Review: Hard to put down...Great Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
Slave Dog Journals by Robert A. Rupp is a 280 page 1st person, present tense novel. This story sucks you in from the beginning and keeps your attention as you delve further into this twisted tale. Rupp has an uncanny ability of building layers of tension and holding you there as the story unfolds. I enjoyed the main characters Bob Phelps and his wife Darlene, they were down to earth and I could relate to them. I especially liked his student's personalities. I could easily imagine each character from their distinct dialogue and actions. I was mostly intrigued by Candy, who seemed like the epi-center for the paranormal activity that swirled around them.Down-sized then out of work Bob teaches a night class. Before long, strange things start to happen to the actual classroom and to the students. Nostalgic quotes, from well-known people, are twisted into cryptic warnings of possible attacks on America. What seems like a large scale sleight of hand magic trick makes some famous United States monuments disappear and reappear miles away. You will be second guessing yourself on how and why this is happening, is it a terrorist attack or an inside job. Sometimes it was hard to know who to trust. With the President on his way, the pressure was on. I loved how Rupp weaved history and the monuments together. It was a lot of fun to read. I would definitely recommend this book as well as his others.