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Shaw bet to thrill

New South Wales-born author Xavier Wallace has just released the latest novel in his Max Shaw thriller series – Shaw Initiation – released late last month through Vanguard Press.

A decade of living and working in Canberra for the Australian Government, a love of thriller novels and a truly enthusiastic curiosity for politics, government, national security, journalism, philosophy and history has come together to create Australian Intelligence Service (AIS) recruit – Max Shaw.

This time around we go back to the start when General Patrick “Hulk“ Scott head of the AIS recruits young and promising Max Shaw.

He knows Shaw’s talents are unusual and desirable but as Max goes through training and orientation, Hulk and co start to see that he Is something rare. Here is an Intelligence agent with an Instinct for what to do and when with a speed and ruthless that makes him one of the countries most dangerous young agents.

In fact the hierarchy are so Impressed that he Is pushed Into active duty almost before his training Is finished and is soon pursuing people responsible for a wave of terror, all the while questioning not only the actions he needs to take to succeeds but the personal cost of lying to the man he loves.

But still, along with new friends Blake, Jacob “Flash“ Gordon and Kate, he goes on a rollercoaster ride in a race against time to save the world.

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