Like the characters, the reader is given very little information as the story begins. But slowly tidbits of information are revealed about the characters and who they are and where they are. Only at the end do you see the big picture. Absolutely brilliant!!
A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of who or where he is. He's not alone - there are six others, each with a unique set of skills. None of them can remember their names. All of them possess a gun.
When a message appears on the onboard computer - Proceeding to Point A - the group agrees to work together to survive whatever is coming.
But as the boat moves through the mist-shrouded waters, divisions begin to form. Who is directing them and to what purpose? Why can't they…
This was an amazing book. When you think something could not get any worse for a person it does, and then again and again, and in the cruelest way. Sometimes no fault of their own, but just the right circumstances for bad luck. What happens to small town people in small towns is sometimes NEVER small. I could not help but laugh at people's bad luck, others I felt overwhelming anxiety for them.
Ken Jaworowski’s Small Town Sins is a gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives.
In Locksburg, Pennsylvania, a former coal and steel town whose best days seem long past, five thousand residents have toughed it out, and have reasons for both worry and hope as this neglected place teeters between decay and renewal. For some of them, their biggest troubles have just arrived.
After years of just scraping by, three restless souls have their lives upended: Nathan, a volunteer fireman who…
With all AG Riddle's books, they are connected to each other, sometimes in a very subtle way. This was a standalone book from his typical trilogies. It was both immersive and entertaining with a likeable and down to earth main character, who is put in a impossible situation and adapts and fights back.
In Antarctica, a groundbreaking experiment will change everything.
Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all.
A job she loved. The respect of her peers. Student debt she was slowly chipping away at.
And one day, she lost everything.
She saw the wrong thing - a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her.
To avoid prison, Laura reluctantly agrees to join a secretive research project in Antarctica, where she hopes to keep practicing medicine and someday get her life back. But soon after arriving, she realizes that things at this advanced facility aren't what they seem. And perhaps something strange is…
Planets and people are never safe from the sharp, insidious claws of the Galactic Realm. The Realm is in possession of an ancient powerful relic known as the Orb, until it is stolen by a band of unlikely heroes known as the Ceithern- A wise-cracking ex-soldier and his girlfriend, along with a scientist, and his robot have made themselves an annoying thorn in the Realm's side. As the great Realm Summit draws closer, two Galactic agents must race to locate the Ceithern and the Orb. However, a cat and mouse game ensue, culminating in multiple twists along the way, revealing people's true identities and purposes. Past and present collide, as each character (good and bad) battles their own flaws while trying to gain victory over their enemy.
A story of human development and overcoming unsurmountable odds on a galactic and personal level. Peel away the pages of The Orb as it inspires and ignites the imagination with its explosive twists and intriguing characters.
