Mortal Threat by A. J. Tata

Blurb:

Medical school student Amanda Garrett and American doctors working secretly in Africa have found a cure for the Ebola and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses. Leaders of the Islamic State want the cure so they can show the world Islam is a benevolent religion that all Africans should follow. The President of the United States believes an alleged 30,000-year-old Sub-Saharan religious text called The Book of Catalyst identifies him as being of divine origin. As Amanda operates her portion of the clandestine CIA Project Nightingale in a Tanzanian orphanage, she is attacked and chased by brutal killers called The Leopard and The Cheetah. Amanda has 48 hours to escape across the Serengeti Plain before the remaining vials of the cure expire. The Islamic State escalates attacks across the Middle East using freshly converted fighters from Africa. The American President, however, chooses not to deploy sufficient troops to save U.S. Special Forces, including Amanda's husband, assisting in the air war against ISIS. As Amanda attempts to save the rapidly decomposing formula for the Ebola and HIV cures, she finds herself at the center of a clash between warring media titans, Jonathan Beckwith and Zhor al Rhazziq, who are following her every step toward the Olduvai Gorge, which some scientists claim to be the origin of human life.

Review by Rochelle Weber:

Mortal Threat, although the fourth book in a series, stood perfectly alone. There was enough back-story to bring me up to speed on the events in previous books. General Tata tied up the loose ends, so I didn’t feel left hanging and skillfully introduced the new character who would lead us into Book Five. He piqued my interest just enough to make me want to read it.

General Tata managed this and kept me burning through the pages, wondering what was going to happen next. I believed President Barkum was The Chosen One mentioned in The Book of Catalyst, and wondered what would happen next. I held my breath when Amanda Garrett fled the orphanage with her precious vials of The Cure, and the accompanying vaccines. I actually screamed aloud in places, yelling things like, “No! Don’t slow down! They’ll catch you!” as if the characters on the pages could hear me.

For a masterful thriller with elements of the spiritual that will make you think about your beliefs, by all means—run; don’t walk to your computer or book store and get Mortal Threat!

Length:  362 Pages

Prices:

Print:  $12.25

Digital:  $7.99

Buy Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Threat-J-Tata/dp/1508483787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429308490&sr=8-1&keywords=mortal+threat+a.j.+tata

Thanks for visiting. Rose, Julie, Donna, & Rochelle

The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee

Blurb:

The Woman is the powerful story of the last survivor of a feral tribe of cannibals who have terrorized the east coast from Maine into Canada for years now. Badly wounded in a battle with police, she takes refuge in a cave overlooking the sea. Christopher Cleek is a slick, amoral — and unstable — country lawyer who, out hunting one day, sees her bathing in a stream. Fascinated, he follows her to her cave. Cleek has many dark secrets and to these he’ll add another. He will capture her, lock in his fruit cellar, and tame her, civilize her. To this end he’ll enlist his long-suffering wife Belle, his teenage son and daughter Brian and Peg, and even his little girl Darlin’, to aid him. So the question becomes, who is more savage? The hunter or the game?

Review:

Since I am still thinking about this story weeks after completing the book, I give The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee 5 roses. Depending on the type of horror story you like, “The Woman” is a book you will want to read if you plan to feel repulsion and disgust for days after you have put the book down. There is not a lot of blood and gore, so if that is what you like in your horror stories; it may not be what you are looking for.

This story is about a woman from a primitive past who is found by a man while out in the woods. He brings the woman home to his family, and the horror begins. Due to the behaviors of the father, it is very believable that members of the family would allow these events to occur.

While this is an extreme example, I consider the book to be about the primitive past encountering the present showing that humanity and cognitive development have not progressed as much as one would think.

Length: 336 Pages

Prices:

Print: $ 26.00

Digital: $4.99

BuyLink: http://store.crossroadpress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_150_152&products_id=160

You’ll notice we always include the publisher’s buy link. That’s because authors usually receive 40% of the book price from the publisher. Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%. When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or another third-party vendor, they take a hefty cut and the author, editors and cover artists receive their cuts from what is left. So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-Book Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author will receive about $0.83.

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Thanks for visiting. Rose Julie & Rochelle

The Unmasking by Adrianna Kraft

Blurb:

Whose mask will crumble first—the enigmatic professor of Celtic Studies, the undercover cop masquerading as a co-ed, or the campus stalker, biding his time to strike again?

Is anthropology professor Matt Bayfield the Blackthorn College rapist, or a potential ally? Aloof and unapproachable, Matt has academic ambitions. He can’t escape Blackthorn College soon enough, and he doesn’t want any entanglements to slow his exit.

Nancy Appleby would like nothing more than to solve the string of campus rape cases before Thanksgiving so she can go home. The last thing she wants is a relationship to complicate her life—but she’ll settle for a fling, especially when the sex sizzles.

The stalker has his own carefully crafted timetable, with a special date just for Nancy. Can Matt and Nancy force him out of his hidey-hole before it’s too late?

Review:

So halfway through The Unmasking, I had it narrowed down to one of two with maybe a long-shot third possible suspects, and this husband/wife author team still managed to surprise me with the identity of the perpetrator. That takes talent. I did find myself yelling at the book that the murders were taking place on the Pagan holidays well before anyone in the book figured it out, but if I weren’t Pagan I probably wouldn’t have noticed before the authors told me.

There was a bit much sex in this book for me, but some like it hot. That’s a matter of taste, and mine runs more toward sweet than spicy. At least it never got in the way of the plot. All together, a good read.

Length:  402 Pages

Prices:

Print:  $14.13

Digital:  $2.99

Buy Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Unmasking-Adriana-Kraft-ebook/dp/B00IDVB6KQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402652353&sr=1-1&keywords=the+unmasking+by+adriana+kraft

Thanks for visiting. Rose & Rochelle