Review: A don't-want-to-put-this-down read that beacons you to consider more.......
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
I didn't want to put this book down after I got into it a bit!Desse Mideska is an agent for hire, but only for big figures, and only with high stakes and rewards.He excepts the job of breaking into a facility, taking with him a very rare knife that his employer gave him. Upon arrival all the guards are dead, in ghastly ways, with nothing but a light ozone smell left behind. That, and something that defies logic. What he comes up against is like nothing he has ever seen. No weapon training could have ever prepared him for this kind of unknown weapon that also seems to influence or broadcast emotion. Is this an alien, or something even deeper?Mr. Ezra Kohen is hired by Mr. Ohio Samayna to solve the break in and murders of the guards. This is not going to be an easy task, and it is highly, highly classified. Ezra is a private contractor for these kinds of issues in the US intelligence community. There is THE CIRCLE, which we know little about at first. Guardians, who are of the Nistarium. When Desse tried to fufill his mission, he used one of 5 knives that are left out of 20, and they didn't know that 5th one was around.Strange containers with odd glowing symbols and lights are in this protected place, but Samayza says they are not weapons per say, but they do contain the power to know about people. These containers are a clue to what is going on, but how do they fit in? Mr. Samayza is full of sage wisdom and wishes Ezra to think, REALLY think. "Do you believe in free will Ezra?" Ezra is not only on a challenging case, but a challenge to change his thinking. "The fact that you accept that you are good would require you to define what is good."Thus this is the tip, just the tip of the depths this book will delve into. It only gets better from here with deeper intrigue and begs the reader to think, and not just be a blind follower. I will be watching for book two!My copy came from Story Cartel in exchange for my honest review and nothing more.