Review: Powerful! Painful! Passionate!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
Be prepared to choke up big time at the end. In fact, sobbing may not be out of the question. While this intensely moving tale is based on the Lowest Circle of Hell, the story is one of hope.Human slavery... mostly young women, but not exclusively, used as sex slaves, some abducted younger than their teens, is the focus. A single rape, the violent invasion of one's body, guarantees emotional scars for life, perhaps many lifetimes... but children, torn from loving homes, bought and sold as chattel, living in their own filth as they are transported in drums and crates to their destinations, is unspeakable. Dehydrated and starving, subjected to the vilest acts, they subsist with no medical care, or any care, until they are no longer "of use."While such base elements are agonizingly reported, the author doesn't dwell there and the painful topic is presented  through the eyes of brilliant, obsessive, mildly autistic, research scientist Gavin Hawkins, who creates a computerized/satellite system that can pinpoint the whereabouts of a DNA signature anywhere in the world and locates, after many years, his abducted, severely autistic "soul mate." He sets in motion a worldwide movement to bring her and those abducted home to their loved ones.An exciting, fast paced, intensely emotional page turner of international intrigue, once you crack the book, you read to the finish. Highly recommended. Be sure to keep the tissues handy. The ending is awesome.