Exceptional Circumstances

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Autumn| 1970: Hostage-taking separatists in Quebec abduct a foreign diplomat and a cabinet minister and threaten violence across the country. As fear sets in| the government turns to Luc Cadotte| a specialist on international terrorism and veteran of the clandestine struggles in Latin America. From the jungles of Colombia to Montreal under siege| former diplomat James Bartleman plots a turbulent thriller based on events he witnessed first-hand. Swerving between fanatical ideologues and crass careerists with bloody hands| Cadotte has to choose sides when they all seem dirty| and put everything on the line in a crisis that puts all that he stands for to the test.