This was a good tale. It kept the reader wanting to read more. I will definitely want to read more from this author.

This is a really average thriller with no great excitement and characters that I just could not relate to.
In fact the characters felt wooden to me and dragged the whole story down.

I had never heard of this author before, and that is <i>very</i> surprising, considering how much I loved this book.

With this kind of suspense/thriller, it's hard to explain the plot without taking away from the reader's experience -- so I'll keep it brief.

Sheriff Rick is a small-town guy struggling with bit of PTSD related to terrible experiences in the latest Middle Eastern invasion. He's finally settling back into a regular civilian life, falling in love with his best friend's widow and getting ready to celebrate a big festival in his home town. His biggest problem appears to be the sudden reappearance of his ex and the awkwardness that can ensue.

Then things get weird when some military contractors take up residence inside an old decommissioned mine, and suddenly quarantine the entire town during the big festival, telling everyone that some sort of experimental virus has escaped and they need to be studied and vaccinated to survive.

From here on, Sheriff Rick and his ex, a scientist, are trying to find the truth in all of this and maintain order, and it twists into more of a psychological thriller. The sheriff is a trained detective and soldier, so he should be the most reliable witness -- however, he and those around him are aware that his PTSD may be coloring his perception of events and leading him to find villains where there may be none.

In short: Addictive. Exciting. Suspenseful. I didn't anticipate the ending, and felt surprised all the way to the final sentence.

I highly recommend this relatively short read, and will check out more from the author.

My first book by this author and I wouldn't say I disliked it. I am just not sure if his future is good or bad. The book is set ten years in the future. It starts really explosively but then slows down. I am also not quite sure how to characterise it. It could be a thriller but it could also be science fiction. Maybe a bit of both. There is also a little mystery.


The book is set in a small Colorado town, called Ressurection. America is no longer a super power. The book also has some horror as well. It is well written just a little confusing at times. I guess this book is a little unfair on technology. It can be our savior or does it add to our demise.


I enjoyed the book but it left me wondering why I enjoyed it. I'm not sure if that makes much sense. But I would still recommend it. It is an intersting possible future. Enjoy!


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This is a tense, engaging post-apocalyptic thriller.

Rick is a former marine who has settled as Sheriff in the small town of Resurrection, Colorado. He suffered enough in war and his is glad to have an easy-going job and hopeful of building a relationship with an old friend’s widow, Dahlia, and her young son, Charlie. When Rick gets a strange radio call from his deputy which is cut off, he heads up the old mine road to check on him. Instead of finding his deputy, Rick finds a large fence closing off the mine and a man, Keffer, who offers him money to keep quiet for three days. Rick isn’t interested in the bribe but is willing to stay quiet for the extra millions the man assures will be forthcoming to the town from the secret entity that is reopening the mine with robotic assistance.

The town is hosting thousands of visitors to a festival that weekend when an alarm sounds, a helicopter hoovers overhead, tanks appear in the streets and snipers appear with guns aimed at the crowd. A warning issues from the loud speakers that the town has been exposed to radiation but that the men are there to issue a live-saving inoculation. No one understands what is happening and Rick really doesn’t believe the story, especially when he sees and hears actions inconsistent with Keefer’s explanation.

Rick tries to challenge Keefer, but even his friends think he has had a PTSD episode and is delusional. Getting locked in his own jail cells with his ex-wife, a biochemist from the company that previously worked the mine, is the only thing that might give them a chance to save Dahlia, Charlie, the community and visitors. Keefer’s proclaimed goals are to save America and restore her position as a superpower. Sadly, the extent of his plan moves into madness and extremism.

This is a rather scary scenario and gets more alarming as the secret lab and the expected use of the captured citizens is revealed. One can hope that the science is only fiction although somehow I think the possibility might exist in the future. A few scenes do stretch believability but that’s why they call it “fiction”. That didn’t lessen my enjoyment of the fast moving, suspenseful plot. The primary characters are well developed and I liked the relationship between Rick and those he loves. There is good action and an ironic twist at the end. I recommend this to readers who like apocalyptic tales that have a different storyline.

I received this through NetGalley for an honest review.

Scary view of what the future may be if we allow technology to take over.

I started reading this, and before I knew it, I was deep into the life of Ressurection and it was a few hours later. Brilliant.

I received this book free from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. It was an uncorrected proof. Copyrighted in 2017 by author Jeff Gunhus, it is published by Seven Guns Press.

