Review: Scifi fantasy and philosophy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
Hmmm how so I start this review well maybe with this wonderful cover which I love this cover was done well and I'm glad the author chose it.Getting to the book this is a great story idea reminds me of the movie RIPD but it's no comedy and the concept and goals are different. Terminals a way to get answers and solve crimes from beyond the veil for all those times the killer or terrorist dies or is taken down before we get all the answers we need.So we send a terminal in, someone of the same religious group who is terminally ill and ready follow the criminal into to the after life to get answers.The book begins with a suicidal army Colonel name Christine who is drowning in guilt over her last mission in which she got 11 members of her team killed and was badly scarred with burns on her face. Christine is in renal failure having tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrist and chugging a bottle of Tylenol. Christine wants to die and is refusing dialysis.  She is then approached by the general and convinced to join the terminals team.The book take a philosophical turn after Christine convinces the agnostic monk Charlie to chase Hillar the killer into hell.There are some twist an turns as Charlie is tricked by Hillar and relays the wrong information to the team. And then has his communication device stolen. The plot continues on the philosophical / religious train as the search for the children's continues to fail and Charlie continues to traverse the 9 circles of hell like a modern day Dante trying to catch Hillar and keep him from reincarnating once again. Although the story is good I began to get bored by the all the philosophy and lack of action. As well as the attraction between Christine and Attila which just seemed forced I don't think it was written in very well. While the scene itself was written well it their getting together just didn't seem natural they did not have much attraction prior to that scene even though they seemed to be friends.In the end Christine figures out the children's location and Charlie had to make a deal with Hillar and he reincarnates anyway the two of them as twins lol I think that will make a good story if there isn't to much philosophy shoved in it.All in all it was a good book well written and a good read not quite my speed though because there were just some parts that dragged on for me.