Vector

Joe Rush #4

by James Abel

The Amazon rain forest spawns a new terror that will bring the world to its knees in this new Joe Rush bio-thriller . . .

Joe Rush is at an Amazon gold rush to study new forms of malaria when his best friend and partner, Eddie Nakamura, disappears. When learning that many of the sick miners have also vanished, Rush begins a search for Eddie that takes him into the heart of darkness. Where he must battle for his life, and where he discovers a secret that may change the world . . .

For thousands of miles away, floods of sick people are starting to appear in U.S. hospitals. When the White House admits that it has received terrorist threats, cities across the Northeast begin to shut down. Rush and his team must journey from one of the most remote spots on Earth to one of the busiest, as the clock ticks toward a kind of annihilation not thought possible. They have even less time than they think to solve the mystery, for the danger—as bad as it is—is about to get even worse . . .

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Adult, Mystery, Suspense, Audiobook, Action

336 pages, Hardcover

First published July 25, 2017

About the author

James Abel is the pseudonym for Bob Reiss an accomplished author and a journalist who has written extensively about the Arctic. He lives and works in New York City

Reviews

[Faith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is part of a series featuring Joe Rush. I have not read any of the other books, but this one worked fine as a standalone. The story is told in the alternating points of view of Rush and Tom Fargo, a bio terrorist. There are also some sections told from the pov of a mosquito. These sections really should have been omitted.

Fargo has been given the task of releasing weaponized mosquitos throughout the United States. They carry a new, powerful strain of malaria. Rush and his partner Eddie Nakamura are doctors and ex-military and now operate a company that hopes to discover microbes that will cure diseases. Their search takes them to Brazil, where they encounter the group that is breeding the super mosquitos. The two stories link up back in the US.

I generally like escaped killer virus books, but I thought this one was just ok. There are several action sequences and some creative detection, but there is also an obligatory romance (not as annoying as it could have been) and long pauses where nothing much was going on. However, I was interested enough to keep reading. I thought that the ending was a little too tidy. I wouldn't mind reading another Joe Rush book.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

[Dianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

More chilling than nuclear destruction of humanity, the Amazon rain forest is ground zero to the induced mutation of the lowly, vampire of the insect world. A brilliant mad man is on the loose, preparing to avenge his family’s deaths, a twisted version of his religion and bring the United States to its knees with the deadliest virus ever and Joe Rush finds himself caught in the vortex of an international race to prevent the deaths of millions.

It all started when Joe was in the Amazon studying new forms of malaria and his partner goes missing. What followed is a terrifying possibility that no one will be able to stop the virus that is being unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Can Joe get to the villain before it’s too late? Can he discover who is responsible for this travesty? Can a cure be found in time? Will people believe that bad things don’t just happen to other people? No one is safe, and it will take some deep searching to connect the dots to the shocking realization of what pushed one man over the edge to become the deadly pawn in a game of life and death. Have terrorists found a new way to take down America? Will American “generosity” be bastardized to save corporate bottom lines?

VECTOR by James Abel is a spine chilling tale of terrorism, engineered insects and how easily an entire nation can be brought to its knees in the blink of an eye. The world is unknowingly depending on one man to get the answers and get it right. For those who love a good sci-fi/medical thriller, settle in, and be ready to truly realize how precarious the balance of nature versus man truly is. Well written, filled with tangled twists, dark secrets and a game of cat and mouse played on the playing field of life.

I received an ARC edition from Berkley Publishing Group in exchange for my honest review.

Series: Joe Rush - Book 4
Publisher: Berkley (July 25, 2017)
Publication Date: July 25, 2017
Genre: Medical/Techno Thriller
Print Length: 352 pages
Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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[Quirkyreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Penguin for this super cool ARC. Five stars all around for this one.

What will the next mass human die off look like and how will it happens. This well written piece of fiction gives possible answers to the question and much more.

Try and find this one when it comes out.

[Denise]

Released at the height of summer, this new biothriller will have you listening for every buzz and watching for mosquitos whenever you're outside! Nonstop action when a group of terrorists decides to weaponize the insects to cause fatal malaria all over the world. Can they be stopped before humans are annihilated?

