Amok

Dox Thriller #1

by Barry Eisler

When the government offers a twenty-four-year-old former Marine a five-figure payday, there’s only one question: Who does he have to kill?

1990. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahedeen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end.

Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family’s troubles. But secret wars are never what they’re billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life. Among the lessons—the only thing more dangerous than war is falling in love with your enemy.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Espionage, Action, Mystery, Audiobook, Crime

373 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 6, 2022

About the author

Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan Judo Institute along the way. Eisler’s award-winning thrillers have been included in numerous “Best Of” lists, have been translated into nearly twenty languages, and include the #1 bestsellers Livia Lone, The Night Trade, and The Killer Collective. Eisler lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and, when he's not writing novels, blogs about national security and the media. www.barryeisler.com

Series:
* John Rain

Reviews

[Debra - can't post any comments on site today grrr · Rating 4 out of 5]

I discovered Barry Eisler's books years ago. My introduction was Killing Rain which is now titled Redemption Games. I loved the John Rain series and although, I enjoyed John Rain, Dox stole the show and quickly became my favorite character. I loved his "aww shucks" attitude paired with his killer sniping skills. I always wanted more of him in the Rain books and hoped that one day, Dox would get his own book. Dox (Carl) has also appeared in the Livia Lone series as well. In Amok, Eisler takes readers back to Dox's early days.

1990

Dox, a marine and CIA contractor has returned to Texas to help his mother and sisters. His father is up for parole. But there is a secret war going on in Southeast Asia, and Dox is about to learn a few lessons. Some eye-opening lessons. He has been asked to 'handle' Isobel, a young doctor who is hiding information that those in power do not want out. Like all Eisler books, there is a bad guy who is thrown in to make things interesting, tense, and exciting. Eisler also knows how to write great fighting and action scenes. He keeps me on my toes and turning the pages.

Eisler has always impressed me with his research and writing skills. He blends facts/history with his books to make them more believable and tense. Going back to the beginning gives readers a glimpse into where Dox began and who he became the Dox readers grew to love in the John Rain books.

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

Read more of my reviews at www.openbookposts.com

[Terence M [on a brief old bloke's hiatus] · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've had enough - another brick in the wall of my current "slump" :((

A disappointing lack of action by a 'hero' of the John Rain series.

Disappointing to dnf @45% - Insufficient desire and/or incentive to finish the job!

[Damo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reader’s of Eisler’s John Rain and Livia Lone series will recognise Dox as the overly chatty Texan sniper who proved to be a super-efficient shooter with an intriguing, yet largely mysterious background. Pleasingly, Amok is the first book featuring Dox, and it has proven to live up to all of my expectations.

When he’s at home in Tuscola, Texas he’s Carl Williams, a gregarious good ole boy prone to getting into barroom scraps and looking to scrape together a living. It’s 1991 and Carl is home after his time in the Marine Corps in Afghanistan where he earned the nickname Dox - short for unorthodox. He’s faced with the likelihood that his father will win parole from prison. The man is pure evil and shows no remorse for the abuse he inflicted on his wife and 2 kids that put him there in the first place.

Then the CIA offers Carl a job that will see him shipped off to East Timor. As well as promising to be a lucrative payday, he is also promised that if he accepts the assignment his father’s parole will be denied.

His job is to work as a spy to gather information about Isobel, a young doctor who is jeopardising American military work being done in support of Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor.

Upon arrival in Dili he becomes painfully aware of two things: his contact is a brutal psychopath and the beautiful doctor has captivated him. What follows is a burgeoning love story set in the chaos of an oppressed nation pushing strongly for its independence.

There is a strange juxtaposition taking place within the story with, on the one hand, some moments of out and out brutality taking place (after all, it’s set in the midst of a tense conflict) while on the other are moments of powerful connection between Dox and Isobel.

Add to all of that is the vivid recounting of the desperate fight of the people of East Timor as they attempt to resist the Indonesian forces. Clearly, Eisler has done a lot of research with a bonus at the end of the book providing us with references for further reading plus links to sites for more information about scenes and people who are clearly based on fact. It provides some much appreciated context to many of the story’s scenes.

