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    Vigilante (Dangerous Times Collection Book #3)
    Vigilante (Dangerous Times Collection Book #3)
    Vigilante (Dangerous Times Collection Book #3)
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    Vigilante (Dangerous Times Collection Book #3)

    By Robin Parrish

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    Nolan Gray is an elite soldier, skilled in all forms of combat. After years fighting on foreign battlefields, witnessing unspeakable evils and atrocities firsthand, a world-weary Nolan returns home to find it just as corrupt as the war zones. Everywhere he looks, there's pain and cruelty. Society is being destroyed by wicked men who don't care who they make suffer or destroy.

    Nolan decides to do what no one else can, what no one has ever attempted. He will defend the helpless. He will tear down the wicked. He will wage a one-man war on the heart of man, and he won't stop until the world is the way it should be.

    The wicked have had their day. Morality's time has come. In a culture starving for a hero, can one extraordinary man make things right?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9781441232366
    Vigilante (Dangerous Times Collection Book #3)
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    Robin Parrish

    Robin Parrish is a journalist who's written about the intersection of faith and pop culture for more than a decade. He's also the author of Offworld and the Dominion Trilogy. Robin and his wife and children live in North Carolina. Visit Robin's website at www.robinparrish.com.

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    • 4/5
      Yep you saw it right, I am reviewing a Christian Fiction book. I was caught WAY off guard about 2/3 of the way through when a character states:
      "Life is poetry," said Mae. "Stop. Watch. Listen. There's poetry all over. And the thing about poetry? It don't write itself"

      I stopped and went hmmmmm OK, but I highlighted it and saw all the commenters who had also highlighted it and they were obviously Christian readers (insert "Praise Jesus.." "God is Love.." etc.. So I had to go look here on GR to see if this was Christian Fiction I had picked up. Want to talk about a DUH moment? But I was 67% through and it was not bothering me. Heck I just had complained about another book tricking me into reading a rabid conservation commentary and spiritual agenda and this was far from that. It was a great read so far! And I cannot say I was tricked!

      And then I finished it, and it was full of Christian symbolism in the end, but it was a message of hope and a message of warning, like many of these books but you know what else it was? It was a fun sci-fi thriller. It was post-apocalyptic-ish. It had all the conventions of sci-fi thrillers and PA books are suppose to have. It has a strong message, there is love, heartache, but there is also a lot of violence, so watch it there if you are expecting it to not have any of that because it was written by a well known Christian Author (which I learned later).

      I really liked it! So, I am giving it 4 stars, and it is well deserving. I would recommend this to any readers even those who do not read Christian Fiction. I am not Christian, I am a proud pagan priestess. I dig Tolkien, CS Lewis, Frank Herbert and Orson Scott Card and they are all writers who construct stories with strong Christian mythos, ethics, lessons etc. But they are not preaching or witnessing between the written word. They just are telling me a tale, and this was one heck of a great tale!

      PREMISE: What happens to a group of astronauts who come back to earth after being the first men on Mars. Back to a world which seems to be completely empty. No humans, no animals, nothing, they all seem to have disappeared. How do people who already have been living in confined isolation cope to living in a world with infinite empty spaces where there should be walking talking people. What if they are not as alone as they thought? What if there seems to be something out there that cannot be explained, can they accept it on faith alone?

