Review: C.G. Cooper has set the bar for this genre!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
As an avid reader since I was eight, my siblings and I spent our summer vacations either doing chores, going to the pool or the library.  Going to the library was fun for me because that's where I found the first book I read on the paranormal, "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'engle.  On a certain library visit when I was 12 (many decades ago), I found "Wrinkle" purely by accident, as I have Benjamin Dragon.  This point of reference is important because after reading Benjamin, I was taken back to my childhood that was filled with amazement, innocence, and those childhood "fantastical dreams" where I could fly through the air or even move objects with my mind.  Think about it, all of us did that.It wasn't until several years ago that I recalled reading "Wrinkle" and the fun I had, that I bought the Kindle version.  After reading it, I was able to be "in the moment" again.  I wanted to establish that basis of imagination before I wrote this review.It was only 3 weeks ago that I accidently found CGC by reading his incredible and timely Corps Justice series.  After reading his first three great novels back to back, I wanted to see what else this "new author," to me at least, had up his sleeve.  After reading an excerpt and a few fan reviews of "Benjamin Dragon," I knew then I wanted to take this new adventure with CGC.  Because I was also bullied in grade school, I was immediately empathetic with Benjamin and could instantly revisit my own feelings that he so deftly described.IMHO, CGC reminds me of Dean Koontz because of his ability to weave real-life with the unbelievable paranormal!  As he tries to find the good in all people, you can only wait to hear about the sinister backdrop lurking in the shadows.  I read a few of the reviews prior to reading this book and while I agree that this story line is focused on the younger audience  can't you all remember the days when you'd lay out in the grass on summer days and imagine what shapes the clouds were going to form into?  How about those rainy days when you stayed inside and lived each Hardy Boys investigation?To read "Benjamin" is to be in his mind as he lifts his first "heavy pebble" and then feel the "whoosh" of your own hair when he rockets into the sky.  Although this fantasy tale was "written thousands of years ago," it is still relevant in today's world of good vs. evil. You are never bored and with each twist and turn, you're brought deeper into the world of CGC!Finally, think back to those days when your imagination ran wild and took you to so many great places that if you had had a passport then, it would be completely filled.  If that's what you yearn for in these days of high stress and anxiety, then "Benjamin" is your ticket to an adventure that you soon won't forget!  I'm salivating for the next installment.