Unthinkable

Unthinkable

Brad Parks2021
From international bestselling author Brad Parks comes a new thriller about an ordinary man who may be able to save the world as we know it--but to do so, he must make an impossible choice. Nate Lovejoy is a self-proclaimed nobody, a stay-at-home dad who doesn't believe he's important to anyone but his wife and their two daughters. So it's a shock when members of a powerful secret society kidnap and spirit Nate away to a mansion at the behest of their leader, Vanslow DeGange, who claims to know the future. He's foreseen that a billion people could die--unless Nate acts. It seems improbable, especially given what DeGange says will set this mass casualty incident in motion: a lawsuit against the biggest power company in Virginia, being brought by Nate's wife, Jenny. Nate quickly smells a scam being perpetrated by the power company. But at every turn, it becomes apparent there's more to DeGange's gift than Nate wants to acknowledge. A billion people really could die, and Nate might be the only one who can save them. All he has to do is the unthinkable.
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Lacey Feigl@laceydoeslit
4 stars
Mar 3, 2022

Nate is kidnapped by what he can only assume is a mad man telling him he must murder his wife in order to save the world. Nate doesn’t understand how his lawyer wife would cause the destruction of man kind but slowly this crazy man is making more sense as Nate witnesses the predictions the man can make. He loves his wife dearly but also understands this may be the only way he can save the life he knows. Unthinkable is 354 pages long and took me two days to read. This book is absolutely wild and I loved every minute! I’m giving it a 4 out of 5! Once again Mr. Parks does not disappoint! Thank you, Thomas & Mercer, for sending me this copy! Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel! Lacey

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Emily Frazier@emilynf
5 stars
Sep 9, 2022

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