Introduction

Le Tour Finale is a taut yet intricate thriller set in France during the famous Tour de France bicycle race and its aftermath. The story juggles essentially two protagonists: John Rexford, a former marine and covert assassin, and Alex Pena, an American policeman turned bodyguard. The US government recruits Rexford, a conditioned cyclist and assassin, to join the Tour as part of a team whose successful mission will bring an end to the current French government plot to form a military and economic partnership with Russia and render the European Union and NATO obsolete.The task quickly changes when the mission is exposed. Now Rexford and Pena must escape a country that is under military lockdown, but first rescue what is left of their team from the notorious high security prison of La Santé. The future of the European Union and NATO hang in the balance as the two men weave their way through prisons, French police, and an underground French Resistance that is not what they seem.

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The scene opens in a small room in the basement of an orphanage.



“What are you doing?”
He turned away, wiped his tears into the blanket, and gently dropped it into the crib.
“What are you doing?” she asked again.
“What do you want?” said Alex.
“Don’t touch things in here,” said Vita. She made a fuss about fluffing the blankets in each crib.
“I didn’t see any signs,” he said.
Vita motioned him to sit down. She placed a wooden toolbox on the floor near her feet.
He waited a few seconds then reluctantly sat. They were two feet apart. Her skin appeared soft, like the baby he had imagined. “So?”
“So,” she replied. “Jilly wants you to look more the imbecile than you already do.”
Her brown eyes were both warm and icy. He thought of a smart-ass remark, but let it go. Vita opened the wooden box filled with small glass jars and brushes.
“You need a lazy eye,” Vita said. She grabbed a large, fluffy brush and a cotton ball. She lifted the top shelf of the toolbox long enough to pull out a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and quickly closed it. She set the bottle down and motioned her hand toward his eye. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

What are the internal motivations for John Rexford to return to the assassin’s life, when in the previous novel—Cut and Cover—he was finally free?

Which character do you think takes the consistent “higher moral ground” in Le Tour Finale?

Is that character right or wrong to do this? In other words, does his high morality put innocent people at risk?

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