Due to a sudden, unexpected passing in the family a few years ago and another more recently and my subsequent (mental) health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for several years after the bereavements. This meant I didn't read or venture onto netgalley for years as not only did it remind me of that person as they shared my passion for reading, but I also struggled to maintain interest in anything due to overwhelming depression. I was therefore unable to download this title in time and so I couldn't give a review as it wasn't successfully acquired before it was archived. The second issue that has happened with some of my other books is that I had them downloaded to one particular device and said device is now defunct, so I have no access to those books anymore, sadly.

This means I can't leave an accurate reflection of my feelings towards the book as I am unable to read it now and so I am leaving a message of explanation instead. I am now back to reading and reviewing full time as once considerable time had passed I have found that books have been helping me significantly in terms of my mindset and mental health - this was after having no interest in anything for quite a number of years after the passings. Anything requested and approved will be read and a review written and posted to Amazon (where I am a Hall of Famer & Top Reviewer), Goodreads (where I have several thousand friends and the same amount who follow my reviews) and Waterstones (or Barnes & Noble if the publisher is American based). Thank you for the opportunity and apologies for the inconvenience.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. Written very much in the style the 'Reacher' novels. My interest was kept throughout but the climax was never in doubt. Good but certainly not high quality literature.

We know the story: ex-Special Ops guy trying to fulfill his dying pal's wish runs into trouble and uses his brains and his brawn to do it.

Vince Bellator is the ex-SpecOps person in question, and while hiking in the woods and minding his own business, he encounters three white supremacists who should have stayed in bed that day instead of challenging him. When I realized Bellator would be punching nazis and white supremacists, I automatically gave it another star. as I am a huge fan of that.

Bellator realizes that there's lot more going on here that your usual idiots playing nazi in the woods, so decides to infiltrate the group. He does this, and begins gathering intel, determined that this particular group of nazis will be taken down. His problem, once in, is how to get the information out.New members are scrutinized very carefully, and no one is allowed to keep weapons on their person except those charged with security.

Along the way, Bellator finds an unlikely companion within the compound who is more than she seems. They realize that these nazis are arranging a large-scale, coordinated attack on some government officials - and now they have to stop it.

I won't go further than that for spoilery reasons, except to say that I bet Bellator wished he were Spider-Man crawling up the face of a cliff at a point late in the book.

There's quite a bit of suspended disbelief required, but I think that there's at least a little in every book, no matter the genre. Fans of this kind of book will enjoy it, no doubt.

Four out of five stars from me.

Thanks to Lume Books and NetGalley for the reading copy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
OK, so it's a premise we have seen before a few times. Ex special forces, trying to mind his own business ends up in trouble that he just can't walk away from. Throw in a beautiful woman (No more due to spoilers) and you already have a winning template.
However, this book goes a little further in that the pace is exactly right, the writing is perfect to keep the reader engrossed, informed but never bored and the plot is a solid one.
I will definitely look out for this author again. I'm actually quite excited to add him to my 'must look out for' list.
Many thanks.

A very solid thriller in the vigilante sub-genre. The outline is familiar: our hero is ex-special forces, forced out by conscience/malevolence, drifting, fulfilling a promise to an army buddy; he falls into the middle of a conspiracy of grave danger to civilians; and becomes a one man army to deal with the threat.

So the tropes are familiar, but the author tells his story well: the characters are convincingly drawn, the plot moves quickly, the stakes are high, the action sequences are inventively choreographed, and the hero is someone who you want to know more about.

I look forward to additional stories in this series.

Lots of action from start to finish. While finishing a hike, Vince is confronted by a group of Neo-Nazis. Their mistake! Their organization, headed by a self-proclaimed general, has a compound, uniforms, and a plan to eliminate non-whites, Jews, and their supporters. Nice doesn’t want this to happen, so he gets to work in an entertaining, fast-paced story.