Review: Another adventure
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2013
Moving from The Geneva Decision to this story meant putting myself in a slower gear but, with that being said, it was a kind of `sitting around the table looking at the plans to make sure everything's in place before the shit hits the fan' slower.Pia is in trouble with the State Department for what she considered an act of humanity... sure, someone died, but he was a bad man who did bad things so it's okay right? Not according to the powers that be in Washington ... and Donald F Patterson, a retired Navy captain and now an Assistant Secretary of State who is bound and determined to make her accountable for her actions. However...Pia has other plans for him, the state department, the bad guys and the two shifty men in trench coats clashing verbally with someone inside the local dry cleaner.Okay, in a nutshell, that's what this first little bit is about. I can't say much more because of the length of the story. I see the author setting up the reader, plotting out the direction, setting the scene for the next set of episodes. So, in the hour that it took me to read this short story, I got a glimpse of what Pia and Sabel Security is up against. It wasn't high octane action, which is usually what I gravitate towards, but it moved through the pitfalls that Pia is going to be facing as she works her way through the system in order to move on to what's important to her; rescuing a little boy and others like him who are being held against their will.The author left questions in my mind and threw in a generous dash of twists, turns and mystery, which is a good thing, and which I'm confident the characters will certainly answer in episodes to come and that's always a good thing.Donald F. Patterson is left with a nice challenge as the end of this first episode. Pia is left with questions of her own... also... I'm sure to be answered in the future."I'm going to find that boy...and the tall man." She pushed him again. "Just tell me, Patterson, who am I fighting? Jasuli's allies? The Syrian mob? The State Department?"I think that pretty much sums up what she's going to face in episodes to comeI was given this story by the author in exchange for my review of it.