Day—and the thriller Getaway. Her work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Travel+Leisure and CNET. She lives in San Diego with a couple of cats, far too many books and a bass ukulele.

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    • 5/5
      The scariest and most realistic thriller I've read in years.
    • 3/5
      Casey Cheng, an ambitious local news reporter in San Diego, California, and Sarah Price, a campaign worker for San Diego Congressman Matt Cason, alternate the narration in this timely political thriller. Both women are targets of white-nationalist misogynist trolls: Casey because she is Asian and visible, and Sarah because she gained unwanted notoriety in the past, from which she is trying to escape.The neo-Nazi white supremacists featured in the book are of a piece; i.e., they are unsuccessful in life - whether in terms of education, work, or women. They are full of rage and, thanks to online forums, feel they have support and encouragement. Is that true to real life? Fortunately, I don’t actually know first-hand.When the story begins, Casey is covering an active shooting, and gets injured. She wants to get back to work though, and decides to investigate the life of the dead shooter and perhaps gain insights into why he committed this horrific act.Additional episodes of mass shootings follow, with politicos on the left - like Cason - in the crosshairs. Thus Casey and Sarah begin to interact as the ensuing violence brings them together.There are a lot of issues covered in this thriller, from online bullying to gun rights to sexual harassment and violence. In addition, the “usual” issues of relationship conflicts absorb the characters as well. While all of the issues are plausibly connected in the story, the writing seems to be a bit heavy-handed and clunky at times. In addition, there are two plot threads running through the story that are totally left unresolved at the end. Is this supposed to be the first of a series? There is no indication of that. The author may be saying we just can’t know the answer to some things. Or she may have just decided she was done with the story. Either way, it leaves readers hanging, and left this reader, at least, unsatisfied.Evaluation: For those who enjoy thrillers that take the headlines and spin them into even scarier scenarios, this book will fill the bill.