{"product_id":"an-inhuman-word-michael-spinney-9798647713803","title":"An Inhuman Word: Heart-Stopping Roller-Coaster of a Contemporary Political Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1947 and Britain is rushing to jettison the Indian Raj, and in so doing unleashes a genocidal division into which stumbles a young Muslim boy whose traumatic experience will change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young Pakistani grows up to become The Colonel and the architect of an intricate and destructive plot to revenge his family and his country for the horrors and injustices inflicted by the Indians and British during Partition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn England Leda and Peter meet at a house party and embark upon a passionate love affair that results in the birth of twin daughters, Helen and Clemmie, whose lives will become inextricably mixed with the world of The Colonel as his revenge approaches fulfilment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the story is the beautiful Helen unwittingly drawn into a horror that unfolds with increasing complexity when it becomes a race against time to save her and foil the devious schemes of The Colonel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvents spiral around the globe involving abduction, beheading, terrorism, cyberfraud, internet subversion, assassination and the destabilisation of an economy, all driven by greed and revenge, because it is revenge that lies at the core of this novel - revenge within families, religion, politics and between nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeneca the Younger once wrote, 'Revenge is an inhuman word', a theme first explored long ago by Homer in The Iliad, and also in this story where mankind's capacity for inhumanity seems undiminished, although in the modern world there is a glimmer of hope through courage and devotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Spinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798647713803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Spinney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49168241656063,"sku":"9798647713803","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-inhuman-word-michael-spinney-9798647713803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}