Amok is a full-on action thriller that moves at a terrifying pace. The heartfelt emotional interactions between the main characters drew me in, ensuring that I cared about the outcome. There needs to be more Dox in my life.

[Andrew Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eisler is best known for his John Rain novels, featuring a Japanese American assassin who specialises in making his victims appear to have died of natural causes. Dox is the nickname of a former Marine sniper, and a friend of Rain’s, who features in a number of these books. He’s a bubbly character who talks a lot - unlike Rain - but is, at his core, just as deadly. This story is a prequel to the appearance of Dox in these books, tracking his time following him after his exit from the Marines, a period in which he was for hire as a trouble-shooter (sometimes literally).

Here, he’s contracted to travel to East Timor, in South East Asia. The country had declared independence from Portuguese rule and in 1975 was subsequently immediately invaded by Indonesian forces, who then occupied the territory. The geopolitics are complicated, but suffice to say the recruitment of Dox was ostensibly to support American interests in the country at that time. What follows is a rather convoluted tale involving his entry into East Timor and his attempts to fulfil his brief, whilst at some point realising that maybe he’s supporting the wrong side in a violent dispute between Indonesian and East Timorese groups.

At the heart of the tale is a relationship Dox strikes up with a local female doctor who is trying to provide information to the world regarding what exactly is happening in her country. In the process we learn a good deal about how Dox grew up – his family and other background information – and get a good feel for what made the man. It’s violent, all action adventure which, whist a little fanciful, is actually a pretty enjoyable romp. If I have a slight quibble, it’s that I prefer the more introverted and interesting Rain to the crash, bang, wallop Dox. In partnership they work well, but in isolation I found Dox to be a little one dimensional.

[Abibliofob · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is actually the first book I have ever read by Barry Eisler! It will not be the last, now I need to figure out the order of the adventures containing Dox. Then I have to get them. Maybe I should try some of his other series as well since I saw that his characters meet up in various books? I really liked AMOK and the story in Timor a place and conflict not many write about. I also enjoyed the character Dox and will focus on him in my continued reading. I instantly got the feeling that the author had done his research and was familiar with the conflict and the various agencies involved also that he knows something about what it means working for the CIA.. The book was fast paced and easy to read. You got connected to the characters and the events and it was really hard to put down for sleep. I highly recommend this for others out there that likes suspense. I also need to thank Thomas & Mercer and Netgalley for providing me this advance copy.

[Lou Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMOK by Barry Eisler
Published: 12/ 2022 by Thomas & Mercer Publishers
380 pages


Finally we’re treated to the backstory of “Dox”, a beloved supporting character from Barry
Eisler’s highly acclaimed John Rain Series … the empathetic Japanese-American assassin with a moral compass. Dox last appeared in Eisler’s “The Chaos Kind”… a best seller from 2021. Dox is an ex-Marine sniper that is highly resourceful and clever and accomplishes his mission, frequently in an unorthodox manner…. hence the nickname: “Dox” His actual name is Carl Williams… but everyone calls him “Dox”. After 4 years as a Marine sniper and two working for CIA operations fighting the Russians alongside the Afghan mujahideen, twenty-six year old Dox returns home in 1991 to Tuscola, Texas. He is immediately thrust into an untenable family situation …. and quickly reminded of his violent and abusive past. His father, Roy, is up for parole after years in prison. His last recollection of Roy was a faint image garnered by a ten-year-old boy, His mother and sister want Carl’s support in testifying against Roy. After all it was the mother’s and sister’s complaints and testimony documenting his chronic and continuous abuse which cemented his imprisonment. He temporarily flees the dilemma by accepting an offer and large payoff from CIA recruiter Mossberg. For this lucrative mission is to fly to Indonesia and engage in the long-standing brutal civil war between Indonesia and the insurgent Falentil guerrillas of East Timor. He is to contact and gain the trust of Dr Isobel Amaril in any manner possible. She is suspected of being a guerrilla sympathizer, and possibly a trusted member offering her skills and intellect. Dox cleverly insinuates his way into her life .. and soon discovers he has strong emotions for both her and the ongoing civil war. He muses if in fact he is on the wrong and not righteous side. He had immediately taken a dislike to his handler, Joko Sutrisno. This unlikeable character of dubious loyalties and methods, foreshadows the inevitable breakdown of events to follow.
Barry Eisner spins a high octane thriller, laced with a high body count and overflowing with political ambiguities and a humanitarian nightmare. Eisler easily calls upon his own personal experiences in a variety of covert positions in the CIA to lend this tale an extreme degree of authenticity. Dox is portrayed as capable and clever as “Jack Reacher” with the intelligence of a “ Jack Ryan”. Hopefully we will be treated to additional adventures in the trials and tribulations of “Dox”
Thanks to Net Galley and Thomas & Mercer Publishers for providing an Uncorrected Proof In exchange for an honest review.

