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Black Garnet: There's No Neutral Ground in a War for Truth and Secrets.
Paperback
Series: The Shattered Time
ISBN13: 9781069994707
Publisher: Gj Sarson
Published: Oct 22 2025
Pages: 474
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Black Garnet is a grounded espionage thriller that explores how power, influence, and truth operate beneath the surface of official narratives.
When a covert intelligence operation tied to a rare mineral resource begins to unravel, former RCMP officer Tim Murphy is drawn into a shadow network that spans borders, criminal syndicates, and government interests. What begins as a contained investigation quickly escalates into a global game of leverage and deception, where no player is entirely clean and every decision carries lasting consequences.
Blending realistic trade-craft with geopolitical tension, Black Garnet favors authenticity over spectacle. The story unfolds through disciplined pacing, moral ambiguity, and character-driven stakes rather than exaggerated action, offering a credible portrayal of modern intelligence work and its human cost.
Set across multiple international locations, the novel examines the blurred line between duty and compromise, asking how far institutions - and individuals - will go to protect strategic advantage. The result is a tightly controlled thriller that rewards attentive readers with nuance, realism, and a steadily building sense of unease.
Black Garnet will appeal to readers of contemporary espionage fiction who value plausibility, ethical complexity, and globally relevant themes.
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