Home from Iraq and still reeling from his discharge, Jason Palmer plans to spend the summer drinking too much and chasing girls. But when his brother is brutally murdered, Jason is all that stands between his eight-year-old nephew and a pair of ruthless killers with a mysterious agenda. As he struggles to protect all that remains of his family, Jason finds himself embroiled in something much larger than a simple quest for justice. Chicago is burning, set ablaze by gang warfare and the passions of wicked men, and the battle for Jason's South Side neighborhood is looking more and more like the war he just left.
You can usually count on Grover Gardner to deliver a smooth, interesting performance. This time, however, his delivery is decidedly drab. Maybe it's the unremarkable plot and predictable outcome of this work that make him hold back a little. After an Iraqi war veteran returns to Chicago, his brother is murdered in front of his 8-year-old son. Soon the killers are after the boy as well. That's when the veteran once again becomes a fighting machine. As the action picks up, the author makes you wonder who the culprits are--gang bangers or gangsters? This second book by Sakey isn't nearly as good as his first (THE BLADE ITSELF), and maybe Gardner knows it. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Marcus Sakey is an award-winning advertising writer. While researching The Blade Itself he shadowed homicide detectives, toured the morgue, and learned to pick a dead bolt in sixty seconds. Born in Flint, Michigan, he now lives in Chicago with his wife. Visit his Web site at www.MarcusSakey.com for contests, behind-the-scenes info, and an excerpt of his upcoming novel.
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