      Triggers - violence and I was triggered by the idea of an empty world. It was a dark read but the ending made it worthwhile.
    • 4/5
      "Offworld" is a solid, not great, novel about Mars astronauts who return to Earth and find it devoid of all human and animal life. Chris Burke and his three teammates begin to feel that's something's wrong once they lose contact with Houston control, but don't realize how bad things are until they step foot again on the terra firma near Cape Canaveral. A brilliant light reaching to the top of the night sky is the only difference in the world that they return to (except for a complete absence of all life, of course). They soon realize that the light holds the key to the answers to their questions and set out for it. Along the way, they encounter a solitary young girl who adds to the mystery. Author Robin Parrish does a fine job creating credible and sympathetic characters in the book. Most readers should fine it easy to identify with them and the plight that they're in.But, back to the plot. Is it a plaque, government conspiracy or something else altogether that's wiped out all of human life? Parrish provides those answers and more in a book that forces the reader to suspend their lines of disbelief, but provides plenty of action and a sufficient quotient of plot twists. The book drags a little as the troupe makes their way to Houston, but picks up considerably in the last third and finishes with a satisfactory ending.The book will appeal to both sci-fi and thriller fans.
    • 3/5
      The first manned mission to Mars returns to Earth to find that everyone on the planet is gone. Not dead - gone. Offworld follows the four astronauts as they try to discover what happened to the rest of humanity (and all animals too by the way.) The initial concept is fascinating to me, and probably made me overly generous in giving a three star rating. The further the plot goes, the more ludicrous it gets. By the end, the mixture of science fiction, military action, religion, and just downright weirdness gets incredibly absurd. Still, it was mostly a fun ride on the way. Tip for the author: do not ever again use the phrase "stood to his full height." It is an absurd phrase to begin with, and you've used it at least ten times in this book.
    • 4/5
      When astronaut Commander Christopher Burke and his crew return from Mars to Earth they find the planet deserted. Embarking on a journey across a bleak, abandoned landscape they search for signs of life – for clues as to what took place. As the crew struggles to stay together and maintain some sort of order they desperately attempt to solve the puzzle of the missing populace (just as you will as you read along with their journey).Robin Parrish has this knack of writing books with great hooks. They just keep you reading, wondering where Parrish will lead you, and trying to figure out what’s going on. Offworld – while it may not end up ANYWHERE near where you expect it to – is a great example of this trait of Parrish’s novels. I can’t really say more about the reason everyone is missing without removing the suspense that is so titillating, but it’s unexpected, and pretty far out there.For people who don’t like their sci-fi/speculative fiction to be mixed up with too much romance, Parrish is always a good bet as well – while there is a very subtle theme of romantic devotion in the novel – it’s just that, very subtle, and always takes a backseat to action, adventure, and ‘what’s going on here?!’In the same vein, while Parrish is classified as Christian fiction, he’s pretty hands-off, keeping mentions of God brief – so brief in fact that his work is amongst the more cross-over style titles available from Bethany House. Thankfully the writing is style is still clean (no language), but you can expect some somewhat gory fight scenes. This is a fun read for those looking for some sci-fi, adventure-style escapism without having to deal with the explicit sensuality that much mainstream sci-fi contains.Reviewed at quiverfullfamily.com
    • 4/5
      In 2031, Christopher Burke and his crew of astronauts are the first people to set foot on Mars. They stayed there for two years to do research and conduct experiments. Everything had gone pretty well, save for Chris’s mysterious disappearance of eighteen hours when he only had four hours of oxygen left. They were on their way home when they lost contact with Earth. When they crash land on Earth, the crew finds that every man, woman, child, and animal is gone. Were they abducted? Have they died? What happened here?The characters are very realistic. At first, all you see of them is this disciplined, business-like façade. As they get deeper into the empty world and they run into obstacle after obstacle, you see the real people underneath. My favorite character is Trisha. She’s a strong and disciplined woman, who was a Marine before she was an astronaut. Underneath her tough exterior, she has a painful disease that she works through every day and she is deeply in love. I liked to see the deconstruction of the layers the crew built up. I was impressed that they managed to keep so much from each other while still being in close quarters. Also, the relationship of a group of people that are so close knit is interesting to read. Offworld is a great science fiction adventure. The plot twists and turns in ways that you would never expect. It’s a mystery, an adventure, science fiction, and an action movie all rolled into one. The plot moved forward from page one and didn’t stop. The narrative was exciting and fluid to read. The only criticism I have is when some answers are given to the problems at hand, it gets a little weird; it was harder to suspend my disbelief. Overall, I would say this is a great read.
    • 5/5
      Offworld by Robin Parrish is a thrilling foray into science fiction that reads so well, the pages disappear. Commander Christopher Burke and his crew are returning from a mission to Mars. They find it odd that they have lost contact with ground control, and their landing is definitely dangerous and strange. However, the icing on the cake is when they step out of the space shuttle and discover everyone everywhere is gone. The mission then becomes to discover who or what has caused the disappearance of all humans on earth. This story was believable because the astronauts quarrel amongst themselves, they get hungry, wet, injured, bruised, and tired. Their thinking starts out rational and becomes more disorganized and improvisational as the story picks up speed. I liked reading the pages to see how the crew was going to get themselves out of some of the situations they walked into. It felt like I had a vested interest in seeing these astronauts bringing back earth’s people without getting killed in the process. I would highly recommend Offworld as a fast paced science fiction thriller that is highly satisfying. I was kind of surprised this book was published by Bethany House and am very glad they took this chance. This book is a keeper on my shelf and my son wants me to save the book for him so he can read it. Even my husband is interested. I am so excited by that and really can’t give the book more praise than that.

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