When a correctional officer climbs to the top of his watchtower and opens fire on the inmates and guards, federal investigator Marcus Williams and serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr. must join forces again to unearth the truth behind the incident. What they find is a serial killer using the prison as his hunting grounds. But the Judas Killer’s ambitions don’t end with a few murders. He wants to go down in history and has no reason left to live. With Ackerman undercover among the inmates and Marcus tracking down the mastermind on the outside, the team must learn the identity of the Judas Killer and stop a full-scale uprising that he’s orchestrated. But the more they learn about what’s happening at the prison and why the more enemies they must face. From inside the overrun facility, Marcus and Ackerman must save the hostages and stop an elaborate escape attempt while trying to determine how a rival corporation, the leader of one of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations, an inmate with no identity only known as Demon fit into the Judas Killer’s plans. Launching a bold new cycle of novels featuring The Shepherd Organization, The Judas Game is searing, mesmerizing fiction it’s Ethan Cross at his very best.”
This book was gifted to me in exchange for an honest review.
At the start of this book i was really confused and lost as it seemed to jump all over the place but this was my first thriller/crime book so that might be the norm.
Within a new state of the art prison where order is kept via computer algorithms and the inmates wear ankle and wrist bands which prevent them from being violent towards each other or themselves. To attempt such would lead to instant electric shock from the bands rendering the wearer immobile.
But someone wants to shut the prison down. In order to do so they need to gain control of the prisons programming.
Judas likes to play games and the whole book is his game. Lots of twists and turns to keep you guessing. I didn’t guess who Judas was and was quite surprised to find out who it actually was.
Well written but the constant sudden jumping annoyed me a bit and it didn’t feel like the story flowed as well as it should have. But as i said this was my first book of this genre.
Ackerman really intrigued me and i would like to know more about him etc so i guess i will need to read books 1 – 3