ZAP Agent Mathis

by C.R. Daems

Kate Mathis wasn’t sure why she had answered the Ad or why she had gone through the telephone interview or why she was sitting in the bleachers with fifty others considering accepting an offer to be an anti-terrorist agent. Of course it did fit a pattern of not being able to decide what she wanted to do with her life since grammar school. In college she had tried a variety of subjects, played sports, and partied, excelling at each, but she had graduated as undecided as she had been in grammar school. And the Ad, interview, and current speaker made the training sound like hard work and the job dangerous.
But they had dangled two worms in front of her: the chance to see the lives of the rich and powerful up close and to protect important people. And she could quit if she decided it wasn’t what she was looking for—whatever that was.
To everyone’s astonishment, can't-make-up-her-mind and party-girl Kate Mathis survives the training, makes agent, enjoys her job, and finds something she loves—outmaneuvering the terrorists.

Genres: Science Fiction

245 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 3, 2015

About the author

I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and joined the military right out of high school. I served twenty-two years in the United States Air Force as a certified internal auditor. While in the military service, I lived in seven states and two foreign countries, and obtained two degrees: a BS in mathematics and an MS in computer science.

After I retired from the Air Force, I secured a position with Digital Equipment Corporation, located in Bedford, Massachusetts, as a software course developer and instructor. I worked twenty-two years at DEC and held positions as a course developer, course development manager, software engineer, and software engineering manager.

Today, I’m retired and live in Tucson, Arizona, with my wife of fifty-three years. My daughter and two grandchildren live in Maryland. I began writing several years after I retired, when I was seventy. My first two attempts remain in my desk drawer—good ideas, but poorly written. Subsequently, I co-authored, with Jeanne Tomlin, three fantasy novels: Talon of the Raptor Clan, Scales of Justice, and All My Friends Have Wings (young adults). Talon of the Raptor Clan was sold to ePress-online Books and came out in July 2009. Since then I have written two additional novels: The Laughing Hounds (urban fantasy) and The Riss Gamble (science fiction).

My hobbies for the past forty years have been kung fu and tai chi.

Reviews

[Aleea J. Brewer]

Virtually the same as Kazak Megan

I enjoy C.R. Daems' work until this one. The similarities are such that if this were a college paper, it would fail due to the plagiarism. Not only are the clients being protected the same, some of the characters' names or situations weren't even changed. While my Kindle won't allow me to check the pages side by side, if I could, the basic wording appears to substitute Kazak for ZAP. Sorry to have paid for this one and will be very cautious with his kick ass female agents in the future.

[Juniper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Feels almost like a copy and paste from Mr. Daems's Kazak Guardian series, which is not an issue, but to prospective readers, I would recommend the Kazak Guardian series before this book. It is not necessarily bad, but the aforementioned series currently has 3 books and feels more fleshed out than this book.
P.S., I rated this a two-star, which Goodreads describes as "it was ok."

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A throw back remix, good read

Although the concept is not realy new but a throw back to one of this authors older series, the bodyguard one it is a remix, in the way it has a different theme. No magic and more military training, I still loved it abd hope to read another in this series

[Taylor Tilbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, interesting ride

This book is an excellent start to a series and even as a standalone novel. It is interesting, funny, and in general a good romp.

[Stacy B · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book, but it was almost identical to the Kazak books.

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

👍🏼

I do love a C R Daems book - probably my 3rd reread. Read in a day, pretty light read but with good ideas and action

[Helen M. Whitchurch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well thought out, original heroine

A new kind of FBI, ZAP bodyguards, shoot first -big budget -no redtape. I want to reread and read more and I suspect real FBI would love to be zapped. Still, totally different Red Angel by this author preferred by me.

[Cgr710 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice, but the premise is regurgitated from the older Kazak series the author already published a wile ago. Still, Mr. Daems has a certain talent in painting the characters I find appealing even if the story is not original.

[Gregg West · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Lots of action without much gore.
Good idea for a story line. Hope to see more books about ZAP agents.

[Rebecca Armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

good but very similar to kazak series