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On a long-haul flight to Los Angeles, Anna Karema Awino is hoping for a quiet journey with a book and a movie, but she finds herself seated next to Tom Pullbright, a stranger who knows far too much about her. Unknown to Anna, their lives are entangled in a covert CIA operation involving her mother’s land rights movement, carbon capitalism and stolen digital LandCoins.
When the flight makes an emergency landing on the Hawaiian island of Maui, buried secrets begin to surface. Anna discovers that Yannis, the husband she thought was dead, is not only alive but held hostage on the island by Gazelle, the beautiful but ruthless architect of a global land grab. With a high-stakes court case looming in Nairobi, Anna, Tom, and a disillusioned CIA agent named Henderson race to recover crucial evidence stolen by her ‘dead’ husband. At the same time, Anna must decide whom she can trust.
Running with a Gazelle blends political intrigue with personal reckoning, spanning the U.S. and Kenya to explore how land rights, digital innovation, and carbon markets shape people and power in a post-colonial setting.
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Title Running with a Gazelle
On a long-haul flight to Los Angeles, Anna Karema Awino is hoping for a quiet journey with a book and a movie, but she finds herself seated next to Tom Pullbright, a stranger who knows far too much about her. Unknown to Anna, their lives are entangled in a covert CIA operation involving her mother’s land rights movement, carbon capitalism and stolen digital LandCoins.
When the flight makes an emergency landing on the Hawaiian island of Maui, buried secrets begin to surface. Anna discovers that Yannis, the husband she thought was dead, is not only alive but held hostage on the island by Gazelle, the beautiful but ruthless architect of a global land grab. With a high-stakes court case looming in Nairobi, Anna, Tom, and a disillusioned CIA agent named Henderson race to recover crucial evidence stolen by her ‘dead’ husband. At the same time, Anna must decide whom she can trust.
Running with a Gazelle blends political intrigue with personal reckoning, spanning the U.S. and Kenya to explore how land rights, digital innovation, and carbon markets shape people and power in a post-colonial setting.
Work type Literary: Other
Tags novel, political thriller, eco-thriller
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Entry date Aug 4, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC
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