Imagine a small town sheriff in a Western American town. Make him a war veteran with personal demons and a prosthetic arm that resulted from his experiences in war. Make the mayor of the town a likable, lovable person – perhaps even a woman. Give the sheriff a love interest who happens to be a widow with a young son. Introduce a former girlfriend who has left town for the big city, but has come back to town for some reason. Then enter the big, evil outside entity. It could have been a cattle company, or a land grabber, but this time it is not. Sound familiar? Set the time frame to the 1800’s and this could be any one of many “B” grade Western movies made in Hollywood. Set it in the mid-21st Century after a major world war with “Jihadis” this becomes a slightly one-sided political screed aimed at religious and ideological extremism set in the mountains of Colorado.

I did not find Sheriff Rick to be a very likable person. For one thing, he doesn’t seem to be very bright. He keeps making the same sort of stupid mistakes over and over again. His behavior when he enters the mine to save his love interest is inexplicable and illogical. Who runs full-tilt down a tunnel that is presumably mined? Why does he not kill the source of the evil when he has the chance? Some readers might like this protagonist. I didn’t.

Even though the story is alternate reality-cum-science fiction, believing it was a stretch. Some of it, for example, takes place in an abandoned mine. You know, a hole in the ground from which ore is extracted. Yet, this particular mine has caverns that are very large, yet appear to be unsupported by any sort of shoring or rigging to hold up the ceiling. It sounds more like some sort of natural caverns than a mine. Even though Sheriff Rick has traveled to the mine within the past month and seen nothing unusual, the mine is suddenly filled with very elaborate, and presumably very expensive, machinery and equipment with high electricity demands. How was all of that machinery smuggled into the mine, and how was it all set up, connected and tested, in less than a month, and with nobody aware that it was taking place? The bad guys apparently have flying drones that are capable of flight within the tunnels of the mine. How do they receive their guidance radio signals through solid rock? I did not find it credible.

In another place, Sheriff Rick takes comfort in the “gun’s cool steel under his fingers,” but he carries a Glock service pistol and all Glocks (to the best of my knowledge) have polymer frames. When holstered, the slide, which is made of steel, would be inside the holster and out of reach of his fingers. The grip, on the other hand, would be readily accessible to his hand, but it is made of plastic. Also, on the subject of guns, the author tells us that the bad guys are carrying M-1 assault rifles. There is no such thing, and there is unlikely to ever be such a thing. The M-1 is a battle rifle, not an assault rifle. The US military discontinued its use in 1959, replacing it with the M-14 battle rifle. The M-16 that was widely used in Vietnam appears to be the United States’ first widespread use of an assault rifle, and that has led to the M4 and the M4A1, along with other variations. The author also refers to the rifle as being a semi-automatic. By definition, all assault rifles are capable of fully automatic fire. I think military veterans, along with active duty and retired law enforcement officers all over America, would cringe at the author’s descriptions.

The pace of the book drags at times because the author is telling us things that we don’t need to know. He begins all these plot threads, then ends them abruptly, and in an unsatisfying manner. This is especially true of the ending of the book. I think most readers will feel cheated by the author’s method of ending the story. It was extremely unsatisfying to me, and I believe other readers will also find it to be so. It’s one thing to tie up loose ends at the end of a story, but it is another thing altogether to simply cut the yarn. I think the story is far-fetched.

I liked his fast paced futuristic thriller. Scary to think that what was written in this book can be possible int he near future! All American policeman hero who is damaged form hos army service, but still has his values is the main character in the book. He is easy to identify with and you root from him from the start. Some shocking twists and turns get in his way and you are biting your nails hoping he will get through it unharmed. Defiantly a book you want to read.

I put off reading this book for months being fairly certain that I wasn't going to like it. Sheesh,what a maroon! I loved this story. The characters were likeable, and the crazies were flipping looney. There were some incredibly tense moments, and that ending.....I am curious if this will be a continuing story. Jeff can definitely write, and I'm looking forward to reading more stories. Good thing I already have 2 of his books on my kindle! Yep, I'd recommend this book and author. My thanks to Netgalley and Seven Guns Press.

The first 40% of the book for me was a painful slog. It was way too much build up, not enough happening, just getting all the pieces in to place. The rest of the book was riveting and kept me reading. Not bad, but I found myself reading other books instead of finishing this one during the first bit.

Part thriller, part cautionary tale, this SF novel hits the ground running and keeps accelerating to the explosive revelations on the last page.

Rick Johnson, former Marine gunny and now sheriff of the small town of Resurrection, Colorado, is checking up on an odd message left by his deputy. Both men are former military, and both have PTSD issues.
Rich discovers an enormous electrified fence around an old mile that has been closed and opened again over the years, and was closed for good a few years back, which cast the town into economic depression. So finding this fence without anyone in town having been informed is weird, and it also represents a lot of money put up to keep people out.

