Field of fire by Mark Cameron

"Field of fire" by Mark Cameron - Should have been field of snow!

This book was published by Pinnacle in 2016 and has 448 pages. This is Book 7 of Jericho Quinn series. 

Jericho Quinn and Veronica (Ronnie) Garcia, now a couple, are travelling through Alaska. Jericoh's plans to propose Ronnie goes for a toss when a deadly nerve gas called 'New archangel' goes missing from Russia and is used by Islamist terrorists in America, twice. Multiple casualties. The Russian scientist, who invented it, and his daughter run away from Russia and land in Alaska. 

Two teams are formed. Quinn and Tibido's cousin FBI agent go after the Russian scientist and his daughter who go missing in Alaska. Tibido, Ronnie and August Bowen go after son of the Russian scientist, who is a cage fighter in America. 

Quinn almost dies of hypothermia in cold Alaskan landscape. There is another party after the Russian scientist. Quinn has to fight on multiple fronts. Other team does not have it easy either. 

The story starts well, develops nicely. Backdrop of Alaskan landscape is a novelty. Readers expect the climax to too take them higher.  But the climax is not good. It's abrupt, lacks action, lacks tension and doesn't heighten the graph.

Why did I read this book? Author. 

What did I like? Alaska. 

What I didn't like? Climax. 

Read, if you have spare time.

State of emergency by Mark Cameron

"State of emergency" by Mark Cameron. This book is published by Pinnacle. This edition was published in 2013 and has 416 pages. This is Book 3 of the Jericho Quinn series.

Dirty atomic bombs (very low intensity) explode in America and Russia simultaneously. College students are used as mule to carry radioactive material. Shady arms dealer Ivan Zamora gets hold of a Russian nuke. Jericho Quinn and Jacque Tibido are pressed into action by NSA, assisted by buxom Veronica Garcia and with support of the enigmatic Emico Miyagi.

What is Babayaga? Who will acquire the bomb? What is the target? Can Jericho save the day?

Marc has written a decent story for most part. However the pace is on the slowish side. With a nuclear bomb in question one would expect a more frantic pace. The climax also does not keep up with the story and turns out inadequate.

Motorbikes are constant feature of Jericho Quinn novels. This one has them too. To make matters interesting here Jericho and Ivan participate in Dakar really.

The story takes place mostly in America and Bolivia / Mexico. A new character of a female Russian spy has been introduced but if I remember correctly she does not appear in the fourth book. This books end is the start of next one.

You can give it a miss.

Act of terror by Marc Cameron

"Act of terror", a novel by Marc Cameron. This is his 2nd book after 'National Security'.

America faces strange attacks. The attacks are perpetrated by seemingly American citizens having no link to terrorism and working in reputed institutes like Airforce, FBI, CIA etc.

Who are these people? Why are they doing this? What has it to with an orphanage at Tajikistan -Afganistan border? Who is behind this? Will America survive?

Jericho Quinn is tasked to find out. There is an attempt on the life of his daughter and ex-wife. A new character of Veronica Garcia, an American with Cuban mother and Russian father, is introduced. There is a hint of romance between them at the end.

Story takes place in USA, China, Tajikistan and Afganistan. This book also has motorcycle chases. In the climax Quinn jumps from a chopper riding bike. Little too far fetched.

Pace of story is not uniform. Reader tends to loose interest a couple of times. Although the book is not bad, the raised expectations after first book, are not fulfilled.