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"Nightshade" by Ronie Kendig
Feb. 3rd, 2012 10:36 am"Nightshade" brings us the story of a former Navy SEAL, his estranged wife, and a missionary couple who are in danger. Max Jacobs suffers from anger issues stemming from PTSD and it has driven his journalist wife, Sydney, to file a restraining order against him. Just when he's ready to give up on life, Max is approached by a secret organization who is putting together an elite force of retired military heroes for special surgical ops. Max signs on with Nightshade and begins to find purpose again.
Devastated that her marriage has fallen apart, Sydney begins pushing hard on her journalistic pursuits. When she comes across the story of a secret military operation who are saving lives and quietly quelling rebel uprisings all over the globe, she sets out to find these men to give them the recognition that they deserve for their bravery.
Jon Harris and his wife Kimber have served as missionaries on an island in the Philippines for several years when they are advised by the U.S. Embassy to head home as soon as possible. They are in the process of leaving when it becomes clear the warning has come too late and they begin to flee through the jungle trying to save their lives and reach an extraction point before being captured.
There are two separate timelines throughout the story, as the one focusing on Max and Sydney takes place over several months, while the missionaries' story is only a few weeks. This is clearly noted in the book and never hard to follow.
This was quite an action tale. There's a reason I don't read a lot of those, and that is simply that they aren't quite my style. This author hit upon several of my pet peeves as well, such as referring to a 15-month-old child as an 'infant' and having her behave as though she were actually 5 months old, or making seemingly every man Sydney met fall in love with her, or insulting the intelligence of the reading audience by calling a conversative news network CougarNews. The writing style in general seemed more technical than flowing. These are things that stood out to me personally and took away from the actual storylines. I wouldn't discourage someone from reading this for any of those reasons, I'd just note that's why I didn't give it a completely positive review.
Will Max and Sydney find a way to each other again before one or both of them loses their lives to the dangers they face? Will Jon and Kimber manage to be rescued and be able to continue serving God? Find out in this first book the Discarded Heroes series.
Devastated that her marriage has fallen apart, Sydney begins pushing hard on her journalistic pursuits. When she comes across the story of a secret military operation who are saving lives and quietly quelling rebel uprisings all over the globe, she sets out to find these men to give them the recognition that they deserve for their bravery.
Jon Harris and his wife Kimber have served as missionaries on an island in the Philippines for several years when they are advised by the U.S. Embassy to head home as soon as possible. They are in the process of leaving when it becomes clear the warning has come too late and they begin to flee through the jungle trying to save their lives and reach an extraction point before being captured.
There are two separate timelines throughout the story, as the one focusing on Max and Sydney takes place over several months, while the missionaries' story is only a few weeks. This is clearly noted in the book and never hard to follow.
This was quite an action tale. There's a reason I don't read a lot of those, and that is simply that they aren't quite my style. This author hit upon several of my pet peeves as well, such as referring to a 15-month-old child as an 'infant' and having her behave as though she were actually 5 months old, or making seemingly every man Sydney met fall in love with her, or insulting the intelligence of the reading audience by calling a conversative news network CougarNews. The writing style in general seemed more technical than flowing. These are things that stood out to me personally and took away from the actual storylines. I wouldn't discourage someone from reading this for any of those reasons, I'd just note that's why I didn't give it a completely positive review.
Will Max and Sydney find a way to each other again before one or both of them loses their lives to the dangers they face? Will Jon and Kimber manage to be rescued and be able to continue serving God? Find out in this first book the Discarded Heroes series.