I love this subgenre -- the science, the pursuit of the bad guys, and the victory of the good guys. It's a foregone conclusion that total disaster will be avoided (hey, it's a series) so the fun is in reading how it all comes together. The multiple settings across the US and also the continent of South America make it even more real. The narrative is told in multiple points of view, mainly the main character, Joe Rush, a doctor and humanitarian and Tom Fargo, a man who has taken on this very personal mission hauling the genetically altered mosquitos back from Brazil to the USA to release. A third "voice" is that of the mosquito -- which was just a little odd.

This is the first I've read in the series, but it worked fine as a standalone. Definitely interested now in the previous books. I do love medical thrillers, action and adventure. I'd recommend it -- and remind you to be sure to close your windows and doors -- and avoid being out between dusk and dawn!

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishers for the e-book ARC to read and review.

[Celia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vector is the third Joe Rush book that I have read, and it was a fast-paced and often frightening read. Joe and his buddy Eddie Nakamura are both doctors and bio-terror experts who have ended their working relationship and ties to the the U.S. government. However, they are persuaded by a former colleague at the FBI to go to Brazil to search for a terrorist training camp, and what they find there is a terrorist threat that could bring the world to it's knees.

Joe and Eddie are best friends and extremely strong and likable protagonists who would risk their lives (and often do) for each other. They are known for doing things their own way. I actually missed Cold Silence (Joe Rush #3), and am going back to read it because I know it will be just as good as the rest of the books in the Joe Rush series. Vector can definitely stand alone, but I would recommend reading each of the books in the series, as they are all excellent.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Vee · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this novel is part of a series, you can easily read it as a standalone. Now, I've read quite a few biological thrillers. The best praise I can give for this novel is that it wasn't terrible. There was nothing that I really loved about this novel but it wasn't terrible enough to warrant a bad rating. I had no feelings while reading this book. I didn't get excited, I didn't get attached to any characters... it was just a blah experience for me. This novel is mostly told from Joe's perspective but it does shift to other POVs - including that of a mosquito. Yeah, you read that right. A mosquito. It was weird and I'm not sure if it was really necessary or helpful. I appreciated the amount of research that the author did on malaria; it was very thorough and gave reader an indepth knowledge into the disease as well as how mutations work in general. Overall, this novel was okay. It wasn't really memorable but it wasn't the worst thing I've ever read.

Thank you to First to Read program and Penguin Random House for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[OutlawPoet · Rating 5 out of 5]

To this date, I’ve read three James Abel novels.

The first, I loved. The 2nd, Whilte Plague, I didn’t. Vector is the 3rd one I’ve read (though I think It’s the 4th book).

Simply put, Vector was good! Abel brings us a terrorist plot that is scary, devious, and all to plausible. And it had me itching! I loved Joe Rush in this book – Abel is really building this character and letting his readers get to know him. And I adore Eddie.

Most interesting of all was our terrorist. Abel makes this character so multi-faceted. It’s especially uncomfortable to read this character because there are times you almost like them and feel so sorry for them. Then Abel reminds you that this is a very bad person.

I’ll happily read more Joe Rush books in the future. Action, intrigue, and good old fashioned adventure!

*ARC Provided by Net Galley

[Patricia Doyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took awhile (25%) for the two seemingly independent stories to come together, but once they finally did, the story made more sense.

Throughout the book are underpinnings of the political conflicts among the intelligence community, such as who gets credit or blame for a successful or failed operation or who has more clout. I suppose that's how it is in the real world, but that part I didn't like so much.

The book held my interest, mostly, but then would drift off into ho-hum. The reason Tom Fargo did what he did was very weak. I definitely learned a lot about mosquitoes.

Vector didn't make my 'worst ever' reading list, but then it didn't make my 'best ever' list either. Good, but not great. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like Joe Rush at this point; he's as close as I've come to Joe Ledger (Jonathan Maberry) thus far. These guys who defeat the bad guys are pretty entertaining. The appeal here is that Joe Rush is a medical doctor, so you get a lot of the geeky science that I love.

