![]() “Lucas: How many personal guns?” Rae asked. “So do I, but I get by with five guns,” Bob said. You could kill a wild pig with that thing. That Brooks guy looked like a librarian and he had a Kimber. As Lucas and his colleagues work their way through the aforementioned right-wing and anti-government groups (there are some on the nominal left), they are shocked and fascinated by the people they meet and how well-armed they are: “Each man seemed stranger than the next and the three marshals marveled at the number of guns that seemed to float by.”Īnd then there’s this exchange between Lucas and his Marshal colleagues, Bob and Rae (two of the best recurring characters Sandford has introduced into the series), which speaks volumes: It’s next to impossible to finish this novel and not think that there are clearly far too many guns in America, and it is far too easy for anyone to get hold of one (or, as is often the case, many). Sandford includes commentary on lack of background checks, the gun show loophole, the impact of mental health issues and gun ownership, and more. In addition to the online extremism and fractious politics, the issue of guns in America was the most prominent. It’s both fascinating and frightening how these groups use the internet. ![]() At the same time, a newly radicalized white supremacist reads the website and interprets it as a call to arms… As Lucas et al dig deeper, they travel the various networks of online hate groups, coming into contact with a variety of groups, researchers, and more. ![]() The cops and Marshalls are called in to hunt down the website’s creator, host, and those who have been using it. Lucas is back in Washington, D.C., after a Senator’s daughter stumbles across a website with photos of her and other children of prominent elected officials. It’s another excellent addition to the series, and a must read for all fans of the series. In Masked Prey, Sandford takes on two American plagues: guns and internet radicalization. I’ve been a fan of the series (as well as the author’s other novels) for decades, and so each new novel is a highlight of my year. This is the 29th novel in Sandford’s excellent Lucas Davenport series. With nowhere else to turn, influential Senators decide to call in someone who can operate outside the FBI’s constraints: Lucas Davenport. The anonymous photographer can’t be pinned down to one location or IP address, and more importantly, at least to the paper-processing bureaucrats, no crime has actually been committed. It’s obviously alarming - is there an unstable extremist tracking the loved ones of powerful politicians with deadly intent? But when the FBI is called in, there isn’t much the feds can do. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of radical groups. ![]() ![]() And there are other pictures… of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. Right wing extremists and social media collide in Lucas Davenport’s latest investigation ![]()
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