Review: The Perfect "Appetizer" for `Sharper Security'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
If you have read Thomas Sewell's full-length novel, `Sharper Security', and somehow you've developed a hankering for more Sam Harper, then `Hitchhiking Killer for Hire' is just the answer to your prayer.Consider this a prequel of sorts, as Hitchhiking Killer tackles Sam Harper's life before the events in `Sharper Security.' It is also a shorter read--this is like a long short story about Sam Harper's past, and the turns of events that would eventually lead him to establishing the Sovereign Security Company. But don't fret about the length--because this means Hitchhiking Killer packs in more punch--you'll find Sam Harper in the middle of trouble--again--yet this time, the satisfying coup de grace takes place not long after Sam emerges from the desert.Let me suffice it to say that this works both ways: reading Hitchhiking Killer before Sharper Security can also whet your appetite for more Sam Harper, and vice versa. Nevertheless, this can stand on its own: Thomas Sewell makes good use of Sam Harper's powers and talents in a more limited setting, and the result is a sucker punch of a story.A thoroughly enjoyable good read--a sufficient harbinger of "things to come" in the full-length novel. My only gripe: I hope Thomas Sewell writes another full Sam Harper novel, and soon.