BLACK OCTOBER is a fast-paced thriller that reveals how dependency on oil from the Middle East has caused the Western world to compromise its historical culture, democracy, and tradition. That dependency led to reciprocal agreements with, and support of undemocratic and repressive monarchies beholden to religious fundamentalists.
The story exposes the frightening susceptibilities of Saudi Arabia’s oil supply and facilities to terrorist attacks. It asks the question, what would happen if a large portion of the supply was interrupted for an extended length of time?
This is the stuff of block-buster movies and nightmares about weapons of mass destruction.
July 9, 2008
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Although a work of fiction, with names, characters, and incidents created by the author's imagination, "Black October" is a political, financial, thriller novel whose content could well be the stuff of near-future headlines. A political action adventure, "Black October" showcases author Ralph L. Cates' ability to craft drama laced with the complexity and originality of a master storyteller at the peak of his craft. Set against international political tensions, the struggle for domination of oil supplies, global terrorism, and the ruthlessness of the ideologically driven, "Black October" is a gripping, 736-page read that is unusually enhanced with the addition of a glossary of Arabic terms and names. This is the stuff of block-buster movies and nightmares about weapons of mass destruction.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
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Ralph Cates writes techno-thrillers and short financial-economic-political critiques. He is currently working on a follow-up novel to BLACK OCTOBER, THE PHOENIX AGENDA.
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