I did think this stumbled on the resolution of the big bad thing, though. The way it was handled seemed kind of convenient and even slightly lame. Honestly though, no matter. James Abel doesn't fool around with offing his really bad guys. It can get gruesome.

And of course Ray Porter, need I say more?

[Michael L Wilkerson (Papa Gray Wolf) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lying in the hospital bed, getting poked to draw blood sometimes four times a day, unable to grab the little plastic urinal in time to prevent a wet bed, taking a handful of pills twice a day, there was one bright spot; this novel.

I wasn't familiar with the Joe Rush series nor James Abel but I am adding him and the books to my To Buy list. I like the different locales that Abel uses and look forward to visiting them in other Joe Rush books.

[Empress Reece (Hooked on Books) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't realize this book was part of a series until after I requested it. It works well on its own though. One day I would like to go back and read the first three books

*I received this ARC from First-to-Read. Thank you!

[Rita Hardy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of the joe rush series. Bio terrorism

[Lara Strobl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, couldn’t put it down! I love the characters.

[Kellee Pawlenty · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into with this book, but I ended up liking it. I was unaware it was part of a series, but that didn't matter. Easy read, good plot and I didn't struggle trying to stay involved in it. If I knew how to give half stars, I would rate this a 3.5.

[Nolan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Joe Rush series is one of the most satisfying series I’m reading right now. I deliberately pace myself so I don’t read them all at once and burn out; it gives me that eagerness to return to it when it comes up in my strange little rotation that I’ve built for myself.

Joe and his friend, Eddie, are in the Amazon region of Brazil. They mine for offshore gold there, and minors are becoming ill with a particularly virulent strain of malaria, then those same minors disappear. Joe isn’t interested so much in the disappearance of the men as he is the disease. It’s not a strain even tropical epidemiologists see.

But when Joe’s friend, Eddie, disappears after becoming ill, he takes a personal interest.

You wouldn’t think of a guy named Tom Fargo as being an Islamic terrorist. But he is. And the terror he’s bringing to the United States is singularly frightening. Summertime in the U.S.A. Nothing like it. I already miss it. There are so many things to do outdoors. And if that errant mosquito lands on you, you swat it away or kill it—if you notice it at all, that is. It’s your apathy Tom Fargo counts on as he releases hundreds of female mosquitos into New York City. It’s the first stop on a multi-stop national tour. And these aren’t just any mosquitos. Someone in Brazil is clandestinely shipping them to Fargo. They arrive barely alive and hungry filled with that virulent malaria strain that will soon kill tens of thousands.

I ought to have known better than to read this during the COVID-19 era, but I can’t stay away from this series indefinitely. The author has filled it with that creepy suspense and terror you assume you’ll get from a James Abel book. How many times in your life have you slapped at a mosquito, possibly noting your blood in it when you kill it, and gone on with your life without any thought. We all do it. But after you read this, the next time you hear that high-pitched buzz as one of them zeros in on you, you’re going to panic just a little and go after it with just a bit more intent and vehemence. This is the kind of book that will remind you how vulnerable you are and how quickly a tiny insect can change your world.

I’ve not successfully communicated to you the vivid interest-holding nature of the author’s writing style. I suspect it’s a combination between the writing style and the audio narration that pulls me through this book with nothing but high traction and much satisfaction.

[Tad · Rating 4 out of 5]

The latest biothriller from James Abel takes Joe Rush from the jungles of Brazil to New York and across the United States in Vector. In Brazil to study malaria, Joe and his partner Eddie Nakamura get talked into poking around to see if they can find anything about terrorists groups planning an attack on the United States or its interests by an old FBI contact. When Eddie goes missing, Joe must track him down and in doing so, stumbles onto a threat far worse than anyone was expecting.

Meanwhile, a homegrown terrorist is back in New York planning the release of modified mosquitoes infected with a newer, deadlier strain of malaria. Joe sets out to rescue Eddie with the help of Brazilian police captain Izabel Santo before heading back to the States. Once there he must try to stop the terrorists before their attack can spread in truly devastating fashion.

