Ambition Destiny Victory

I've always wanted to see the behind-the-scenes of everything. I don't really trust "press releases" because I know that these are designed to express whatever is their intention. They generally do not display the real story. Ambition, Destiny, Victory was the perfect tool to read if you want to know what really happened during the 2012 Presidential Election. It provided data, insights, interview excerpts, backgrounder, and everything in-between.

With this book, some "controversies" during the election season where answered, explained, and so much more. At times you will find it hard to believe that a certain person can do something unacceptable, but you will also find things to laugh about, especially Erap's quotable quotes.

 

The Emperor's Tomb

Midway the second chapter of this novel, I cannot help but recall a very dear character that was deeply embedded in my memory: Salander. i keep on associating Cassiopeia with Lisbeth Salander of the internationally acclaimed Millennium Trilogy.

I love Steve Berry's work. This is my first time to read Steve Berry and I already like how his mind works. Although this novel is part of a series, this book can also stand alone because of the explanations given for every references to the other books.

I am now very curious to read the past Cotton Malone novels and even those first novels that are not part of this series.

One complaint though is that the editing kind of sucks! Aside from some typographical errors here and there, I got confused when references to other characters are not made clearer. Especially when they use third person references. There's also one incident where the name should be Cotton's but was written as Cassiopeia's.