Cindy Dees The Medusa Game

The Medusa Game

Cindy Dees

Silhouette Bombshell, Feb 2006, $4.99

ISBN: 0373513933

The Top Secret Medusa Group is assigned to protect Anya Khalid at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Born in the Emirate of Bhoukar, but raised in Brisbane, she has become a world class figure skater, who, with the blessing of the Emir, represents her birth country in the games. However, instead of being a heroine, many of the Bhoukar residents believe she is an abomination flaunting her sexuality and defying Islam.

Medusa Isabella Torres is assigned as the lead to protect the skater because there is a viable assassination threat, including a suicide bomber who could take out innocents as well as Anya. Delta Force Commander Dex Thorpe leads the overall security to quietly insure Munich does not happen in upstate New York. He detests working with a female, but soon changes his mind as he observes how competent Isabella is. As they team up to protect a skater carrying the world on her shoulders, the two operatives fall in love; but each knows keeping Anya safe and preventing a tragedy takes priority over their personal needs.

Timed perfectly with the Olympics in Torino in February, and with the Spielberg movie, the latest Medusa tale is a strong novel that will excite the audience at any time of the year. The thriller stars a strong proficient female and a chauvinistic male, who quickly becomes a born again supporter of women in dangerous missions due to the brave skillful work of Isabella. Part of the fascination in this novel resides with Anya who has pressures, few if any (perhaps Jesse Owens in 1936 or Israeli athletes after Munich) have ever been faced. The storyline is driven by this wonderful support character as Cindy Dees provides the deepest best Medusa thriller yet because of Anya.