I’ve read enough poorly executed biothrillers to appreciate a good one like Vector all the more. James Abel (pseudonym for Bob Reiss) takes a terrifying threat, disease carrying mosquitoes, and marries it to a clever and realistic plot. He adds in a strong hero with an interesting support team and an antagonist that you can feel sorry for even as you despise the heinous acts he is perpetrating. Supporting characters Eddie, Izabel, and especially young intern Aya all challenge Joe and offer him different perspectives that ultimately help him choose a course of action.

Abel has a knack for sketching out likeable characters, both major and minor, that help provide an emotional connection to the danger in which he places them. Coupled with a plot that seems realistic enough to be ripped from the headlines and you have a thriller that will have you turning the pages even as you get a little extra chill from the sound of a mosquito buzzing past your ear.

This is the fourth Joe Rush thriller and while there is some backstory to the characters, it reads fine as a standalone story. I’ve been meaning to jump into this series for a while and Vector certainly didn’t disappoint. Highly recommended.

I was fortunate to receive an advance copy of this book.

[Tina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wilderness medicine expert Joe Rush is searching the heart of the Amazon for his lost partner, Eddie Nakamura. What he finds there threatens the lives of everyone he loves back in the U.S. and the world.

The beginning of this book was very slow for me. Joe’s voice is written in the first person and all the other characters are written in the third person, which I found hard to follow. I think these books are written to be readable as stand-alones but having more background on Rush and Nakamura perhaps would have made the book more fast-paced.

The plot of this book is completely transparent in that the author explains everything that’s happening instead of letting suspense build. There were many places in the book where I thought the author could have let the reader figure things out and it would have been more exciting. The only really exciting part was the pursuit at the end, but anyone could have guessed how that would end.

Giving the mosquitoes voices as characters in this book was just plain weird. I find it very odd when animals or inanimate objects are given voices when that is not the main focus of the book. Those brief parts of the novel are not necessary, they add nothing, the author could remove them and the book would be none the worse for it.

This book was not my favorite. Perhaps it would be enjoyable to those who have been following the Joe Rush series from the beginning.

Thanks to Penguin Random House for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This book will be published on July 25, 2017.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Something terrible and unprecedented. Bombs, but not bombs . Panic, but no one will understand at first. It will occur in three cities. It will turn your world upside down. When America learns this warning was ignored, there will be consequences for your bosses. The third coming of wrath.”

This is the second book of the Joe Rush series that I've read, the first being WHITE PLAGUE. I've enjoyed them both.

Joe Rush and his buddy, Eddie Nakamura, were in the Marines together and then worked in a secret bioterrorism unit. Now Eddie and Joe have quit government employ and own a two-man biocure company, looking for microbes in the wild to help cure diseases. They also work with the Columbia University Wilderness Medicine Program.

They have headed to Brazil researching malaria and find a deadly conspiracy that starts there but has spread to the United States, with a new deadly form of malaria carrying mosquito.

This was a fast-moving race to stop these tiny killers and the person who is releasing them. I didn't like it quite as much as the first book in the series. I thought it was way more convoluted than it needed to be. But it is well worth reading and scary. This is something that could ACTUALLY happen.

This book was written by Bob Reiss writing as James Abel.

I received this book from Berkley Publishing through Net Galley in exchange for my unbiased review.

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Berkley and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Vector. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Vector is book four of a series featuring Joe Rush, though the book is easy to follow for those who are unfamiliar with the character. The brief summary of the novel did not clue me into the fact that Joe Rush is a reoccurring character, as I would have chosen to read the previous books first. I may have enjoyed the book more had I read the aforementioned novels, as I found Vector to be largely flat despite a promising premise.

Joe Rush and his partner Eddie Nakamura, once US Marines in a secret bioterrorism unit, are in Brazil studying malaria when they stumble upon a bioterrorist plot to attack the United States. When Eddie disappears, Joe's search reveals a dark secret that has the power to change the world.

The science in this novel is a stretch, but fiction often involves a little bit of reality mixed in with the improbable. The problem is that I did not find the plot to be thrilling, nor did I feel any connection to the main character. As the Joe Rush persona was established over a span of four books, there is really no character development to speak of in Vector. I was just not blown away by the book, so I am hesitant to recommend Vector to other readers.

