The Viking Sands: Endgame (Book 2 of 2)

The Viking Sands: Endgame is a sequel to the original thriller, The Viking Sands. It unfolds against a continuing global oil crisis where the price of crude has soared to record levels, causing economic and political chaos worldwide. A catastrophic nuclear exchange in the Middle East over oil had earlier produced a globe-encircling cloud of fallout leaving widespread radiation sickness, hunger and violent civil unrest in its wake. In the midst of all of this chaos the Russians initiate a plan to corner the world’s oil markets to restore themselves to economic supremacy after having endured years of humiliating marginalization. Using oil as his trump card, Russia’s authoritarian President vows to succeed economically where the former Soviet Union had failed politically.

The pulsating events of this novel are disturbingly topical. We live in a dangerous world where sometimes fiction can be outpaced by reality. This is what gives The Viking Sands: Endgame a razor edge and a frightening glimpse into a possible dystopian future.