Today we have a Spotlight, Review and a Giveaway
Kevin J. Howard was born in Mission
Viejo, California, moved to Seattle at the age of twenty-one, and now lives in Puyallup. He hand wrote
his first novel in the fifth grade and has been writing ever since. His first
published novel, Faithful Shadow, is a return to the classic horror novel.
Since writing Faithful Shadow he has completed four additional horror novels
that will soon be published. In 2012, he won an award in the Las Vegas
International Film Festival for his screenplay, Identical Opposites. Kevin's
latest novel, Precipice: The Beginning, is now available on Amazon and Barnes
& Noble. The sequel, Precipice: The Retrieval, should be released in the
summer of 2013.
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Website: http://authorkevinjhoward.com/
Synopsis
The End is only the Beginning....
It wasn't the first time Lieutenant Travis Daniels had been far from his wife and son. Leading an elite team on countless missions, dodging death at every turn-it was what he was trained to do. And returning to his family was always his driving force... but this time might be different. Imprisoned for an unsanctioned intrusion into a hot zone, Travis and his elite team took a deal to assist in the colonization of Mars to evade the death penalty. While stationed there, Travis' only source of sanity were the brief video conversations he was allowed with his family. When the last transmission received showed choppy images of the city in darkness and blurs of humanoid creatures running through the streets, Travis and his team must decide to either stay on Mars or find a way back to his family-unknowing of the hell that Earth has become.
It wasn't the first time Lieutenant Travis Daniels had been far from his wife and son. Leading an elite team on countless missions, dodging death at every turn-it was what he was trained to do. And returning to his family was always his driving force... but this time might be different. Imprisoned for an unsanctioned intrusion into a hot zone, Travis and his elite team took a deal to assist in the colonization of Mars to evade the death penalty. While stationed there, Travis' only source of sanity were the brief video conversations he was allowed with his family. When the last transmission received showed choppy images of the city in darkness and blurs of humanoid creatures running through the streets, Travis and his team must decide to either stay on Mars or find a way back to his family-unknowing of the hell that Earth has become.
My Review
Thank you to the author for sending me a copy in
exchange for a honest review
First up this book had me hooked from the first
chapter. The writing style I found quite unique, the descriptions of everything
to the way the characters interact I loved.
The one thing that confused me to begin with was the
multiple POV’s as I didn’t understand to begin with why there were these random
characters, but as you read you realise why they are there.
Travis was a really good male lead, he was kick a**
when he needed to be but at other times he really showed the human side to him.
Sent to mars for a unsanctioned trip to a hot zone
(you do find out what happened) gets travis and his team sent to Mars to try
and make it habitable for humans to live. While there travis and his team
overcome many obstacles, including psychos, you have to read the book to find
out more J
Annie is travis’s wife, she is left on earth while he
is on Mars. Now this is one amazing heroine, she really takes charge of
everything when things go wrong. Loved reading her chapters, cus shes not only
looking after herself and her son but others as well and I think she does it
really well.
There is one secondary character I must mention,
Dasher. He is a criminal and I thought was just a common criminal but he turns
out to be so much more than that and I found myself rooting for him to survive.
This book from the blurb sounded different, not my
normal read. But It really surprised me how much I loved it, so much so that I
had trouble putting it down. I cannot wait to read the next book to find out
what happens.
If you love Sci-Fi and Horror books then this is
definitely for you
5 stars
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I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed the excellent review. I would also like to say thank you to AnnMarie and Alice for featuring Precipice.
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