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The thrilling story of a global

struggle for human hearts and

minds amid natural disaster and

human folly

Michael Cary Anders

KEY SELLING POINTS

A story of journalists covering the outbreak of a killer mystery disease.
A novel which focuses upon the work of international news agencies.
Based in Paris but the action also occurs in the Indian Ocean, in Africa, in Latin America and in Australasia.

A mystery killer disease has broken out in the Indian Ocean and on the east African coast, wreaking fear, havoc
and death. Vying to report the story are the big international news agencies. France-Dépêches broke the news,
but trouble is brewing among its staff. Determined to resist job losses its unions are threatening to stage a
first-ever all-out strike.
Apprehensions and tensions mount across the agency’s global network as the crisis exacerbates personal
animosities and political rivalries. Worse still, journalists distracted by the crisis miss an important
announcement. Meanwhile revolution has erupted anew in Central America. They must cover this story too.
Trade union leader and political militant Gareth Galant leads the struggle at France-Dépêches, which also
coincides with a crisis in his personal life. At the same time reporter Cheryl Keyes is despatched as special
correspondent to cover the killer disease story. As the struggle unfolds, there are revealed behind-the-scenes
glimpses into the corridors of power within the French state.

Michael Cary Anders has been a journalist for most of his adult life, working more than 20 years for the
French new agency Agence France-Presse. He has been staff correspondent in East Africa and Germany, and a
news editor in Paris. London born and bred he has since 2002 lived in the South of France. This is his first
major work of fiction.

Publication Date: 28th March 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805143086
Thema subject category: FH – Thriller / suspense fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 200 pp Portrait Author location: South of France

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