Review: Fast-paced and interesting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Scott Wolfe is an ordinary guy, blessed with extraordinary skills, who gets caught up with some nasty people when having to rescue a damsel in distress. There are Serbs, Russians, the CIA, nuclear weapons and some rather interesting computer programming. Our hero has his hands full.This is an intelligently written action/adventure novel which has well-drawn characters and good plotting. We feel for Scott and hope everything turns out okay for him.Why can’t I give it five stars?Kathrin is an interesting character, but we don’t get to know her at all. We don’t really understand her motivation in becoming involved but she’s very necessary to the plot. I’m guessing we’ll learn more about her in upcoming books, but felt frustrated about a lack of her back story in this one.The first part of the novel has two stories that appear unconnected. It wasn’t until they merged that I felt interested in what was happening. It didn’t grab my attention first up.The shift from first to third person narration was (a couple of times) lacking the smoothness of transition needed.The use of an “Aftermath” and then “Epilogue” where the latter is clearly the lead-in to a new story didn’t work for me. It included one character from Waking Wolfe, but was otherwise a different story. I’m not sure it should have been the Epilogue.Overall, however, it was a fun story. It takes the reader on a wild ride. I can relate to Scott’s personality traits so enjoyed his narrative. I recommend this story to those who like their novels fast-paced.