Kindle Unlimited
Unlimited reading. Over 4 million titles. Learn more
Read for Free
OR
Kindle Price: $0.99

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

David Van Zummeren
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Betrayed Kindle Edition

by David Van Zummeren (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
See all formats and editions
Another blink, another stab of pain. Cameron Matthews struggles to handle the betrayal that has led to one death after another. Desperate to find answers, Cameron spins a web of deception in hopes of capturing The Ghost and the traitor before anyone else is Betrayed.

Cameron chases The Ghost around the world, including the Cayman Islands and Japan in hopes of saving innocent lives and the career of Japan’s Prime Minister. The Ghost and the traitor inside Cameron’s team have been one step ahead of him, and it has cost many people their lives.

Throwing all caution to the wayside, Cameron mounts a last ditch effort to stop The Ghost and the traitor. What will the cost be to succeed?
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    329 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    March 17, 2014
  5. File size
    953 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  9. See all details
Next page

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I am still recovering from the ending of this book. Betrayed truly kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Full of intense scenes and surprising twists and turns, this book would make an amazing movie, which is what was constantly running through my mind as I was reading. The unpredictable plot kept me guessing right up to the end. I never knew who to trust and who to suspect." - from Cheryl Schopen for Readers' Favorite
"This book is full of action and intrigue. As soon as you think you have a clue as to who the culprit is, a plot twist will come and make you reconsider." - Online Book Club

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J3CBLJU
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 953 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 329 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 45 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
David Van Zummeren

David Van Zummeren

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

My first memory of storytelling was listening to my grandfather. He is a deacon and he could make preaching about the bible interesting, even for me as a child.

I first thought of telling stories myself while spending time in a car with my mother and sister in middle school. Each month we would drive about forty-five minutes to buy groceries. On the trips we would take turns making up stories. I’m sure my mother did this to stop us from fighting and thus saving her sanity.

Growing up I read primarily science fiction. My favorite author is still Isaac Asimov. I learned how powerful writing a series of books could be by reading the Foundation and Robot series. From science fiction I moved into the thriller and espionage genres.

It has been a long road for me to get my first book published. The beginnings to "Betrayed" began back in 1997. I had a vision of writing a book that would eventually be made into a movie. I figured that would be the only way I would be cast in a movie. Now a days, I enjoy writing stories and not worry about being a super movie star.

I currently live in western Illinois with my wife. We have a total of seven children and one granddaughter. Our children range in age from six to twenty two years. With three girls and four boys, on any given day we get to experience typical drama from all age groups and sexes. It is a joyous journey (most of the time).

Customer reviews

3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
45 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Richard A. Stratton
5.0 out of 5 stars Betrayed in an Understatement
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014
Verified Purchase
An engaging, action packed, fast moving story. Good one for your next cross country flight, TDY or week at the beach. William Shakespeare or Arthur Conan Doyle it is not. But eminently readable it is. It does not appear to be good for one's health to be closely involved with or even near our hero, however. Betrayal is toxic.

You will be able to keep the volume open with a preacher eyeballing you from the next seat or leave it around where your kids can find it since the author avoids the normal publishers' requirement for a detailed salacious, pornographic scene every 100 pages. This is the first book I have read since the New Testament where one of the major characters makes a public declaration of virginity. I found it refreshing not to have to wade through the clinical details of a character's sex life to be able to follow the main action.

More meticulous editing would have been nice. For example, in chapter two we learn that the father of one of the major players is terminally upset at being forced to witness the signing of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on board the USS Mississippi. [I too would have been upset at being shuttled to the wrong vessel.] The Mississippi was there but I doubt if it hosted any of the Imperial Armed Forces for a surrender signing occurring on the USS Missouri. The book does sort of get crowded with characters around the mid-point, making it challenging to keep track of the players without a scorecard. But then, as I remember Tokyo and the major cities of Honshu things were just a bit crowded in reality as well. This nitpicking is just to show that I did read the book.

