1st In Series
Breed is an ex-delta Force sniper and operator who has spent lots of time in Afghanistan fighting the bad guys. As a retired special forces operator Breedis now trying to recreate himself in the less violent civilian world. Most of his friends from his old unit retired earlier than Breed from wounds they received saving the world. Breed feels duty-bound to help one of his old comrades at arms when he is found murdered on his ranch in El Paso, Texas. Breed has to team up with some of his old army buddies, the CIA, and a Latin reporter to get the job done.
Breed uses his operator skills to dig into the death of his friend. As he is trying to uncover the truth his friend’s wife and child are also gruesomely murdered. This ticks Breed off no end, so he goes after the corrupt government officials he believes are covering up the trafficking operation. He also manages to find a Hamas group in the mix as well!
Danger Close is a great fast read. If you enjoy attention to detail regarding the weapons and technical know-how this is the book for you. Breed is a well-thought-out character with some great flaws, he is ruthless to the core and will stop at nothing to get the job done. Danger Close gets the job done if you want a fast-paced action thriller that keeps on coming. The violence and gore are sometimes a bit over the top, but I appreciated that Cameron Curtis, the author, is willing to kill off characters he has spent a long time building.
Danger Close has some well-thought-out bad guys who deserve to meet Breed! The plot is basic but great for a book of this type. There are enough twists and turns to keep the reader interested and the cast members are all well thought out and have a good back story.
I did find Cameron’s writing style rather workmanlike. I am not sure if this was to give the story more of a gritty feeling, but unfortunately, this just detracted from the story for me and made me look up. There are way too many run-on sentences and sentence fragments that stop the pleasure of reading, as you look up and say, “What?” Cameron is also not a fan of question marks. In my opinion there were at least a dozen missing. I am not a grammar policeman at all, but when it stops me from reading and makes me think of something other than the story at hand then it becomes distracting. If the idea was to mirror the character of Breed to the style of writing, then this did not work at all. The guy is tough and unforgiving we get that from the prose.
The ending seemed a little far-fetched to me, and it felt rushed. The convenient coincidences were too fast and furious to make the story tie up and end properly.
If you want a fast-action thriller with plenty of gore, murder, violence, and sexual abuse with some mayhem from random terrorists thrown in for good measure then this is a great book for you.
I enjoyed Danger Close and will read the next in the series.
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