Review: James Reasoner: 'nuff said.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2012
This is the fifth book in the very exciting Dead Man series created by Lee Goldberg. I've enjoyed the previous volumes, but this time out is a must-read due to the presence of writer's writer James Reasoner. If Reasoner's name is on the cover, I'll read it; it's just that simple. Blood Mesa finds our hero Matt Cahill (on a quest to find and destroy the evil Mr. Dark) in the middle of an archeological dig on a sinister mesa in Arizona. But the archeology students have no idea they're about to uncover an ancient evil, tied mysteriously to Mr. Dark, that will bring out the corruption in their souls and force Matt to take extreme action to contain the situation. Reasoner really ratchets up the action in this novella--by the time you're twenty or so pages in, things heat up and don't cool down again until the staggering end.