Synopsis:
In the blink of an eye, a life begins and another ends.
In a blink of an eye, Brent Venturi falls into the chasm of despair.
What do you do when everything is lost? When the person you loved is gone and all you have left is guilt? These are the questions that face Brent, the leader of the Phantom Squad and the latest in Noah’s line of descendants. His answer—go back to the beginning, back to where it all began—Mount Ararat.
The last known resting place of Noah’s Ark.
In his travels, Brent will meet Rowtag Achak, a Cree brave and Special Forces sniper who is on a similar path of self-destruction. Together, they will trace their steps from Palm Cove to Washington D.C., all the way to Armenia and the Khor Virap Monastery which sits at the base of Mount Ararat. Their travels will eventually take them to Alpha Camp and the Hindu Kush Mountains on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
When President Dupree and the Phantom Squad get captured by the Brotherhood of Gaza, time for introspection is over and time for action begins. Brent must find a way to get back to the man he was in order to save the people still left in his life.
What begins as a sabbatical of self-awareness turns into a mission of survival. His own, that of the squad and more importantly, that of the president of the United States. What man and nature takes away, only God can restore. The restoration of the Cornerstone.
To find the beginning, one must walk through the past and be willing to step into the future.
You can read an excerpt from Chapter One on the Author's Blog!
You can read an excerpt from Chapter One on the Author's Blog!
Review: As you know, I love historical books, and when interesting archeaology is added, yeah I'm a sucker and am going to HAVE to read it! This book was so much more than that! It is like Criminal Minds meets A-Team, meets Dan Brown, and then LeDuc adds his own twists and turns. What this means is it is a book that you can NOT put down (I have been SO blessed with these types of books this month!). I am hooked and can't wait to get the other books, and novella, and read more about the squad! AND based on how the author left the ending, I know there is another book in the works! If you are looking for something different, that is faced paced and will get you think, THIS is the book for you!
About the Author: Mark Adduci, writing as J. M. LeDuc is native Bostonian, who transplanted to South Florida in 1985. He shares his love and life with his wife, Sherri and his daughter, Chelsea.
Blessed to have had a mother who loved the written word, her passion was passed on to him. It is in her maiden name he writes. When he is not crafting the plot of his next thriller, his alter ego is busy working as a professor at The Academy of Nursing and Health Occupations, a nursing college in West Palm Beach, Florida.
J.M. LeDuc’s first novel, “Cursed Blessing” won a Royal Palm Literary Award in 2008 as an unpublished manuscript in the thriller category. It was published in 2010. He has subsequently written Cursed Presence and Cursed Days, books two and three of the Trilogy of The Chosen, as well as a novella, Phantom Squad. He is a proud member of the Florida Writers Association (FWA) and the prestigious International Thriller Writers (ITW). Follow him on Facebook and on his blog!
Want to win your own ebook copy of Cursed Blessing, the FIRST book in the Phantom Squad series?
(FYI- My review copy of Cornerstone is heading to the Top Shelf for next month's giveaway!)
Thanks for reading this post and entering the giveaway!
So glad you enjoyed this book!! Fantastic review!! Thank you.
ReplyDelete