Dark Harvest

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One odd thing: A character in the book is named Sergey Golovko. Shout out to Tom Clancy’s head of the SVR or the serial killer? This is a solid action adventure with heroes you care about. It has a sci-fi feel to it and what I enjoy most is the author's imagination weaving the Dyatlov Pass event into the story. I hope that this is the beginning of new series! There are also a few moments were the logistics and science are just a bit too stretched, I normally wouldn't mind too much but just things like the characters being able to zoom around the world with minimal fuss and there is a very awkward juxtaposition of this book being written before Covid-19, but also being very much based around the idea of a Zombie virus being treated as a disease outbreak. Again its not deal-breaker stuff its just sits kind of weird e.g. we know that in an outbreak its unlikely that all countries are going to have the same responses / co-operate with the WHO.

For fans of World War Z, a chilling mystery, an ancient threat, and a race against time to save humanity–inspired by the true events of the Dyatlov Pass incident Russia, 1959. Nine members of a Soviet mountaineering team on an ambitious expedition into the Ural Mountains are found dead, victims of massive and bizarre injuries. The Dyatlov Pass, as this grisly event came to be known, remains unexplained to this day.And here you have it again – the race to save the civilization, with all the action and all the guns and all the army vehicles and such a book like this would have. If you don’t have the sentence “Then all Hell broke loose.” in your thriller, do they toss you out of the Thriller Writers Union? In conclusion, I thank you for writing such a fine spy thriller which managed to provoke some very passionate reactions from me. I've never read any of the Ryan Drake series, but if they're even half as good as this one, I am so down. I raise a glass to you, Mr. Jordan/Critical Drinker, because you certainly have a storytelling gift, and I'm thrilled that you've shared it with the world.

Second small gripe is the repetition of explanations. Characters spend an inordinate amount of time (or at least it certainly feels that way), explaining and re-explaining the same situation for every new character that comes along. It may be understandable for an author to want to remind the reader if the thought is they may have forgotten or perhaps become confused, but this happened too often and, frankly, not enough happened between these instances for a reader to really forget. Despite grave danger, the team is able to rescue Maras and return her to the United States unharmed. Drake’s part in the story seems to be over, but a chilling phone call from Munro reveals that his sister has been taken hostage. If he ever wants to see her again, he must free Maras and use her to uncover a secret the CIA will do anything to keep hidden, and Munro will do anything to uncover. He lives in Scotland with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing the next novel in the Ryan Drake series.I should have probably paid closer attention to the kind of author this was – the kind that writes testosterone driven actioneers for out-of-shape dads who dream in macho everywhere. But no, this book grabbed my attention at Dyatlov Pass and that was it.

Dyatlov Pass is one of those wild real-life mysteries that simply boggles the mind. There was a proper book about it, even a speculative movie adaptation about it, and now there’s this…tangentially connected bombastic thriller. Time is running out for Ryan Drake. With his enemies moving against him and his allies no longer able to support him, his world is turned upside down by a personal tragedy that forces him to return to the UK. Overall, a decent, decently entertaining read. Not quite as desired or expected for this specific reader, but plenty of thrills for others, likely. Dyatlov Pass remains a mystery. Thanks Netgalley. It's also very well written, that may sound like a contradiction with what I just said, but the prose is efficient, vivid and does the job. I don't think there was a moment in this book where I wasn't grounded in the setting and following the action with ease and enjoyment.After graduating high school he moved on to university, gaining an Honors Degree in Information Technology. To support himself during his degree he worked a number of part time jobs, one of which was a Will Jordan is the bestselling, internationally published author of the Ryan Drake series. He was born in Scotland in 1983. His works to date include: A character who stays behind to hold zombies off, and when asked not to stoically reveals a zombie bite