Fifth book in Department Q:
The Marco Effect is the fifth volume in Jussi Adler-Olsen's popular and award-winning Department Q series.
15-year-old Marco has been subject to the unlimited power of his uncle Zola throughout his entire upbringing in the clan, where he is forced into a life of slavery and crime. When he discovers that Zola wants to subject him to bestial mutilation in order to increase his earning potential and to better control him, Marco accomplishes the almost impossible: escape from the clan's iron grip. For a short time, life seems to brighten for Marco, who manages with the help of his quick mind, his special abilities and a strong will to survive. But when he accidentally stumbles upon a sinister secret that Zola and the clan will do everything they can to prevent from coming to light, Marco is forced into a desperate fight for his life.
Should Marco use his knowledge to deal with Zola and the rest of the clan, which includes his father? Should he involve the police? Can he prove anything?
What Marco doesn't know is that it's not just his family who want him killed. However, it becomes clear to Carl, Assad and Rose, who are slowly drawn into the case, which draws deadly threads to corruption in the banking world, fraud at the ministerial level - and far into the jungles of Africa.
Carl cannot forget Marco's burning gaze, and he is shaken by the unsuspected forces at play around this young boy.
Is the task this time bigger than Department Q can handle?
