Catch
and Kill – Shadow Operatives Thriller 2
by J. D. Lasica came recommended to me because of people comparing it
to works by Michael Crichton. I am pleased to confirm that all the
people comparing the two authors were correct. J. D. Lasica also
informed me that I did not need to read the first book to understand
this one and that turned out to be true as well. There are not many
books that are part of a series that can also be read as a stand-alone. On that same note, this book was so good that I want to go back
and read the first book as well.
Action
packed right from the start, A woman by the name of Kaden is attacked
in an attempted kidnapping at a celebration where she was originally
a person of honor. After returning home and finding that it has also
been broken into Kaden receives
messages from a mysterious man called Bo. Bo wants her help in
investigating
The Disappearance,
and reluctantly Kaden agrees. At the same time on Samana City, a place
called Fantasy Live is doing its soft open, and Alex, a reporter for
the Axom is doing an undercover story on it.
Fantasy
Live uses augmented reality
to bring the patron’s deepest fantasies to life, within reason. Alex
finds out some disturbing
information
about Samana City and Fantasy Live and sends word back to Axom. As it
turns out Kaden and Bo’s investigation is already leading them to
Fantasy
Live and they team up with some other Axom employees to infiltrate
the island. Things do not go very
smooth
for them on Samana City. Kaden must trust in her teammates, both
familiar and new if they hope to escape.
In
the process they are going to try to bring the girls from The
Disappearance
home and save the world from a surprise
bio-warfare
that no one is prepared for, but the creator
of Fantasy Live is ready to kill to make sure no one interferes.
What
I liked best was that the plot line was well thought out. The plans
of Incognito
and Lucid were explained in a way that made them completely
believable. While it does take place in the future the technology
used is not that far from what we use every day now. Naturally, I did
not like the idea of Lucid and Incognito
being missing at the end. However, with this being only the second
book in the series I have faith that they will be found. I still do
not completely understand how The Disappearance
was able to happen without anyone noticing something before it was
too late.
Target
readers for this book are adults. This is due to the content and
topics surrounding
sex, forced surrogacy,
and human trafficking.
People who enjoy action-packed thrillers in a slightly futuristic
setting will enjoy this book. I rate this book a 4
out of 4
because I got exactly what I was promised
with this book. Each character clearly has their own personality
that plays into how they respond to the situations presented.
Everything was so believable
that it was almost scary to think about how these events could
actually happen.
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