Turkey Shoot

<p>Winner of the 2019 Courage in Fiction Award from Independent Publishers of New England</p><p>IT’S OCTOBER 2015. Meet Mahmoud al Ramadi 23 a bitter displaced Iraqi who unexpectedly becomes a terrorist. Fresh from battling ISIS in Syria he’s sent to float to Greece as a refugee. There in gritty Piraeus he adopts terrorism—or more precisely terrorists adopt him. The ambitious operation his new comrades are plotting will he’s informed decimate the power elite and nspire revolution around the globe. Having vowed payback for war crimes that orphaned him the devout Mahmoud accepts the mission as his jihad. His thousand-mile odyssey from war-torn Mosul to strife-ridden Athens and part way back tests his metal his wits and his abiding faith. </p><p>You’ll find memorable characters tense action straight and gay romance ideological and other altercations and ingenious improvisations in both the real and virtual worlds in this gripping one-of-a-kind thriller. How you’ll feel about their rogue operation and its dénouement depends on who you are and what you stand for but it could be complicated. All that Mahmoud experiences edits his articles of faith and just might edit some of yours.</p>