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Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Alex is now the target of a national manhunt. In the second instalment of the Rise Up Trilogy, Alex stumbles upon a huge government coverup. When more people get sicker and sicker, and nothing about the real cause of the outbreak makes news, it becomes clear the corruption goes up high. As Alex, Maryam and Hashim attempt to expose and stop a tragedy that could kill millions, the boys end up being blamed for an act of bioterrorism responsible for this exact crime, and a team of hitmen is dispatched to hunt them down. As they grapple with their own growing pains, they hurry to outrun the disaster, prove that they are innocent, and do what they feel is right. Suspenseful, fast-paced, and heart-wrenching, this book is a call-to-action for all of us. Check out Collusion next in the series.

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""It was difficult to put this book down after starting it. Inspirational, harrowing, intense and deeply moving, the book presents a ray of hope amidst terrible hardship, misfortune and loss."" - Aneela Iftikhar.

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As a child, Henrik devoured stories of faraway lands. Through them, he discovered that the pathway to understanding people from different cultures was to look for things they had in common rather than what set them apart. Finding connection to people became his passion. In his early teens, he left his safe little bubble in Helsinki and ventured out to the great big world, eventually landing in Paris. At the age of twenty one, Henrik returned to Finland and enrolled in the Helsinki Business School. Two years later he founded a contemporary art sale and services company, but despite the initial success he had to close down the business after five years when the whole western world fell into a deep recession. Henrik decided to go back to school to study philosophy. One morning as he was working on an essay on rhetoric, it dawned on him that he was actually writing his first book. It was a philosophical study into his own coming-of-age. End of Restlessness was published by a Finnish publisher (WSOY) and after publishing another book, this time a young adult novel, he switched to English.The Rise Up Trilogy was inspired by his fifteen-year stint as a volunteer in Helsinki Red Cross Youth Shelter. In a world that is turning into an increasingly hostile place for any minority, what people need is stories that evoke diversity, friendship, human decency, and the courage to listen to one's heart. Besides his husband, Henrik loves novels in Russian about the Soviet life, French pop, snowboarding, sampling vegan delights across the world, and spending time with their brazen, eclectic group of friends and family. For more information, go to henrikwilenius.com, or to Instagram @henrikwilenius or to TikTok @henrikwileniusauthor.

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