Nemesis, Misha Glenny
Nemesis, Misha Glenny
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Nemesis
One Man and the Battle for Rio

Author: Misha Glenny

Narrator: Zach Villa

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2016

Synopsis

Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel, and perhaps Brazil's most wanted criminal. It's a gripping tale of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, quixotic politicians and drug lords with math degrees. Traversing through rain forests and high-security prisons, filthy slums and glittering shopping malls, this is also the story of how change came to Brazil. Of a country's journey into the global spotlight, and the battle for the beautiful but damned city of Rio, as it struggles to break free from a tangled web of corruption, violence, drugs, and poverty.

About Misha Glenny

Misha Glenny is the author of Dark Markek McMafia, The Rebirth of History, The Fall of Yugoslavia (which won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1993 for Best Book on Foreign Affairs), and The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Power, 1804-1999. He was a BBC Central Europe correspondent-he covered the fall of Communism and the wars in the former Yugoslavia-and has been regularly consulted by the U.S. and European governments on major policy issues.

About Zach Villa

Zach began pursuing the creative life early on in his mother's dance studio. He upped his artistic ante by transfering to Interlochen Arts Academy where he began to study acting. Zach Villa has acquired considerable acclaim as an actor, musician, vocalist, dancer & songwriter. A 'jack of all trades,' Zach appeared on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tenaya on December 07, 2021

There was so much to love in this book, just like the rest of this series, but the stand out element for me was the dialogue. The superhero banter was on-point! I’m really enjoying seeing the enhanced world expand and a variety of powers explored. The developments made in this book are huge! And afte......more

Goodreads review by Raj on August 23, 2022

In the penultimate book in the League of Independent Operatives series, LIO has got the Pearl Knife back, although Eloise is still too afraid of it to really use it, America has properly got its hate on for people with superpowers, and Thanos Sever finally turns up. This one is mostly about America,......more

Goodreads review by mo • lesmotsdemo on April 07, 2022

Cette série devient progressivement l’une de mes favorites. Une nouvelle fois, ce tome ne m’a pas déçu. J’y ai retrouvé tous les éléments qui m’ont fait adorer les tomes précédents. Les différentes organisations se montrent sous un jour de plus en plus sombre et flou. Encore plus qu’avant, chacune e......more

Goodreads review by Marie Reed on June 13, 2021

I thought that the last book introduced a lot of new things to this series. This one brought so much more! LIO struggles to exist while the US government requires superhero registration reminiscent of X-Men storylines, but add in a dash of Marvel's Thanos. The chapters jump between a ton of characte......more

Goodreads review by GREGG on October 03, 2023

Great Read. This was an excellent read . There were parts in it that you just didn't know what was going to happen, a lot of it kept you on your toes so to speak.......more

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