[Sheila · Rating 1 out of 5]

In 1998 a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan that produced over half the nation's medicine and that specialized in anti-malarial drugs was bombed. Who committed this act of biological warfare? Was it the Islamic fundamentalist bad guys of Vector? Well, actually, no. It was the United States. Bill Clinton. Look up the article in Salon dot com.

Political thrillers are a choice vector for spreading racist, xenophobic fear. At the moment, fear of Muslims. But author Abel has added diversity to his cast of evil-doers, and now we can also suspect blue-eyed, white-skinned American Muslims - the guy next door - too. Casting a white guy as the villain, and a Japanese American as the hero's partner and a Brazilian woman as his sex partner (no love here, she's just an animal) does little to erase the fundamental racism of this story. You have to know a little history to understand what's going on. Take a look at Howard Zinn's illustrated book, "A People's History of American Empire." I just got a copy of another graphic novel style history book called "Operation Ajax, The Story of the CIA Coup That Remade the Middle East."

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

in James Abel's Vector, the fourth installment in the Joe Rush bio-thriller series, this captivating novel would leave you at the edge of your seat for a new kind of terror. It all started for Joe Rush, when he was on a rescue mission to find his friend Eddie in Brazil. He would have to go through other people to find him and bring him home. Meanwhile, Secretary Kyle Utley from the White House meets with a stranger who promised threats to the USA, if they didn't deliver the ransom money. When it didn't happen as planned, Tom Fargo, an American who turned jihadist terrorist, plans to unleash a new weapon of bio-terror for destruction: generic modified mosquitoes that carry a new kind of malaria. And the first attack happened in New York City. When Joe learns about this new federal emergency, he heads home with Eddie and a new ally, Izabel Santo from Brazil. From there, they learn about this new disease and track down the origins as new attacks hits in other states. Joe and his team tries to connect the dots on this personal attack and races against time to stop another outbreak happens in Atlanta before it's too late.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I’ve ever read by this author. I don’t know how I got his name or who put him on my on my list of books, but I’m very very grateful. I am going to print out all of his books and put him on my list of favorite authors. This is really a scary story because it’s something that somebody could do and considering what Trump has done to our CDC and other health things we could be in Jeep trouble if somebody decided to use this idea to attack the United States. We are really defenseless. So I hope that we don’t get caught because so many people voted for a man who is totally on what for totally unfit to be president and because so many people such as the Supreme Court, who are supposedly educated people believe that he could carry their water. Why a man like Trump, who who claimed that he loves the United States has systematically or let other people systematically destroy so many things that have been so good about our government. Oh well maybe somebody will feed him to the fishes who knows. I no longer am able to reread and edit what I’ve written because I’ve lost a lot of my vision. Take care of your eyes. See your eye doctor every year and wear your sunglasses.

[Angel Hench · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Read all of my reviews at Ouroboros Freelance.)

If you are not already scared into agoraphobia by the threat of the Zika virus, Lyme disease, and skin cancer, James Abel’s book will make you afraid to leave your house or at least make you clothe yourself from head to toe and top that off with a couple layers of bug spray.

Vector is a chilling exercise that imagines the results of a terror organization’s ability to weaponize an everyday annoyance we barely notice here in the United States. It is terrifying how easy Abel makes it seem to create, distribute and disperse such a weapon.

The book starts with Joe Rush and his partner, Eddie, travelling the Amazon. Except that Eddie is missing, Joe is being followed, his guide is less than trustworthy and a large number of malaria-stricken individuals have disappeared from their homes.

Things go terribly wrong for Joe at the same time that events are going awry quietly and steadily in the United States. A terrorist’s threat is delivered, the government is blackmailed, hard decisions are made. (Some of the most terrifying moments in the book stem from the decisions of people in power and the reasoning behind those decisions.)

When the two story lines intersect, the action comes quick and fast.

The pacing of this book is just what you want in a thriller. The science was written in a believable and easy to understand way. And the ending does not disappoint.

I will definitely be going back to read the first in the Joe Rush series, White Plague.

(A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher.)

