Published June 29, 2017
Genre: thriller, fantasy
A Dominic Gray novel, #6
Book beginning:
KHAYALANGA TOWNSHIP WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICAPresent DayPage 56:
The light of a full moon illuminated the couple huddled around a rusty oil drum in the center of the township. The trash fire in the barrel doubled as a source of warmth and as an oven for roasting corn.Behind them was the storage container they called home. A good space. Unlike most of the neighboring shacks, it had a metal roof instead of tarpaper. More resistant to wind and floods. Just beyond the township lay the gentle swells of wine country. Golden fields and sprawling manors steeped in the wealth of the old Boer families. The inequalities of life in the Western Cape used to motivate the couple, inspire nightly political discussions with their neighbors while quaffing sour umqombothi beer, but they no longer cared for such things.
Solomon had drawn a single face for the sketch artists, the only person he could identify from his captivity.Book description:
A modern day Dr. Frankenstein, probing the secrets of life and death. Two men racing against the clock to stop the spread of a horrific virus. As the victims mount..., the world's only hope rests in the hands of Professor Viktor Radek and Dominic Grey, a broken warrior and a relentless professor, facing the darkest of forces.
I'm definitely intrigued by the beginning and the setting of this one, having read other suspense/thriller/fantasy novels by Layton Green.
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I am not familiar with this author's work. I found the beginning intriguing. I am featuring The Hunt by Chloe Neill this week. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read many books set in South Africa, so the setting itself interests me. I'm adding this to my TBR list.
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The opening lines were so descriptive that I felt I was right there with them. Thanks for sharing...and here's mine: “THE HEIRS”
ReplyDeleteSounds highly intriguing!!! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteHello, Harvee! Thanks for sharing some of this book. I hope you'll enjoy all of this book. Happy first day of autumn!
ReplyDeleteThis is a new to me author, but I really like the opening you shared. I will have to look up the first book in the series and give it a try. Thank you for bringing it to my attention! Have a great weekend.
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