Review: Great Story, Realistic Storyline
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2011
This review will encompass all three books of "The Long Journey Home" series.I give this series (5) five stars.The Journey Begins  (Book 1)On The Pacific Rim  (Book 2)Hong Kong Trade Off  (Book 3)This book series was written with a great storyline, with a potential of true life realism that grabs you from the very first chapter.  Mr. Davis takes each character and evolves them smoothly from one to the other.  Each protagonist is given their own identity, even though Brad Morris is the main one amongst them.  I thoroughly enjoyed the way Mr. Davis kept the "seat of your pants" suspense moving from chapter to chapter, and from Book 1 through Book 3 of this series.With that said, I'll provide other possible interested readers with some insight as to what to expect from this reading, beings I'm the first person to review these books.1.  The writing needs some minor work on proof reading in areas of simple misspelling of words (or typo's), however, the ones I noted did not, in any way, detract from the storyline or thought in any way.2.  For those of you who do not care for, or like, the use of explicit profanity or straight forward use of specific sexual content, then this series may not be the read you prefer.  Just wanted to warn you up front before you pay for what you'll be getting in this story.3.  For those of you who do not care for detailed blood and gore descriptions, what happens when bullets hit you or when knifes are used against someone, what happens to children and women when very evil men abuse them, then this may not be the read you prefer.  Another warning.4.  When reading this series, one may tend to become concerned with what they may interpret as 'racial overtones' within the storyline.  Personally, I didn't take it that way and looked at it as Mr. Davis' style of writing by bringing in the vast differences of each character as they evolved within the story and the experience he gave to each of them.  I highly recommend to the reader of this story to view this novel with an open mind and take it for what it is, not for what one "thinks" it may be.This read will provide smiles, laughter, sadness and thought provoking chapters as Mr. Davis brings you along during his apocalyptic timeline in a world where 95% of civilization is killed off due to a mysterious virus.  Read along as Brad begins his journey to get back to the United States and to his home in Florida.I take nothing away from Mr. Davis as I provide my opinion on this story.  He is a very well thought out writer, IMHO, and there are several other novels of his that I will be reading.  I'll also be waiting with anticipation for his 4th book of the Long Journey Home "Shanghai" to come out.