Review: The Terminals: Spark by Michael F. Stewart
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
When we first meet Lt. Col. Christine Kurzow, she’s recovering from a suicide attempt. When she is approached to join the Terminals program, she decides to join to maybe do some good through her death. Meanwhile, Hillar the Killer has taken a bus full of children and hidden them away for later tortures. When Hillar is killed by an overeager police officer, the Terminals are called in to communicate with Hillar and learn the location of the children. As Hillar is Gnostic, Christine must find another Gnostic and convince them to go Terminal to speak with Hillar in the afterlife. Will the Terminals find the children before it’s too late?THE TERMINALS: SPARK is the first book in The Terminals series. The characters and plot are well-developed in this gritty and complex book. There are many aspects of the book which will spark heated debate – the nature of the soul, potential for an afterlife (or afterlives), suicide, and if there is such a thing as a worthwhile death (dying for a good cause/reason). I loved the uniqueness of this world and the strong characters. THE TERMINALS: SPARK is a stand out book with a novel premise which was thoroughly enjoyable.