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Drummer In the Dark by T. Davis Bunn, Davis Bunn
3.0

I started this book multiple times. I had randomly picked up The Great Divide during college and just devoured it. Drummer in the Dark is apparently book 2 of the series, and I'm still not sure why.. Marcus Glenwood isn't even in the book. Not that its bad, just fyi.

Drummer is about forex trading, aka hedge funds. Because of this, the book was dense reading for me. I've never taken a business or economics class beyond high school. The characters also fell flat, and I never got to know them as people; they just functioned as cogs in the wheel. I enjoyed Davis Bunn's dreamy, "nothing matters, everything matters" writing style. He has a unique voice among Christian writers, without any graphic material.

Recommended if you can talk finance with the best of them, if you watch TV shows like The West Wing, and if you want to learn a ton about forex trading.

Quotes
"We seek to hear the voice of those who have been robbed of speech. We seek to give life to ourselves by giving hope to others." - Father Libretto (page 51)

"Have you ever wondered if maybe life makes a random selection, chooses a person and just pegs them to the dart board of that particular time? Let everybody throw sharp pointy objects your way." - Jackie (page 155)

"The only difference between a person who just exists and a person who lives in the vision of what lies ahead. Beyond tomorrow, beyond measured time." - Sybel (page 215)

"You can only save one person. Who is that, please?" "Myself," she whispered.. (Sybel, page 223)

"Bomb is the proper term," Valerie agreed. "They are paying us for nuclear assault, and that is precisely what we are going to deliver." (page 295)

No question. He was toast. It was just a matter of time. (Colin, page 361)