Rick is confronted by an older man, Keefer, also ex-military, who tells him that the mine has federal approval, but it will be fully automated. We learn during this conversation that the story is set sometime in the near future, as Jihadists have been using terror to basically give entire countries PTSD. Meanwhile China has returned to its imperial roots, and India has also expanded, at the cost of its neighbors.

But Keefer promises that the town is going to get a huge infusion of cash if Rick will keep silent for three days, until they are up and running.

Rick swallows his doubts--he knows that the town could be saved by this cash--so he returns, and throws himself into helping to prepare for the yearly festival, to which lots of locals from miles around appear. He also visits his girlfriend and her son; their relationship is slowly developing into something serious.

Then his past shows up, in the shape of a lovely scientist named Cassie, who dumped him for her career when a high tech company used the mine and then abandoned it four years ago. And what brings her troubles Rick, both emotionally and because some of what she says contradicts what Keefer said.

Then the festival happens, and all hells breaks loose. Megalomaniacal billionaires--true believers who will kill anyone to achieve their goals--ordinary people who rise to the occasion (or don't) fill this story as twist after twist ratchets up the stakes.

You think you know who's on top, but that changes and changes again, until the very last pages. I read this in one sitting, eating dinner as I crouched over my iPad. It's vivid, and scary in its resonances with today's troubles.

Resurrection America is the first book by Jeff Gunhus that I have read, outside of the Templar Chronicles, so I wasn't sure what to expect. What I found was far more than I expected for an attack in a small town in the USA. This is a standalone with a soft cliffhanger for what could be the future. I enjoyed this book and had a hard time putting it down. There is violence.

The book blurb adequately describes the storyline so I'm not going to repeat that all of that info here. The author did a great job of explaining artificial intelligence as simply as possible so a complicated subject could make sense to the reader. This is a story of how vulnerable we are with everything we do being online and using technology. There are enough twists and turns to keep readers interested. It definitely kept me reading.

I look forward to reading more of his books. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and chose to leave a review for other readers.

Sheriff Rick Johnson lives in a small mining town. Everything is slow paced and peaceful until suddenly it isn't. Action speeds up quickly. We meet a lot of well developed characters who remind us of some of our neighbors. The plot of the story is entertaining and adrenaline packed. I wonder how far into the future it will be before this may actually happen. There's tears, love, thrills,and even some frightening ideas in this story. Is it our future? I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

This was an incredible book that held my interest from start to finish. Jeff Gunhus really knows how to create characters that have you cheering, groaning, and hissing at the villains. I loved the theme, plot line, character development, and the psychological elements. This is a story that seems like it could actually happen! I highly recommend it.

Review: RESURRECTION AMERICA

RESURRECTION AMERICA is an immensely exciting, engrossing, terrifying, and psychologically twisted novel. We always think, "It can't happen here." In Resurrection, Colorado, it can and it does--and this time, the terrorism isn't foreign-based. A megalomaniac villain (actually, more than one), a battalion of sociopaths under his control; this is a villain who manipulates entire populaces into his bidding--and to their destruction--more efficiently than Hitler. I guarantee this novel will produce nightmares, with good reason; and will provoke consideration in every reader. I think it's important reading for our times.

I'm a big fan of dystopian novels, and this fits the bill perfectly! Will be looking for more from this author!

This was a great read! I was very intrigued by the promise of this book and was keen to get started, but I was in the middle of a couple of other reads. I thought I'd just take a peek at the first chapter and....everything else had to take a backseat!
This was action from almost the first page and the story unfolds quickly. Mad scientists, billionaire megalomaniac genius, insane nationalist politics...paranoia, PTSD and one evil plan to rule the world...mwah-ha-ha....
This was an 'alternative' version of the world that really wasn't so far from our own. The science had a little Asimov tone to it towards the end which I enjoyed. And then the ending....I thought this was perfect!
Recommended.

Absolutely stunning thriller! Small town America on a steep demise yet yearning for success and happier times. The town of Ressurection, Colorado has planned a re-energizing fair with BBQ and parade when their world changes forever. Rick, Marine turned Sheriff, can't believe what he sees and tries to find a solution. Told in three parts this story has you questioning Rick, Keefer and the government. Nothing is as it seems but the story gets spun and twisted carefully. We are to assume this takes places about ten years ahead as specific technologies and events haven't occurred yet. I received an ARC through Netgalley, my review given voluntarily.

Throughout the book, I kept wondering, is Keefer a bad guy or just a super-patriot? Is Morris a good guy - or not? Some of the characters' motivations were very murky. I loved the fact that I didn't have all the pieces until more than three quarters of the way through. Gunhus doles out enough to keep you interested and guessing, but you won't see the whole picture until the exact moment he's ready to reveal it.

And the ending was terrifying perfect. I'm a sucker for an unexpected ending, and Gunhus really delivers.