Jeff Bailey Reviews Breaking Backbones: Information Should Be Free by Deb Radcliff

Two and half years ago, information giant GlobeCom was forced to fail by a dedicated team of hackers. In book two of the trilogy, the world is not safe for those hackers. They live off-grid. The vengeful former GlobeCom masters are looking for them. One, Damian Strandeski, seeks more than revenge. He schemes to dominate the world again with the help of an advanced artificial intelligence (AI). How does a hacker battle an AI that can think and strategize a million times faster than a human. What could go wrong. Breaking Backbones: Information Should Be Free is the second book in the series but, I think that it could be read alone. There is a wide cast of interactive characters, good and bad, including the AI, but Deb Radcliff has masterfully woven them into a compelling story. She gives enough of the background from the first book that I was able to follow the plot. I also feel that I would have possibly enjoyed the second book a bit more if I had read the first book first. All in all, a captivating, intricate read. I kept wondering what is preventing this scenario from becoming real in our world today. Highly recommended.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews The Day Before Midnight by Stephen Hunter

A true vintage Stephen Hunter thriller that takes the reader on a race that doesn’t let up.
A welder is coerced into doing a treacherous job and a bungling Soviet spy who loves living in America barely survives an attempt on his life. Ordinary people are captured in a conspiracy to launch the world into nuclear war. Midnight is the deadline.
Hunter is brilliant and THE DAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT is a “doomsday” thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The story itself is well crafted interwoven. It’s a terrific thriller and I highly recommend it.
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Jeff Bailey reviews Max Thrust by James Walker

 Max Thrust by James Walker was, for me, MAX entertainment. The story is a contemporary fiction situated in the middle of todays space program. There is even a reference to The Space Force. When NASA or any other government space programs can’t launch a project in time to solve a problem in space, they call the ultimate space cowboy, contractor Maxwell Ardis of Thrust Solutions. Max is a mashup of the Right Stuff, MacGyver, and Indiana Jones with a little Flash Gordon thrown in. Max has little government bureaucracy restraining him. He can get the job done, done quickly, and done with flair when others can’t. He launches into space for a repair the way some tow-truck drivers dive out to the freeway for a tow, just another day at the office. The whole book just seems like it should be taking place in today’s world: Thrust Solutions: Max's  company. My kind of book. My kind of read. I was so along for the ride. Kudos for James Walker on a spectacular book, Max Thrust.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Cult Stalker by Ephraim Clark

Ephraim Clark’s latest thriller, Cult Stalker, was excellent. Clark was born in the United States, bummed around Europe and the UK for a while, and is currently an expat living in Paris, the setting for Cult Stalker. A religious cult has taken up residence in Paris, but the cult is not all it seems to be. It has been infiltrated by – corruption, corruption of the worst kind. CIA secret weapon, Brad James and his trusted ally Chuck Hall take up the case. Seems someone is important missing and Brad must find her. Cult Stalker is a ‘thriller reader’s’ high octane, fast, twisty thriller. I also like the balance of the story, equal parts conspiracy, characters, and setting. The three parts complimented each other perfectly. I almost feel as though I have lived in Paris and now know the city. Clark is such a master storyteller, high compliments for Cult Stalker.

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