Revolutionary Tax

Revolutionary Tax
Don Adams
Wings ePress, Inc.
ISBN: 1-59088-612-7
Fiction, Suspense, Romance
Reviewed by Mayra Calvani

Young sales executive John Wilson flies to Madrid to attend a business meeting. At a bar one night he meets a beautiful young woman named Elena Sanchez. He soon discovers she’s the daughter of an influential, rich Spaniard. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know too much about her family, and by the times he does, it’s already too late: Elena is kidnapped, and Wilson, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is kidnapped as well.
Thus Wilson and Elena embark on a dark journey in the midst of twisted ideals, injustice and violence.
As terrorists and anti-terrorists go against each other, it becomes ironically and painfully difficult to tell ones from the others. Indeed, the anti-terrorists are as bad, if not worse, as the terrorists themselves. This realistic quality is one of the best aspects of this story. The author is successful in painting a grim, realistic picture where there’s no good vs. evil, but only evil vs. evil. So if what you’re expecting is a tale “alla” Rambo, you’ll be disappointed. This, of course, is a compliment to the book.
The novel begins as Wilson’s story, but somewhere in the middle it becomes Orvis’s story. Orvis has been hired by Elena’s father to be her bodyguard. A conservative, terrorist-hater, he’s as cold-blooded and cruel as the worst of terrorists. Contrasting with Orvis is Bulartsu, a young member of ETA (Basque Terrorist Organization). Somewhat confused, Bulartsu is your “nice, next-door kid” who has joined ETA for noble reasons yet soon finds out that he’s fallen prey to predators who don’t understand the meaning of justice.
Who are the heroes and who are the bad guys in Revolutionary Tax? As in real life, the answer isn’t black and white, but grey. Suspense, a slight touch of romance and international intrigue characterize this well-written novel that most sophisticated readers will enjoy.