The Cobalt Curse

Joey O'Connor

Jul 2024 · Your Personal Style

About this ebook

What readers are saying about The Cobalt Curse...

“The Cobalt Curse is a can’t-put-it-down thriller.”

“The Cobalt Curse is like an excellent meal…a combination of well-crafted writing and intelligence.”

“I could hardly put The Cobalt Curse down. It was full of action and intrigue. I enjoyed it very much!”

Every Scar Tells A Story

Professor Kai Baldwin, a world-famous human rights lawyer, has endured loss after loss. Preferring a safe college classroom back in the States, he vows never to return to his childhood home in the Congo. Who could fault him? By all accounts, he should be dead. His father died in a plane crash. His fiancée left him. And his mother is dying. The two-inch scar on his right wrist is a nagging reminder of his vow and unresolved grief.

But when his former fiancée mysteriously disappears, Kai jettisons his never-evers and rushes back to the Congo. Launching a desperate search for her, Kai discovers a global conspiracy to control the world’s cobalt resources. He faces the ultimate dilemma: will he risk all to save the one he loves or sacrifice himself for the good of humanity?

The Cobalt Curse takes readers into the wild world of conflict minerals, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence through the streets of Dubai, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Switzerland, and deep into the Congo jungle.

Ratings and reviews

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨!

This is an excellent book and story, loved it, could not put down. Fast paced with many twists and turns, intrigue created with intelligence, knowledge of many places, languages, viruses, peacekeeping, travelling the world, from Dubai to the Congo jungle. I could picture myself there and it opened my eyes to the many issues of conflict materials, human tragedy, abuse and child labour; very sad this goes on today. I would like to see this book in movie form, it would make a blockbuster movie.

In author Joey O’Conner’s previous novel AMONG KINGS he wrote about the Belgian Congo under the ruinous colonization of King Leopold II. In THE COBALT CURSE he uses his extensive research and obvious passion for the Congo, letting his creative storytelling juices flow. This is about a romance seemingly gone awry between a grieving missionary pilot and the world’s foremost expert in tropical disease. Highly recommended! Wayne Forte - Visual artist

About the author

Joey O’Connor is an award-winning author and screenwriter of twenty-three books and screenplays. He is the founder of The Grove Center for the Arts & Media, a Southern California non-profit arts organization, and the co-founder of the new Congo Reform Association. Joey lives in San Clemente, California.