Black Swan Rising, Lisa Brackmann
Black Swan Rising, Lisa Brackmann
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Black Swan Rising

Author: Lisa Brackmann

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 12 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2018


Synopsis

Sarah Price wants a career in politics. But she has a secret past that won't stay past, threatening her job on a San Diego congressman's reelection campaign.

Casey Cheng wants a story. An ambitious local television reporter, Casey needs to get her career back on track after being seriously injured in a mass shooting. When she investigates the man who nearly killed her, she finds a connection to a group of online harassers called #TrueMen—and realizes her shooter may not be the only killer they have inspired.

Casey's investigation and Sarah's secret put them both in the crosshairs of a hate group that targets anyone they've deemed to be against their cause, including Sarah's boss, the congressman. Now Sarah and Casey have a choice to make—do they hide? Or do they fight back?

About Lisa Brackmann

Lisa Brackmann has worked as an executive at a major motion picture studio, an issues researcher in a presidential campaign, and was the singer/songwriter/bassist in an LA rock band. Her debut novel, Rock Paper Tiger, set on the fringes of the Chinese art world, made several "Best of 2010" lists, including Amazon's Top 100 Novels and Top 10 Mystery/Thrillers, and was nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics Award for Best First Novel. Her second novelGetaway, won the Los Angeles Book Festival Grand Prize and was nominated for the T. Jefferson Parker SCIBA award. Hour of the Rat, #2 in the Ellie McEnroe series, was short-listed for Left Coast's World Mystery award, as was Ellie #3, Dragon Day (and was a Seattle Times Top 10 Mystery Pic). Lisa lives in San Diego with a couple of cats, far too many books, and a bass ukulele.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Catherine on April 02, 2018

I am a massive fan of Lisa Brackmann's. She always packs a punch in her novels! This timely story is no exception. If you love political thrillers, add this one to your to-read shelf!......more

Goodreads review by Dana on March 31, 2018

Black Swan Rising is a hard hitting political thriller with a prescient look at the “Me Too” movement, domestic terrorism and the ever-increasing number of public shootings. The characters, both male and female; good, bad and in-between, are interesting, multi-layered and never stereotypical. It's c......more

Goodreads review by Ramsey on October 05, 2018

Mmmm... this is a tough book to review! Is this a good book? Yes. Is it "fun" to read? No. It was difficult to read, actually, because the subject matter is all too real, which is why I didn't devour it in 48 hours like I usually do. Does it ask good questions? Yes. It's challenging. And frustrating.......more

Goodreads review by Bryn on September 20, 2018

From my cover blurb ... Black Swan Rising is more than the sum of its parts. More than political drama, personal struggle, or the looming menace of gun violence. In this gripping novel, Lisa Brackmann tells not just the harrowing story of two women impacted by a mass shooting but the story of America......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 28, 2018

Black Swan Rising was a disappointment to me. I've been a big fan of Lisa Brackmann's novels from the beginning and this one seemed promising- ripped from today's headlines, as it were. There is, indeed, much action that seems very timely with social media, mainstream media, and politics on prominen......more