The Fourth Betrayal
Format:Paperback
Publisher:TouchWood Editions
Published:30th Oct '14
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Best friends almost from birth, Ollie Swanson and Dougie Tarkenen grow up in the idyllic surroundings of a small Pacific Northwest fishing village. Shortly after their high school graduation, they commit a desperate act and must share the secret of that act for over a decade of their young adult lives. Then Dougie turns up dead, apparently drowned in a canoe accident, and Ollie is devastated. However, Ollie discovers some tapes that Dougie had secretly recorded while working as a reporter for an Ottawa newspaper. The tapes provide evidence of high-level government corruption, and Ollie decides to pursue the story as a way of honoring his friend. But he is shocked to discover that the circumstances of Dougie's death are not what they seem; rather his death is linked to the secret they share from their youth, and to an Ottawa conspiracy to force through an oil pipeline to the West Coast. The Fourth Betrayal twists through tangled thickets of friendship, loss and greed, sacrifice, and world-class deception. As Ollie's life comes under increasing threat, he must figure out a way to protect himself and his family, all while betrayals loom and menace like phantoms in the fog.
"Writing in the style of an old-school, hardboiled detective tale set in the modern day, Burrows weaves a tale of love and loss, of friendship and fierce loyalty, and of corruption, conspiracy, and, yes, betrayal in the halls of power ... The Fourth Betrayal is not about a destination. It's about a journey, populated by colourful characters and dialogue, that may determine what the futurre holds for all of us. And it's definitely a ride worth hopping abroad." -North Island Gazette "If you care about British Columbia, have a sense of humour and adventure, and a little bit of irony, this book is for you. Great characters living large, and close enough to the truth to be scary." -Bruce Hill, Project Director at Headwaters Initiative "A great read. Fun, smart, offbeat, and weirdly real." -Tzeporah Berman, Canadian environmental activist "A great story ... Burrows draws from his own experience and much of the narrative is based on historical truths. The betrayals he refers to are not far from the reality many of us lived, out on the water plying our trade." -Des Nobels, commercial fisherman "Another gripping and entertaining page turner from Malcolm Island's environmental mystery master. Thoroughly enjoyable but with a disturbing ring of truth." -Claire Trevena, MLA for North Island, BC
ISBN: 9781771510967
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 283g
240 pages