Title: The Militant
Genome
Author: Braxton DeGarmo
Pages: 316
Year: 2012
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Note: I received a
complimentary copy for an honest review of this book from www.bookfun.org
As I began reading, the suspense and tension in this
thriller was palpable from the first sentence and continued till the end! I read one of the author’s other novels
titled, Indebted, and was just excited to have discovered a great story and
author. The threads of tension start in
a classroom that is set up for demonstrations of how to take care of patients
coming into the emergency room. However,
as the student doctor begins to examine this “playacting patient” with her professor
watching her every move, it quickly unravels from play to a real life
scenario.
As the professor is shouting directions and questions and known
by his students to be a real hard man, it is the student who quickly has to get
his attention away from teaching to assisting.
However, the professor makes a fatal mistake and from there on both the
student and the professor’s lives along with the school’s reputation become
enmeshed in what becomes a murder investigation. The action and plot thicken, going from the
classroom to a pharmaceutical company’s discovery and then going even deeper
into the sinister intent of a group of people known by a particular tattoo that
federal agencies are trying to identify.
One man from the pharmaceutical company knows that tattoo, what it
represents and what the dark purpose of this group really is about. The group has been around for generations without
garnering the attention of government agencies, but that might all be coming to
an end soon.
Along with this, there is a well known talk show person, who
has disappeared, and a senator who is unaware of something evil looming. To top it off, there are chemicals being
manufactured for sinister intent, but who are the intended victims? Will the various agencies, many various
expert doctors and an Irish detective be able to save the population from mass
biochemical attack?
When you read this novel and the plot thickens, so will the
intensity heighten. The suspense you
will feel goes off the charts and perhaps like me you might try to read faster
to find out how it all ends. One
characteristic about the storyline is the plethora of twists and turns that
literally don’t stop till the end of the book.
There is spiritual activity that happens and God speaking to a most
unlikely antagonist, but for what reason?
I loved reading The Militant
Genome! It really grabbed my
attention from the get-go and the anticipation of action and adventure was a
thrill! Don’t miss out!
My rating is 4 stars.
Note: There
is some use of foul language in the novel, but for me it
didn’t distract or minimize the story content. The opinions shared in
this review are solely my responsibility.
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