[Carol Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jihadists attack the United States with a bioterror weapon – mosquitoes carrying a deadly form of malaria. Meanwhile, Joe Rush is studying malaria strains in Brazil when his fried Eddie Nakamura goes missing. In looking for Eddie, Joe uncovers the jihadist plot. Joe, Eddie, and Izabel Santo of the Brazilian Federal Police head back to the United States to help with the search for the terrorist.

Because I have a Ph.D. in Genetics, I tend to be nit-picky about scientific details. But since, I’m not that well-read on malaria or its mosquito hosts, I was able to enjoy the plot of this enjoyable book. This is my first Joe Rush book so it took a little getting used to going back and forth between third person and first person narratives. In conclusion, I can highly recommend this book as a good thriller to lose yourself in.

I received an advance copy of this book as a part of Penguin's First to Read program.

[Kathleen Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let's hope there's a real Joe Rush out there seeking out and stopping terrorists who use bio warfare. I've read all of these books since stumbling on the first one only because it was set in Alaska- and I look forward to each installment even though it's not my genre. You could easily read Vector as a standalone but I highly recommend reading them all. I learned a lot about malaria and mosquitos this time around. Abel has ably crafted a plot which unfolds quickly and seamlessly- there's a bad guy, a precipitating event for the bad guy to become bad, a lot of bad stuff, and then there's Joe, Eddie, and Aya. My one quibble with Vector is that Eddie and Aya don't get enough play, although Isabel is a pretty darn good partner for Joe. This is a fast entertaining and in some ways frighteningly plausible read. This is intelligent action. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC- two thumbs up!

[Philip Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must wonder if this has been tried. Even I have thought of this and pondered the cause of some of the outbreaks of deadly or debilitating disease. This book is number 4 in a series of I was unaware of but it is easily a stand-alone novel. Since nature has massacred millions using infected insects, with no assistance from man, it stands to reason millions more could face a death sentence using nature’s vessels in the form of insects with some genetic modification by mankind. So, the plot is set, and for every bad guy in this world there is an equally bad good guy. Like any well written thriller this one keeps the reader engaged to the end. Just think of the possibilities or I dare say probability of implementing this biological weapon, of course for the cause of religion.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

be careful reading this book outside in the summer time. every buzzing bug will freak you out. this was my first joe rush book (and my first james able book) and, to use a pun, it was quite a rush! I really enjoyed the fast paced nature behind stopping an unconventional terrorist. bombs but not bombs. We worry so much now a days about terrorists and their bombs that we don't think about the every day. malaria is a horrifying way to die and to have it spread as an act of terror is even more horrifying, making people scared to leave their homes. this is a great book and I recommend to people who enjoy fast paced thrillers. I look forward to reading the other now rush books.

[Janis · Rating 3 out of 5]

What if Malaria wasn't a disease "over there" but actually here on our doorstop in North America. And what if the regular drugs didn't work anymore - it had become drug resistant. Would we let our children outside to play on summer days, walk the dog, picnics and weekend barbeques or would we become willing prisoners in our homes. The only thing that makes malaria from being as truly terrifying as it could be is that it requires an intermediate host - mosquitoes - now what if someone weaponized it and made it airborne. Keep one eye on the buzzing cloud and the other on the guy sneezing three feet from you.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was another good read by an author under another name. I know he chooses several names so I am guessing he doesn't want his real identity to be revealed I mean it could be one guy but anyhow lets not hash that. I liked the book., slow in spots, a bit more action in others. I still like folks trying to figure out ways to kill us all with some kind of viral bug. And if you want that to stop that from happening call Joe Rush and his buddy Eddie. Along with friends they should be able to stop a catastrophe. Or at least put a plug in it. Love how these heros put it all out there for us. Till my next one I leave you to figure out if this will fill that niche in your shelf.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Joe Rush I believe I've found a new series to follow. This is a work of fiction, so there were a few impossible to believe aspect to the story. But, overall, this was disturbingly believable. The characters were engaging, both the good and the bad.

Anyone who's read my other reviews might notice this tome took a bit longer to read. This is no reflection on the plot or skill of the author, it was just an inordinately busy couple of weeks. We have here an outstanding tale coupled with very good writing. Enjoy your copy!