Dead Reckoning
March 16, 2010
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Dead Reckoning
Abingdon Press (March 1, 2010)
by
Ronie Kendig
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ronie has been married since 1990 to a man who can easily be defined in classic terms as a hero. She has four beautiful children. Her eldest daughter is 16 this year, her second daughter will be 13, and her twin boys are 10. After having four children, she finally finished her degree in December 2006. She now has a B.S. in Psychology through Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Getting her degree is a huge triumph for both her and her family–they survived!
This degree has also given her a fabulous perspective on her characters
and how to not only make them deeper, stronger, but to make them realistic and know how they’ll respond to each situation. Her debut novel, Dead Reckoning released March 2010 from Abingdon Press. And her Discarded Heroes series begins in July from Barbour with the first book entitled Nightshade.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Underwater archeologist Shiloh Blake is consumed with passion for the water and inflamed at the injustices of life. When her first large-scale dig traps her in the middle of an international nuclear arms clash, she flees for her life.
When she spots a man trailing her, the questions are, Who is he? And how is he always one step ahead? Is the man trailing her an enemy or a protector sent by her CIA father?
Reece Jaxon is a former Navy SEAL and now serves his country as a spy. His life is entangled by the beguiling Shiloh Blake as he hunts down the sources to a nuclear dead drop in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, India. The only way to end this nightmare and prevent a nuclear meltdown is to join forces with Reece. Will Shiloh violate her vow to never become involved in her father’s web of intrigue and mystery? Will she reconcile with her past and with him? Will she allow God to help her throught this ordeal of danger, mistrust and uncertainty?
If you would like to read the first chapter of Dead Reckoning, go HERE.
Sally Says: Can I just say how glad I am that I asked for this book? I’m glad I asked for this book. Really.
From the very beginning, the action was non-stop. Dead Reckoning has to be one of the best page-turners I’ve read in quite a while. There was always something going on that I had to find out, another question raised before the previous one was answered. The story just didn’t stop.
I like that in a book.
There were a couple things that did create some confusion. There were a handful of times where we’d be with one character and then in the very next scene, we’d hear immediately that something bad had happened to the character we’d just been with. That was confusing, because, well, I’d just been with them! I think making it clear that time had elapsed might have helped.
And I still haven’t quite gotten why our heroine Shiloh was being chased in the beginning. She found something early in the book but was never able, as far as I could tell, to get it back. So I was confused as to why everyone was after her when I didn’t think she had anything to be after. But that may be something I missed in reading. I’ll give that disclaimer.
Other than that, Ronie Kendig’s first book is a very entertaining adventure. I’m no spy so I can’t tell you how true-to-life the book was, but whether you read plot-driven stories or character-driven dramas, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in Dead Reckoning.
Comments
3 Responses to “Dead Reckoning”
I agree with the confusion areas, Sally. Good book but maybe a tad too ambitious of a plot which some untied plot points remaining.
Sorry: “with” some untied plot points remaining. Good first effort, though.
Thanks for feedback, Sally and Nicole! I appreciate your honest thoughts.