The FBI tells her they are trading ivory on her website. They say she can help. She doesn't believe them. But she must... Passionate to regain her online status with composers she refuses to be a victim. In New York, they team her up with a Tanzanian street vendor but this no place to track down warlords who fund their wars by killing elephants. Drawn deeper into the mission they go undercover to infiltrate the black markets of Dar es Salaam. The mission quickly falls apart when she’s captured and forced to witness the poisoning of elephants at a waterhole. Her handlers can no longer be trusted. However, a clue in her music helps her partner to spring her from the warlord hideout. They run. They go dark and fall in love on a dhow headed for Mombasa. Are they headed into oblivion or will they return to New York changed forever? " Atone for the Ivory Cloud is a great read if you are passionate about wildlife preservation and know something about cybercrime. Then you will find it entertaining and educational, with some truly beautiful and lyrical language woven into the action-packed plot." "music is woven beautifully into the narrative" "Allison is an interesting, strong character, and is easy to root for." Dan's Papers, July 14, 2017. Atone for the Ivory Cloud is a compelling, fast-paced thriller with an exotic international flavor. Geoffrey Wells takes the reader on an enthralling ride, skillfully entwining cybercrime, music, and the fate of African elephants in a breathtaking tale of danger and romance." -Pamela Burford, best-selling author of Undertaking Irene. "With all the skill required to compose an intricate symphony, Geoffrey Wells weaves together a story of the dark world of cybercrime, the creativity of musical composition, the horrors of greed on an international scale, and the most complex subject of all: the human heart." -Stephanie Parent, author of the Neima's Ark Series. "Geoffrey Wells has written a book that's much more than a simple thriller, using technology and music as motifs to explore themes of freedom and privacy, conservation, inter-cultural relations, and personal growth. The book is timely in many ways, and touches on a number of current issues and recent events." -Andrew Diamond, author of Impala. (Kirkus starred review, Sept 2016) What readers are saying about Atone for the Ivory Cloud: "I really liked the characters, they were well developed and I really liked their personalities." - "...loaded with insane plot twists..." "Nothing else can surprise me now. But it does, and it's great." - "I thoroughly enjoyed ATONE. It kept me engrossed the entire book. I learned a lot, and the suspense was palpable." - "...will have you holding your breath and guessing to the last page." - "...I "felt" the music in the final chapters as the language became noticeably more lyrical." - "Some of the scenes were so vividly described, I thought I was there..." "Atone for the Ivory Cloud happens to be a fantastic book..." Fran Lewis - Book Talk Radio (5 star review on amazon) Impressions on a South African farm, boarding school, a father who read from the classics to his children, and a storytelling mother, sparked Geoffrey Wells with a writer's imagination. Though the piano and drum kits and Mozambique led to his first thriller,  A Fado for the River , his career as Art Director in advertising led him to the American Film Institute, and an awe of digital technology propelled him to VP/CIO at Disney, ABC-TV stations and Fox. Wells wrote an award-winning animated film, has visited elephant reserves, and climbed to the tip of Kilimanjaro. He lives on Long Island where he swims the open water and runs a video and design company. He writes thrillers about imperfect characters who, always with a diverse band of allies, fight villains that devastate our natural and virtual ecosystems.