Highway to Vengeance
by Brian Springer
Ann Egan Publishers 2011
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go through the training to be a Navy Seal? With the world just having witnessed the Seals completing a perfect mission to rid the world of Osama bin Laden, we have probably all thought about the training required to prepare brave young men and women for such a mission.
Highway to Vengeance is the story of a former Seal, Thomas Highway. He has been adjusting to civilian life. Having just completed a romantic lunch with his new wife, he helplessly watches here being intentionally run-over in a pedestrian cross-walk by a hit-and-run driver. Thought he San Diego police declare the death to be an accident, Highway knows better.
In moments, he enlists the help of a friend to commence an operation to find the killer and wreak vengeance. We are immediately drawn into the clandestine operations of a mercenary band formed just after 9/11 to do work that Government bureaucracies cannot accomplish. The murder is attributed by the operatives to a compromised Mexican drug lord, who is said to be seeking a new gang by bringing weapons of mass destruction under the border via tunnel.
Highway completes the mission only to discover that he is hunted. Is it by the mercenaries, Homeland Security, his friend working with one or the other, or someone else. There is no place to turn, other than to face the music straight up. His story is told in first person, so we can feel his emotions in each step of the story.
As a respite from the constant action of the story, we are treated us to a detailed explanation of the steps in Seal training. It becomes obvious why so few of the recruits are able to complete the training, male or female.
Brian Springer brings a clear new voice to the thriller genre. He is destined to become a new superstar. Highway to Vengeance hits the bookstores of the world just as the fascination with the Seals reaches a high decibel level. Fortunately, here is a riveting book that spells out how the bin Laden operation could have been conducted so flawlessly.
Thomas Highway is a new thriller hero! His devotion and love for his victimized wife is touching. He has a heart and soul, unlike many other standard characters of the genre. Will he be able to love again? Where will his broken heart find solace? These and other plot twists will be in the sequels sure to come.
-CYM
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