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Synopsis:
Malachi Dakwaa is mute and utterly disconnected from human beings when he gets an extraordinary job offer. In exchange for six months as warder on a topsecret organ farming project, Frasier Pharmaceuticals will graft a new tongue for him. Malachi takes the deal.
Far out to sea, he finds himself among war lords and mass murderers of the kind who maimed him and murdered his family.
But are the prisoners as evil as Frasier says? Do they deserve their fate?
As doubt starts to grow, Malachi is faced with a terrible dilemma. Must he leave them to this medical nightmare or risk his life and set them free?
Malachi may have no tongue, but his voice is one readers will never forget – sharply ironic, vividly descriptive and leavened with humour. He is a compelling guide through the twists and turns of this novel, a gripping thriller with a speculative twist
Review:
The Book of Malachi is centred around a tongueless Malachi who if offered a job as a maintenance office on a rig. Being a mute makes him the perfect candidate for this brand-new job, especially with the promise of his tongue being replaced. Facing one of the worst jobs of grooming naked prisoners before they are sold for body parts, Malachi begins to question why they are here and if they deserve to be there at all?
This is one of those books that you pick up as a light read before you go to bed and next thing you realise that it’s 1am and you have work in a few hours! There is no doubt that this tale was gripping from start to finish and based on such a unique and brutal idea. I loved it!
Rating: 4/5
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 9781789095197