The New Lease

By John Stryder

A violent warlord steps down, North Korea opens its borders, and Saudi women may drive--has the world suddenly and inexplicably become a better place?A professor of journalism challenges his students to investigate. Fae Cunningham, a young woman with a history of mental illness, takes the assignment to heart. She comes to believe that several uncannily positive events are linked to a shadowy figure--a fixer of sorts--from the Middle East. And she suspects that he is also the man behind the defining experience in her own life, an awakening that has haunted her since childhood.Her search leads to Doha, Kolkata, Washington, and finally to Italy, where she discovers that what appeared to be a conspiracy to do good masks a sinister social project. With the help of an Interpol detective, she will try to unravel an ambitious scheme to alter the trajectory of civilization, and to understand her own terrifying role in it. But someone has been watching her, and before long she becomes a target of kidnapping and murder. Part psychological thriller, part conspiracy theory, John Stryder's provocative debut novel will captivate readers who enjoy contemporary mystery fiction set in international locales, political controversy, and complex, engaging characters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514607220
• ISBN13: 9781514607220
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.3"