[donna backshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm putting this in my "series" shelf, because I refuse to let go of the idea that Amok must be the beginning of a Dox chronology.

Barry Eisler, we know "some people just need killing". But don't others just need their stories told?

[Yigal Zur · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent thriller. it is the first of Eisler i read but not the last. i have travelled in Indonesia many times but never in Timor island, where much of the plot takes place . so it was a sad side of historical events when the story take place - the fight of independence in Timor. the plot is fast, the action is great and the emotional web is very good. in between we get a very lovely and sensitive love story. great read.

[Lou Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMOK by Barry Eisler
Published: 12/ 2022 by Thomas & Mercer Publishers
380 pages


Finally we’re treated to the backstory of “Dox”, a beloved supporting character from Barry
Eisler’s highly acclaimed John Rain Series … the empathetic Japanese-American assassin with a moral compass. Dox last appeared in Eisler’s “The Chaos Kind”… a best seller from 2021. Dox is an ex-Marine sniper that is highly resourceful and clever and accomplishes his mission, frequently in an unorthodox manner…. hence the nickname: “Dox” His actual name is Carl Williams… but everyone calls him “Dox”. After 4 years as a Marine sniper and two working for CIA operations fighting the Russians alongside the Afghan mujahideen, twenty-six year old Dox returns home in 1991 to Tuscola, Texas. He is immediately thrust into an untenable family situation …. and quickly reminded of his violent and abusive past. His father, Roy, is up for parole after years in prison. His last recollection of Roy was a faint image garnered by a ten-year-old boy, His mother and sister want Carl’s support in testifying against Roy. After all it was the mother’s and sister’s complaints and testimony documenting his chronic and continuous abuse which cemented his imprisonment. He temporarily flees the dilemma by accepting an offer and large payoff from CIA recruiter Mossberg. For this lucrative mission is to fly to Indonesia and engage in the long-standing brutal civil war between Indonesia and the insurgent Falentil guerrillas of East Timor. He is to contact and gain the trust of Dr Isobel Amaril in any manner possible. She is suspected of being a guerrilla sympathizer, and possibly a trusted member offering her skills and intellect. Dox cleverly insinuates his way into her life .. and soon discovers he has strong emotions for both her and the ongoing civil war. He muses if in fact he is on the wrong and not righteous side. He had immediately taken a dislike to his handler, Joko Sutrisno. This unlikeable character of dubious loyalties and methods, foreshadows the inevitable breakdown of events to follow.
Barry Eisner spins a high octane thriller, laced with a high body count and overflowing with political ambiguities and a humanitarian nightmare. Eisler easily calls upon his own personal experiences in a variety of covert positions in the CIA to lend this tale an extreme degree of authenticity. Dox is portrayed as capable and clever as “Jack Reacher” with the intelligence of a “ Jack Ryan”. Hopefully we will be treated to additional adventures in the trials and tribulations of “Dox”
Thanks to Net Galley and Thomas & Mercer Publishers for providing an Uncorrected Proof In exchange for an honest review.