This is a good yarn - worth your time and money. David Van Zummeren has done a nice job.
4 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2014
Verified Purchase
I enjoyed this book, would recommend it to other readers.
Helpful
 Report
Michael McCully
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014
Verified Purchase
Good story line but a bit slow in the middle
Helpful
 Report
Mark in Maquoketa
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put It Down
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2014
Verified Purchase
Wow! What an amazing story. The action is fast and compelling, the characters are well-developed and intruiging and you are left in breathless suspense as the story grabs you from the first chapter and never lets go.
I dare you to download the sample as you will be quickly transfixed and sucked into the story an will soon find yourself downloading the whole book.
Hold on to your hat!
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
amy schnese
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021
Verified Purchase
Loved this book! It had action, suspense, drama. I was on the edge of my seat!
Helpful
 Report
D. West
4.0 out of 5 stars Good first novel
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2014
This review comes from a final “in edit” version of the book. Betrayed has a lot going for it, in terms of action, characters, plot, and tension. Regrettably, the many Japanese names were often confusing, and I found myself going back, time and again, to see whom the author was referring to—my weakness, perhaps. The American characters are much easier to follow due, in no small part, because of my familiarity with American names. But, with a book so full of major and minor characters, I found it hard to keep on track and thought that maybe a legend with names would have been helpful.

This was a small price to pay for the overall thrum of the storyline. While I found Cameron to be a good protagonist and fully fleshed out, it would seem that his CIA assets were coming out on the short end. If he was so broken over his first loss, Momose, then he should have been completely off the rails with Ami. For a guy called “the machine,” Cameron seemed everything but—a machine has no feelings, is inanimate, and does the job it was designed to do. Cameron was too emotionally involved with his work to be considered “a machine.” In fact his crossing the line with both of his Japanese assets seemed a bit out of character for “a machine” and caused the loss of both assets. And, more like a puppy, Cameron seemed to fall in love too easily with beautiful Japanese women, even when he was “almost” engaged to someone in DC who supposedly made his heart flutter. Perhaps he needs to work with male assets so he can keep his mind on the task at hand?

The storyline was well conceived, drawing the reader in. However, I was surprised that Cameron was unable to connect the dots as to the identity of “the ghost” as I’m certain most readers had it figured long before the final showdown. Tracy, I believe, is not the mole or certainly not the only mole that Cameron and Don come to believe her to be. That revelation will be left, one would hope, to upcoming novels, since we were left without closure in Betrayed.

A wide cast of diverse characters, a somewhat believable storyline, and lots of action, what’s not to like? I liked the fact that while Cameron always seemed to be falling in love that he was a moral man. Kudos for leaving out all the needless gratuitous sex that fuels most novels today; although Cameron is a bit old not to have engaged in lovemaking--which tends to leave the reader with the dilemma of believability.

Zummeren seems to be getting the hang of writing interesting thriller/mystery novels quite rapidly. And because he left us hanging, I’ll need to buy his next novel just to see how the ghost and moles are captured. Highly recommended for a first novel. Hope they catch the edits before it goes to press!!
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Robert J. Newell
4.0 out of 5 stars Action-packed and complex
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2014
This novel is non-stop, go-go-go, just like a James Bond movie. There's no time to take a breath. It's action and adventure from the first page to the last.

It's intrepid agent Cameron Matthews vs. his arch-nemesis, The Ghost, and a lot hangs in the balance, including the fate of the Japanese Prime Minister, not to mention Cameron's love interests and even his self-esteem. Set mostly in Japan, a country the author seems to know well (or at least describes very well), this one will have you flipping electronic pages at a furious pace.

Some things really stand out. On the positive side, the novel manages to get by without swearing and gratuitious sex scenes, and not lose anything in the process. Hats off to the author for this. Also on the plus side, the main character and many of the side characters are very good; they're engaging, they're human, and they pull us into the story.

On the not-as-positive side, the book shows its indie roots in that it could have used a good line edit, and frankly, the prose, while certainly good enough, would have been better with the aforesaid edit. The plotting is good overall but there are some inconsistencies and glitches that wouldn't have gotten past a professional outside-party edit.

And, I must say, I completed hated the ending. I won't spoil it here, and I'm fine with the idea that it leaves room for a sequel ... but ... it's such a good story otherwise, I think the author could have made some better choices with the conclusion.

Overall, though, this is well worth your time and money, and that's why I give it four stars. It's a compelling and breathtaking ride.
Helpful
 Report

Report an issue


Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report