Title: Night Flight
Author: Diane &
David Munson
Pages: 224
Year: 2012
Publishers: Micah
House Media
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Guest
reviewer: Tim Johnson
Summary:
The story
starts out with this girl and her father driving home from grocery shopping.
The girl is 16-year-old Glenna Rider. She
and her brother Gregg and their family have adopted an old dog named Blaze. They soon discover that he’s a retired search
dog for Homeland Security; trained to smell out money being smuggled for drug
cartels and other crime or terrorist organizations. When Blaze sniffs out illegal
money in a warehouse, the Rider kids alert authorities, who then arrest the
criminals. As the trial is being
scheduled, the Rider family visits Florida to spend Christmas with Glenna and
Gregg’s grandparents. While they are
there, a friend named Mason develops a type of cancer called leukemia and needs
a bone transplant at a cost of $200,000. In order to raise the money, Glenna, Gregg,
and Blaze work together to catch criminals to receive rewards and fund Mason’s surgery.
Many interesting things happen during
their adventures such as meeting a homeless girl named Krystal whose mother is
suspected of being kidnapped and sold off to Columbians. Glenna and the Rider family are praying for
God to help Mason and Krystal. Will God answer their prayers? Will the Rider kids learn what type of work
their father does?
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
Main
characters: Glenna Rider, 16-year-old
girl learning how to drive. She gets anxious
unless Blaze is with her. She likes
having adventures and has great faith in God, always praying to Him and
thanking Him for His blessings.
Gregg Rider,
13-year-old boy whose hobby is to look for valuable metal objects with a metal
detector he named Klondike. Like his sister,
he likes having adventures. He runs like crazy when really mean people threaten
him. He believes in God, but doesn’t
pray to Him much.
Julia Rider,
mother of Glenna and Gregg. She worries
a lot about her kids and husband getting into dangerous situations, but she
loves them very much.
Bo Rider,
father of Glenna and Gregg Rider and husband to Julia Rider. He’s away from his family a lot in the story,
working a mysterious job that takes him to places far from home. His kids suspect he is a spy working for the
government.
Sheryl and
“Buck”, aka Grandma and Grandpa, are grandparents to Glenna and Gregg and
mother and father to Julia. They love
their family very much and like to spend a lot of time with them.
Mason
Lockridge, the friend who develops leukemia. He’s a football player and surfs a lot on the
internet.
Eva
Montanna, ICE agent and mother of two kids, Kaley and Andy. She is a friend to
the Riders and arrests criminals printing illegal money.
Krystal,
homeless child abandoned by her mother who is addicted to cocaine and crack
(illegal drugs). She’s brought in to
live with the Riders temporarily, and she helps them catch the criminals she
believes are responsible for selling her mother to Columbians and selling
drugs.
The authors:
Diane and
David Munson are a married, Ex-Fed team who have written several adult, family,
and suspense thriller books that are pretty much based on the type of work that
they did when they were federal agents. David
worked for the NCIS and DEA, and Diane worked as an attorney and Federal
prosecutor as well as serving in the U. S. Department of Justice. They currently travel a lot and write stories
as well as thank God for the many blessings of family and friends He has given
them.
I liked the
story and highly recommend it because it shows what people do when working for
Federal agencies such as the FBI to protect our country and its citizens. I liked the story also because it shows, in my
opinion, what God can do for Federal agents like the authors who put great
faith in Him like when they ask Him to bring them home to their families and
keep their country safe. Of course, not
everyone comes home like that; many have paid the ultimate price for our
country’s freedom. Because of that, I’m
proud of them and I thank God for giving them the courage and dedication to
make such sacrifices for our country and their loved ones. My thanks also goes to the operatives
currently working for the CIA, FBI, DEA, and all other crime and terrorist-fighting
organizations. Amen and may God keep you
safe.
