So in my last post on Saturday (partially written Friday night) I outlined how I was going to tackle reading the eight books I have checked out of the library. At the time, I stated that I had already started two of the books: Cutting Edge from Ward Larsen and Dark Sky by Mike Brooks.
About Ward Larsen’s Books
Since then I have finished one of those Larsen’s Cutting Edge. Cutting Edge is a stand-alone book of which Larsen has written several. However, he may be best known for his two series books.
One series features former Israeli assassin David Salton and the other aircraft investigator Jammer Davis. Last year I read three out of the four books in the Slaton series. They were great. And I am looking forward to the next book in the series that will be release later in 2018. I started one of the Jammer Davis books but something happened and I abandoned the book but I do intend at some point to get back to it.
About Cutting Edge
In Cutting Edge, the protagonist is not an intelligence agent or an investigator. Petty “Officer Trey DeBolt is a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. DeBolt is gravely injured during a harrowing rescue, when his helicopter crashes. DeBolt awakes weeks later in a seaside cabin in Maine. Joan Chandler, the nurse who saved his life has been nursing him back to health.. She tells DeBolt he has been declared dead in the crash. Additionally, she tells him he was operated on not only to make him well, but to make him different!
Then one night, while he is on the beach, he witnesses a military assault on the cabin. His nurse is killed in the assault but DeBolt soon realizes that he is the target. He escapes to the sea, When a compass appears in his right eye after he asks the direction to shore, he discovers his new talent. He can tap into any database just by thinking about it. The result is he can learn anything about everything..
Trey is soon on the run. But how can you run when your dead and have no one to turn to.?
That’s where Shannon Lund, a Coast Guard investigator, comes in. During an investigation in Kodiak, Alaska Lund comes across some evidence that indicates DeBolt may be alive. Soon a call comes from a Maine Sheriff investigating the explosion at a Maine cabin. He relates that investigators found DeBolt’s fingerprints in the cabin. Lund is soon flying across the country in hopes of finding and helping DeBolt.
Trey and Shannon ultimately join forces. Trey only wants to know what was done to him. While all the developer of the project wants to do is wipe out any trace of Shannon, Trey and the people who operated him.
Bottom Line
While I don’t know how close the science is behind Trey’s augmentation i.e. planting a chip in someone’s brain, I did find the story a page turner. Larsen did a good job developing the two main characters. As well as, the mastermind behind Trey’s new found abilities.
EKK Rating 4/5 stars Goodreads Rating: 4.1/5 Book 14 of 2018