Review: Oh, Canada!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2013
Canada has always been in the background when it comes to conflict. You never hear of a terrorist attack in Canada-until now. When an up-scale coffee shop in Toronto is devastated by explosives, Cole Slaven of IBAT is called in to investigate a possible terrorist angle. Slaven and his team must determine why anyone would attack Canada. Before long, the death toll rises into the six-figures, after the venues hosting a concert and a Stanley Cup game are utterly destroyed, with no survivors. Slaven realizes that time is of the essence and when a boot print is discovered at one of the attack sites, it is determined to belong to a most unexpected group. The group responsible for these devastating events is in Canada's own backyard. The question is, can Slaven and IBAT get to the ones responsible before more lives are lost?Freedom Alert by Nelson Pahl is the first in the Alert series featuring IBAT operative Cole Slaven. Pahl  has written a novel that very well could be prophetical of what the future may hold for all of us. The story flows well and isn't bogged down in technical descriptions of the kind you might find in the latest Tom Clancy thriller. Perhaps most important is that the plot is very believable, with no more literary license taken than you might expect with any NY Times Bestseller. I thoroughly enjoyed Freedom Alert and look forward to the next installment. I rate this 4 of 5 stars. ( I received only a copy of this book from BookRooster in consideration for my review)