The Network

A Novel

By: L. C. Shaw

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

A pulse-pounding, page-turning thriller involving corruption, secrets, and lies at the very deepest levels of government and media.

“A twisty, nonstop conspiracy thriller that only has one gear: high! The Network delivers.”-Andrew Gross, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

“This is mandatory reading for any thriller aficionado.”—Steve Berry, New York Times Bestselling Author

A shadowy group is manipulating society—and they’ve only just begun.

Late one night, investigative journalist Jack Logan receives a surprise visit from U.S. Senator Malcolm Phillips at his New York apartment. Disheveled and in a panic, the senator swears that he’s about to be murdered and pleads with Jack to protect his wife Taylor, who happens to be the only woman Jack has ever truly loved.

Days later, Phillips is found dead in a hotel room in Micronesia, the apparent victim of an allergy attack. While the nation mourns, Jack and Taylor race to find the one man who knows the truth. As they’re pursued by unknown assailants, their desperate hunt leads them to the Institute, an immense facility shrouded in mystery that has indoctrinated a generation of America’s political and media power players. Led by the enigmatic Damon Crosse, the Institute has its tentacles everywhere—but Taylor unknowingly holds the secret to the one thing that Crosse needs to carry out his plan.

Taking listeners on a thrill ride from the back halls of Congress to the high-rise offices of Madison Avenue and a remote Greek island, The Network is a provocative, pulse-pounding novel that dares to ask the question: who’s really in charge?

Eerily parallels today’s society

There are similarities scattered throughout the book… Damon Cross could be Fauci, Soros, Gates, etc… the powerful with no moral compass playing God in politics, court rooms, etc… all sounds eerily familiar if you watch the news. Even the challenges faced when speaking out against these positions.

Too much Christian religious morality for me

The twists and turns this story took we're not exciting enough or frequent enough or surprising enough to overcome the very cliche relationships between characters (think damsel in distress) or overt Christian morality. If I could get my money and time back I would.