[Michael Hicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although not quite a Dox origin story, Barry Eisler does take us back to 1991 for an early look at one highly formative adventure in the unorthodox sniper's life. Torn over how to best protect his mother and sister as his abusive father's release hearing date approaches, Dox is approached with an offer that could make all their lives much easier. He's tasked with handling a doctor, Isobel, who is hiding potentially crucial information that could devastate American military involvement in Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, only to find himself caught between a psychopathic soldier hunting for the doctor and his burgeoning emotions for her. As is typical of Eisler, Amok is impeccably researched, well-paced, and positively kinetic thanks to its sharp characters and excellent action scenes. For long-time readers curious about what Dox may have gotten up to in between assisting Eisler's beloved assassin, John Rain, Amok helps fill in at least one of those early gaps, and gives readers hope that there's plenty more Dox prequel novels to come.

[Laurie Tell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Barry Eisler? Yes!
The backstory of Dox - my favorite character? - Yes!

But...

I really really wanted to love it, but I didn't.. I tried really hard to love it. But it felt too technical and jumbled. I also didn't get all the feels for the characters like I usually do in a Barry Eisler novel. I felt like Barry was telling the story, but not immersing us.

It was a good, solid enjoyable book. Should you read it? yes, if you like this series. But maybe get it from the library?

i want to thank the author, the publisher and #netgallery for the ARC which did not impact my review. A solid 3 stars.

[John Paxton · Rating 4 out of 5]

An origin story for Dox the kill partner for John Rain.

[Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF@12%

This was just not it for me, somehow I like not knowing Dox’s history, he is perfectly fine being a lovable funny and lethal mystery. It’s not the writing that’s the problem but it’s the fact that Dox seems like a supporting character to Isobel. I have no idea how the story goes I guess I came into this one hoping for some fast paced espionage

[The Cats’ Mother · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amok is a prequel origin story about Carl Williams, known as Dox, who until now has been a supporting character in both the John Rain and Livia Lone series, and featured more prominently in the most recent books, The Killer Collective and The Chaos Kind. He’s my favourite character in the Eislerverse (I adore Livia, but she is scary, while Dox is an irresistible combination of charming, cheeky, resolute and loyal) so the prospect of exploring his backstory was very appealing. This is set in 1991 when he’s only 26, and takes us through the events which will shape the rest of his life and career.

Dox - short for unorthodox, because of his unconventional military escapades in Afghanistan, is a former US Marine who has returned home to Abilene, Texas, to face his father Roy, who was imprisoned fifteen years earlier for domestic abuse, but is now up for parole. Dox’s mother and sister are terrified that Roy will get out and seek revenge, but Carl still hopes his father has changed. The offer of a short-term contract with a big payday for the CIA in East Timor seems like a chance to solve his dilemma, but when he learns that the target is a beautiful young doctor intent on saving lives in a Dili clinic, Dox starts to wonder if he’s joined the wrong side…

I have only read the first two Rain books - although intend to catch up with the rest eventually, so don’t know how much of Dox’s history has already been revealed, but this book would work perfectly as a stand-alone or introduction to the later series. This was a fantastic recent-historical thriller that focuses on Timor-Leste’s struggle for independence after the Indonesian invasion - not something I knew very much about. Both Dox and Isobel are highly likeable characters, and I loved the way their relationship developed, even if it was all very fast. Bad guy Joko was a scarily sinister antagonist and while obviously you know Dox is going to survive, this still had plenty of tension. At the end the author lists all his references including some interesting web links which indicate which aspects of the story are based on fact - much more of it than I had realised, as it turns out. I thoroughly enjoyed this and hope we’ll get more Dox adventures. 4.5 rounded up.

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC. I am posting this honest review voluntarily. Amok is published on December 6th.

[Yigal Zur · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is the first of Eisler i am reading and i enjoyed it a lot. i bumped into in on netgalley and thank to them. it all started with the name Amok. as i traveled a lot in Indonesia i was curios about the title and was not disappointed. good writing, fine plot. i am not sure Eisler been in Timor but he passes fine. two points, some time too many details which come from research and not personal knowledge and second i would minimize the habits of marines or white man in general going to red light district. it is in bad taste.
beside very nice and sensitive thriller.

