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The Hammond team is taken hostage by well-armed men at the remote lodge, and it is up to Jake to not only try and stay alive and protect his ex-girlfriend, but also to figure out how the gunmen seem to have such intricate knowledge of Hammond Aerospace financial and company information. As is usually the case in Finder novels, there is plenty of corporate intrigue, back-stabbing, and a few interesting twists and turns in the plot.
Like Joseph Finder's previous corporate thrillers, Power Play is laced with technical jargon, which lends the story credibility yet somehow doesn't weigh down the pages. The story is narrated in the first person by Jake, who turns out to have a complicated past that makes him particularly well suited to dealing with a bunch of heavily-armed baddies.
Power Play is a worthy follow-up to entertaining novels like Paranoia and Company Man. Here, Finder's characters work in the aerospace industry, and as is usually the case in his novels, the author educates himself about the business of his company well enough to give the technical writing an air of authenticity.
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