The Cobalt Curse

What readers are saying about The Cobalt Curse...The Cobalt Curse is a can't-put-it-down thriller.The Cobalt Curse is a can't-put-it-down thriller.The Cobalt Curse evokes Jason Bourne meets Indiana Jones... it's a page-turner.This book is a pure thriller through and through, with hints of Michael Crichton at his best...the writing is fantastic.Joey O'Connor delivers a hard hitting and moving fiction set in modern Congo ... a suspenseful action story with complex characters and gritty action sequences.The Cobalt Curse is like an excellent meal...a combination of well-crafted writing and intelligence.I could hardly put The Cobalt Curse down. It was full of action and intrigue. I enjoyed it very much!Every Scar Has A StoryProfessor Kai Baldwin, a world-famous human rights lawyer, has endured loss after loss. Preferring a safe college classroom back in the States, he vows never to return to his childhood home in the Congo. Who could fault him? By all accounts, he should be dead. His father died in a plane crash. His fiancée left him. And his mother is dying. The two-inch scar on his right wrist is a nagging reminder of his vow and unresolved grief.But when his former fiancée mysteriously disappears, Kai jettisons his never-evers and rushes back to the Congo. Launching a desperate search for her, Kai discovers a global conspiracy to control the world's cobalt resources. He faces the ultimate dilemma: will he risk all to save the one he loves or sacrifice himself for the good of humanity?The Cobalt Curse takes readers into the wild world of conflict minerals, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence through the streets of Dubai, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Switzerland, and deep into the Congo jungle.