[Jorn Barger · Rating 2 out of 5]

BE had to face the problem that his team of heroes had gradually fought their way up to the Big Boss, with nowhere higher to aim. So he's backfilling their past lives now, here using the factual East Timor crisis (including a cameo from Amy Goodman). But we never get the gratifying mayhem he's best at, instead padding it with politics and nostalgia.

[Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't usually write reviews of my books, but when I do, I do it as a warning for future readers. I was looking to read an espionage novel, this one was tagged as espionage. It is not an espionage novel.

Barry Eisler is the best sniper that ever snipped ever. Sorry, I mean Carl "Dox" Williams, because the main character is totally NOT a self-insertion of the author. The perfect Barry- sorry, Dox, is not only the best sniper, but he's also good-looking, charming, and funny, women love him and men want to be like him. He's a loose cannon but the Marines and CIA admire him so much that they still hire him for missions. He exudes "big dick" energy and we will find out during a graphic sex scene that the author the protagonist has, in fact, a big dick.
But Dox Eisler is not perfect, his biggest flaw is that it takes him 40% of the book to get inserted into the plot. So if you were looking for an espionage novel, know that for almost half of it, you'll be reading family drama with occasional chapters of evil people doing evil things.

In Dox's next mission, he will have to work alongside a villainous foreigner named Joko. He's evil because he's not American and he's also evil. He loves to do evil things because he's the villain and he's evil. That's his entire personality.

We also have Female Protagonist who's perfect. She's beautiful, smart, has a great body and personality and, obviously, she falls in love with Male Protagonist at first sight.

Some cool stuff does happen and the book will actually be entertaining, but only about 30% of it.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

A new Barry Eisler thriller is pretty much an auto-buy by now. His latest release is a standalone novel that sheds some light on the thus far unexplored backstory of Dox, the former Marine sniper who has been along for the ride in many of Eisler's John Rain and Livia Lone books.
Partially, especially as concerns Isobel's death, this one was a little predictable - which is not to say, however, that it wasn't a gripping thriller that had me on the edge of my seat much of the time.
As ever, I'm already looking forward to the next book by this author.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a look back in time to a time period in the younger Dox's life. The time period of this book is set in 1991 and it gave us a very slight view of his prior family life - along with some insight into his father and the situation that precipitated his father's incarceration. We also got to understand a bit about his relationship with his sister and mother - who apparently had a very hard life before their husband and father was sent away to prison. Dox was only 10 years old when that occurred, and this book did a really good job of helping the reader to understand his confusing mixture of feelings. The love for the father that he remembered as a young boy, while also trying to understand that his father did awful, awful things to the women in his family. Roy - his father - is up for parole, and Dox is being asked by the women in his family to testify on behalf of the family to oppose the release of his father.

It becomes very apparent, very quickly that his father is not a nice man. Roy has learned not only to survive during his time in prison, but to thrive. He did this by not only killing the leader of a rival prison gang, but doing it in a way that made him a prisoner to be afraid of. Dox, who is not sure what the right response is supposed to be, ends up taking a job from the Company in Asia to escape the situation.

As a reader who has read every single book in the John Rain series, as well as in all of the spin offs, Dox is a truly beloved character. I adore him and he has always been one of my favorite characters. I have had the pleasure of watching Dox grow and mature and have watched him handle many difficult and trying situations. He is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve while at the same time being an amazing sniper with amazing skills.

This was interesting because this is a younger Dox, and not as hardened - at least in the beginning of this book. We can see how the events in this book serve as a catalyst - unfortunately - and take away some of the innocence that makes him so unique and endearing.

Without going into spoilers, this is truly just a side story of events that happen to him during this assignment. Of course, what he was told about the job and what ended up happening were completely at odds, but isn't that how it usually ends up? Even with everything going on, we still see his personality and his beliefs shine through. Those are constants that have not changed throughout the time that we have known him.

