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Pitfall
By Cameron Bane
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“Action, gunplay, and well-crafted storytelling . . . for those whose hearts pump hot for shoot-’em-up adventures like Taken and John Wick.”—Robert Liparulo, bestselling author of the Dreamhouse Kings series
Life has never been easy for former Army Ranger John Brenner. The wounded Iraqi war vet and ex-cop must rely on his wits, his fists, and a wry sense of gallows humor to make it through each challenging day. For at his core, this transplanted West Virginian is a throwback to an antebellum time: he is a southern man of honor.
But his latest mission may be his last.
The task seems straightforward—find industrialist Jacob Cahill’s missing teenage daughter and bring her safely home. But for John, nothing ever goes quite as planned. What begins as a simple disappearance morphs into something far more insidious as he finds himself plunged into a horrifying world of organ harvesting, torture, mutilation, and madness. Every dark trick John learned in his former trade of dealing death to the deserving will be brought to bear as he tries to keep his promise of bringing the girl back alive. In doing so, not only will his skills be tested to the breaking point, but his very sanity as he battles a grasping evil that stretches across the globe . . .
“The star of this page-turner—former Army Ranger John Brenner—well, let’s just say in terms of skill, wit, and ability to kick some serious butt, Jack Reacher better watch out!”—Robert Liparulo, bestselling author of the Dreamhouse Kings series
Life has never been easy for former Army Ranger John Brenner. The wounded Iraqi war vet and ex-cop must rely on his wits, his fists, and a wry sense of gallows humor to make it through each challenging day. For at his core, this transplanted West Virginian is a throwback to an antebellum time: he is a southern man of honor.
But his latest mission may be his last.
The task seems straightforward—find industrialist Jacob Cahill’s missing teenage daughter and bring her safely home. But for John, nothing ever goes quite as planned. What begins as a simple disappearance morphs into something far more insidious as he finds himself plunged into a horrifying world of organ harvesting, torture, mutilation, and madness. Every dark trick John learned in his former trade of dealing death to the deserving will be brought to bear as he tries to keep his promise of bringing the girl back alive. In doing so, not only will his skills be tested to the breaking point, but his very sanity as he battles a grasping evil that stretches across the globe . . .
“The star of this page-turner—former Army Ranger John Brenner—well, let’s just say in terms of skill, wit, and ability to kick some serious butt, Jack Reacher better watch out!”—Robert Liparulo, bestselling author of the Dreamhouse Kings series
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5There seems to be a formula used by thriller writers today that I find a bit tiresome, especially as it is so formulaic. It’s where the writer leads off with a prolog or foreword or chapter that places the protagonist in the midst of some huge firefight or conflict or calamity from which it looks impossible to extricate himself. At the end we are left hanging to discover what will happen to someone we don’t know and frankly probably don’t care about. This is followed by the backstory that leads up to the problem our hero finds himself in. So it is here. Our hero is John Brenner, you know the the type: ex-SEAL/ex-Ranger/ex-cop/quasi-superhero (but with flaws, of course) who reluctantly agrees to get someone out of a jam. Here he is hired to find the missing daughter of Jacob Cahil (described as teenager but age given as 21 by the father.0 Brenner’s search soon reveals a MONSTROUS evil (I’m still waiting for a book with someone just a little bit evil) that Brenner must vanquish against vastly superior odds. He soon (without much apparent effort) locates Sarah in this very evil place called Gensys where they apparently are doing all sorts of evil things. Fortunately he meets a disgruntled female guard who has just the key (literal and figurative) he needs to get into the facility to rescue Sarah. Naturally he gets caught and has to battle his way out. Sort of a Hannibal Lecter meets Howard Stark. Unfortunately, my taste and the author’s do not overlap and the title might better have been called Pitiful. It descended into an orgy of sadism and violence with Brenner making weak attempts sarcasm a la John Corey but failing.I was offered this free copy in return for a review. As always, the source had no influence on my opinion.
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