Elizabeth Goddard can always be relied on to write the most engaging mysteries and thrillers. Critical Alliance is no exception. The main characters in this novel are experts in their fields. Alex Knight is a DSS special agent who is on an enforced leave to decompress after a mission. He is in Montana to see his family, and stumbles upon a situation that requires his skills. He is adamant that he will protect Mackenzie Hanson as she tries to crack the codes that are putting her family’s tech company in jeopardy.
Mackenzie Hanson is a cybersecurity expert who is working as a professor of cybersecurity. She has been called home to Montana to help her family out of a dangerous situation. Although she had previously illegally used her expertise, she is now putting her knowledge to good use in a legal manner. She feels that she doesn’t need Alex’s protection and that she can see this through herself.
What follows is a thrilling novel that keeps the reader’s interest throughout. Although some of the intricacies of the cybersecurity language escaped me at times, I was able to follow the theme of the novel as I read it. I highly recommend any of Ms. Goddard’s works as intense thrillers and mysteries. I received a copy of this book from Revell Publishing in return for my honest review.
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