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Weaponized Kindle Edition

by David Guggenheim (Author), Nicholas Mennuti (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A globe-spanning, wrong man thriller co-written by the screenwriter of the #1 film Safe House.

Kyle West is a wanted man. Having fled the country to escape the false charges filed against himself and his former boss, billionaire government contractor Christopher Chandler, Kyle's hiding in Cambodia, living on borrowed time and finding more and more reasons to be paranoid.

When a mysterious stranger named Julian Robinson walks into Kyle's favorite cafè and offers to swap passports with Kyle, Kyle can't believe his luck. Robinson looks so much like Kyle it's almost unreal, and seems in every way the yin to Kyle's yang: self-assured, charismatic and wealthy beyond measure. Traveling on business, Robinson needs Kyle's passport to get to Africa, where a lucrative deal awaits. Kyle needs Robinson's passport to safely flee Cambodia. The swap seems almost too good to be true.

Unfortunately for Kyle, it is. This one decision plunges Kyle into a Pandora's Box of intrigue that threatens to swallow him whole. Suddenly he finds himself being pursued by Russian oligarchs, Chinese operatives, the CIA, and a beautiful woman trained to kill -- all because Robinson certainly isn't who he seemed. And time is running out for Kyle to discover who he is.
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Kyle West worked for a government contractor, and when things went horribly wrong, his boss ended up testifying before Congress, and West had to go into hiding in Cambodia. Now Julian Robinson needs to sneak into Africa to finalize a deal, and after he realizes how similar he looks to West, the pair agree to switch passports. When West says yes, all hell begins, with Russians, Chinese, the CIA, and a contract killer on his tail. Getting out of Cambodia free seemed too good to be true, and, alas, it was, as West is plunged into a vast conspiracy that makes why he was hiding in the first place pale in comparison. Unfortunately, the tantalizing premise proves difficult to swallow, mainly because West is a bumbling, ineffectual hero who relies on others to get by. The villain is not only stronger but also more interesting. The ambiguous ending doesn’t help, either. Nice premise, some suspense along the way, but overall a not particularly compelling take on the man-wrongly-accused theme. Coauthor Guggenheim wrote the script for the hit film Safe House. --Jeff Ayers

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"[A] freewheeling thriller [with] Graham Greene-ish erudition and atmosphere."―New York Times Book Review

"[An] excellent first novel . . . The authors have their fingers on the pulse of contemporary life . . . The rare suspense novel that will genuinely surprise jaded genre readers."―Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Applying postmodern polish to the foreign intrigue of Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, WEAPONIZED leaves an imprint with its lively cast of characters, pungent locale and dizzy plotting."―Kirkus Review

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A2DYPBA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mulholland Books (July 30, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 30, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1206 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 353 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0316199958
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    Nicholas Mennuti is a Washington, D.C. based novelist, journalist, essayist, and short-story writer. His novel WEAPONIZED was published by Mulholland Books (Little Brown imprint); his essays and journalism appear at NeoText; and his short stories have appeared in Agni and Conjunctions among others. Nicholas is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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R. Arnold
5.0 out of 5 stars Weaponized is an Exhilarating and Totally Satisfying Must Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2013
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I highly recommend Weaponized to anyone looking for some great fiction, that, by the end of the summer, may be moved over to the non-fiction aisle (thanks Edward Snowden). The terrific and biting prose combined with the swift pacing makes for a truly spectacular edge-of-your-seat read from start to finish. You do not come across too many books that make the reader think about the state of the world while following a car chase. You know who would be proud of this book: Greene, Palahniuk, Hitchcock, and Ludlum. Not bad company. Also: if Weaponized teaches us anything, it's that the government will know if you haven't read Weaponized yet. So do yourself a favor, go read this book before Julian Robinson comes knocking on your door.
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Michelle K. Casey
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2017
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Mediocre. A bit dense. Couldn’t work up any fondness for the main character.
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Anna DeRoberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Weaponized by Nicholas Mennuti
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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The first few pages were slow and then I couldn't put it down. Not a book I normally would have chosen for myself. I am passing it along to my husband because he will love it.
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Rosela
4.0 out of 5 stars Weaponized was a fun, fast read with a frighteningly current/situationally believable plot
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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I got this book about a week before flying cross-country and was looking forward to reading it on the plane but, ended up finishing it a couple of days before my trip, staying up long past my bedtime to keep reading on more than one occassion.

I've been a fan of Nicholas Mennuti's writing for a few years through his short stories. Those I've read remind me of an analogy I've heard of Byzantine art being an attempt to reach the "divine" through the "grotesque" which, resonates deeply with me. I love that his stories have a dark underbelly without being gratuitous about it and his characters are generally brutally, and beautifully, broken.

Weaponized was a bit of a departure from that, though there were moments that felt familiar and recognizably like his voice. This story was definitely more entertainment than art, much more plot/action driven than his short stories I've read, and requires some amount of suspension of disbelief during some of the action sequences but, not more than any Hollywood action flick. And, while I'm really looking forward to him getting back to the kind of writing I love him for, I'd read the sequel of Weaponized in a heart-beat if he decides to write it.
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sierrario
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2014
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I bought this book for my father after we watched the movie "Safehouse" - script written by the same author. He really enjoyed it!
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Paul Epstein
5.0 out of 5 stars WEAPONIZED Has Lots of Surprises
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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WEAPONIZED is terrific! Move over John LeCarre. Nicholas Mennuti and David Guggenheim are taking over!
You can't put this book down.
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Wayne A McCoy
3.0 out of 5 stars You always have to suspend a little disbelief for this sort of book, but I thought it was pretty good.
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2016
'Weaponized' by Nicholas Munnuti is a quick read and will make you distrustful of strangers offering things that seem too good to be true.

Kyle West is a computer genius on the run in Cambodia. He's on the run from unauthorized surveillance charges, and now he's stuck in a foreign country and hiding. One night, a stranger, who looks a bit like him, offers him a chance to get home. They can switch passports and Kyle can find a way to get home, but there is a lot more to this kind stranger, Julian Robinson, than Kyle knows, and he's just stepped into a whole bunch of trouble. Can Kyle make things right and ever get back home again?

It's got a few nice twists and turns along the way, and it feels like there are plot threads that could lead to a sequel of sorts, which might be nice. The plotting and descriptions are fairly standard for this sort of genre, but it moves along quickly enough to make it a recommend for fans of action thrillers.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Mulholland Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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MNallin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great summer read
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013
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This is an extremely entertaining and topical summer read. Perfect for the beach or a lazy weekend. You won't be disappointed.
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