Review: One damned fine read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Liked this one from page one.Logan Harper lives in Cambria, CA. Harper works with his Father in his Fathers garage.When he left the Army Logan Harper, with the help of his Brother-in-Law Carl, got a job with the same Defense Contractor company Carl worked for. He and Carl trained men for missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.Carl and he were like brothers and both were well trained and very, very good at their jobs.While in Afghanistan Carl decided he needed to buy his girlfriend a gift. The place he wanted to go was a place where an Afghan guide needed to take them. It was recommended that no one go there on their own. It was a far from safe area.Logan did his best to talk Carl out of going but in the end he accompanied him right into a crossfire. Carl was hit in the chest and a young girl was caught as well.Carl told Logan to get the girl. Logan was torn but took off after that girl. Once he got her he realized she'd been shot. He handed her off to some woman and hurried back to Carl. A Carl who died in his arms. The little girl also died.The media layed the blame for the incident on the American contractors on site. Hell. They also blamed Carls death on Logan.The company, not liking the bad press, needed a scapegoat and that was Logan.Logans wife also blamed him for her brothers death. She walked out on Logan.Logan was threatened by the company and devastated by his wifes reaction. He also blames himself. If only he'd not given in to Carl that man would still be alive. Baggage is a hard thing to live with.Logan cut his ties and headed back to Cambria and job with his Father. Its been two years since his world fell apart.Right now Logan is on his way to work. He's stopping to get coffee at the place he stops at every morning. The Coffee Time Cafe.The owner is Tun Myat and he's owned the coffee shop for two decades. Myat is a seventy something man from Burma. He's a close friend of Logans Dad. Neal "Harp": Harper and has been for those twenty years. Tun is called Tooney by everyone.On arrival at the coffee shop Logan is surprised to find the door still locked. Tooney always has it unlocked for Logan, his first customer of the day.On taking a look around he hears noise at the back of the building and once there he hears raised voices. He then discovers a man beating Tooney.Logan immediately steps in to stop it. The man obviously is pretty good at beating a seventy year old man but not so good in dealing with a trained figher like Logan. A Logan who kicks his ass and then pursues him and his Lexus using Tooneys old Ford Bronco. A chase that ends with Logan losing site of the guy and returning to the Coffee Shop.Logan then gets his Dad over to the shop and tries to find out why the guy was beating Tooney. A Tooney who won't tell him anything. Logan is all for calling the police but Tooney doesn't want the cops involved.So begins one damned fine read.This one includes Logan, Tooney, Harp, Harps band of brothers, some Viet Nam era vets, a kidnapped granddaughter, a trip to Thailand, murder, attempted murder, a group of men who will kill anyone in their way and have an agenda to include oil rights, the generals who rule Burma, Tooney's sister, an allie named Daeng and his men and Logan Harper on the trip of his life and one helluva good story. Hope to see Logan again.Five Stars and then some.