This was an in depth look at a young Dox and I ended up enjoying it for what it was. It also made me realize that I miss this series and am looking forward to seeing more from this world - with either more from John Rain or from Livia Lone.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC. The opinions above are mine and mine alone.

[Martijn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moest even inkomen de eerste vijftig bladzijden maar ging daarna als een trein

[Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great to have a new Barry Eisler book to read and, especially with Dox as the main character. Eisler does his usual talented job balancing character development with action and details about the surrounding environment.

[Ty · Rating 2 out of 5]

would give it 2.5 stars but… let me explain

So here’s the deal, I’m not the New York Times that gives everything a five star and best seller. I just tell it like I feel it.
Barry is a good writer. I’ve read pretty much all of his books right now. This is by far the worst. 200 pages before it really started.
This time he didn’t let his ego get in the way with all the big words. He is still very very dark. I am sad for him. Too much rape in all of his books. In the first Livy alone book when he describes what happened to her sister I can’t get it out of my head. It was absolutely horrible and no human should have to be subjected to that darkness. The book was great but sick too.
This one however never becomes a story until I was 200 pages in the book. I hope this isn’t a new thing with him as has happened to other authors.
My suggestion is not to read this book. The rain books have been fantastic but his ego gets in the way with the big words. The Livia lone books were great but way way too dark. If you’re OK with absolutely horrible descriptions of rape go for it.
Barry, my advice to you , not that you’re going to take it, is slow down with the darkness and go see a shrink. Stop with the big big words. We know you’re intelligent, you don’t have to keep trying to prove it. Write a good story, don’t waste so much of everybody’s time. Get the action going sooner, the storyline happening sooner and get out of our heads. Just write a good story that we can actually enjoy without so much darkness!

[Rev · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the book! I pictured it vividly and lived it like I was there. Great action, suspense and emotion at a perfect pace. A must read!

[Lisa Malmquist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in 1991. This is a prequel about Dox ( short for unorthodox), an ex Marine sniper who appears in the later John Raines books.
Dox has returned to Texas. He is trying to figure out what to do about the fact that his abusive gang leader violent father is about to get out of prison. He needs to make sure he doesn't come back to continue his reign of terror over his mother and sisters.
Dox has been in Afghanistan for four years as a sniper and another two as a CIA contractor.
He decides to take a job in Southeast Asia. He will at least make a nice bit of money and possibly find a solution to the problems his family faces.
Unfortunately the situation there is not what it was explained to be at all and Dox finds himself fighting on the wrong side.
Meanwhile, he meets a young woman who is a doctor who is trying to find a way to get the atrocities occurring in her country exposed. Dox has to decide what to do and wants to help her.
However, with several psychopaths on their tail and a war going on it's not so easy to figure out what to do. But Dox decides to get on the right side of this war and has to use all his training and skills to do that and keep them both alive.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Eisler's John Rain books. This is a backstory of one of his allies that takes place in 1991, 4 years after Dox was a Marine.
Good story about coming home, family issues and going back to Southeast Asia to take care of an issue for Citizens In Action.
It doesn't happen quite the way they expected.

[Leane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ended up speed reading this just because I was not in the mood for the politically motivated violence especially regarding women in this book dealing with a version of actual events in Southeast Asia in the early 1990s. More compelling was Dox's origin story. I enjoy his CH in the Eisler books featuring John Rain and was curious. Framing is realistic in both TX and Indonesia, this is an action-oriented Plot fraught with danger and military specifics. Dox's moral quandaries and growth is a core of who this CH becomes, the violence graphic but not gratuitous just morally troubling and haunting.

[Happy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Great story and had very exciting parts. It was very slow from 40% to 65%. I read it on a kindle. Good ending. I really like the main character. It was quite interesting this is a great author.

[Georgia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a John Rain thriller but I do remember Dox from a previous book. The question Eisner poses here is why wasAmerica involved in the takeover of East Timor by Indonesia. Eisler has made a study and his story is well written 👏🏻🥸

[Tj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid story built around a great character.

[David Highton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eisler uses this background prequel to his Dox character to highlight the dubious CIA presence in East Timor