In Savage Son, Book 3 in the James Reece Thrillers, Jack Carr brings out the down and dirty characters, one of them the traitor who plans to kill James Reece.
Oliver Grey has gotten away with being a traitor to the USA and, although James Reece has seen to it that he is no longer employed by the Russian who used Grey's skills to assassinate the Russian president, Grey knows he'd better kill Reece before Reece finds him. His life is filled with the paranoia of being hunted, knowing what Reece is capable of, but Grey's just arrogant enough to think he can outwit former SEAL James Reece. Bad mistake.
The leader of the Russian mafia (Ivan Zharkov) decides to employ Grey because of his knowledge of key US figures and practices and because of his cyber skills. And when Grey presents his case to eliminate James Reece after finally finding him at Kumba Ranch in Montana which is owned by Reese's best friend's (former SEAL Raife Hastings) family, Ivan suggests both should be eliminated.
A team of Russian mafia operatives who've trained some of their gang members for this mission is deployed to Montana to hunt Reese and Raife, but when Ivan's perverse son Aleksandr, who has a position in the Russian government, discovers through one of his assets what's on his father's agenda, he alerts his USA contacts to the ambush and deploys his own team to facilitate his craving for hunting humans.
Following the disturbing Prologue, because of the complexity of Carr's plot plus the multitude of characters who comprise these novels, this story is a bit slow in developing. Having said that, the last quarter of the book is fast, breathtaking, bizarre, and partially conclusive with some sorrow and a slight cliffhanger mixed in.
Reading this series will give you an education into the amazing knowledge the best of the best military men must have to do the jobs they do all over the world to keep this country of ours safe. They are incredible individuals given impossible situations to overcome. When it gets personal for the characters in these stories, they use every part of their training and their innate giftings from the God who many of them have yet to know to perform outlandish measures to accomplish their purposes and to protect those they love.
If you love weapons, you'll love the insider knowledge described in these novels.
Profanity present.
Father, you are so gracious to us, all of us whether we know you or not. You hand out all kinds of talents and gifts and then leave it up to us how we use them, even though we're designed to use them at your direction. May you bless those who've yet to meet your Son and help them find your salvation. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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