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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
Abe Larabie, Lee Harden's bestie and fellow Hometown Coordinator, leads a team into Mexico to rescue the family members of the people running an oil refinery in Texas. A cartel is using the families to threaten and control the refinery workers. It's a flimsy excuse to drive around Northern Mexico and have a bunch of shoot-outs. Are there zombies? Well, there are a few skirmishes with primals but, for the most part, this isn't a zombie book. As for Abe, I don't know or like him any better than I did before reading this book. This is a paramilitary story about guns and shooting and killing. It adds nothing to the Remaining universe.
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Years ago, I read the first book in this universe (The Remaining). The author has either vastly improved his writing or I missed the point because I gave it a poor rating.
Whatever the case, (in my experience) this book is head and shoulders above the first. There's nothing terribly new in the genre (although the Primal angle is interesting) but his characters and dialogue are far above the usual level you get from authors in this genre. There is a lot of dark humor and the Stoic philosophy stance of the main character was well-done. Surprisingly, there is little (to none) of the usual hyperbolic American jingoism I have had to wade through with other books. These books are more psychological studies of the effect of war on a human being and are much better for it. Being a civvie, I also found the military content quite realistic despite having read a lot of military sci-fi.
I have little hesitation in saying that this is one of the best series I've ever read.
Whatever the case, (in my experience) this book is head and shoulders above the first. There's nothing terribly new in the genre (although the Primal angle is interesting) but his characters and dialogue are far above the usual level you get from authors in this genre. There is a lot of dark humor and the Stoic philosophy stance of the main character was well-done. Surprisingly, there is little (to none) of the usual hyperbolic American jingoism I have had to wade through with other books. These books are more psychological studies of the effect of war on a human being and are much better for it. Being a civvie, I also found the military content quite realistic despite having read a lot of military sci-fi.
I have little hesitation in saying that this is one of the best series I've ever read.