Agent Zero by Jack MarsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Enjoyable but lacks the competitive edge needed against other well established political shooter/door kickers.
Always fun starting a new series and I'm familiar with Jack Mars via Luke Stone. I was confused to see this entire Agent Zero series was seemingly released all at once in 2019. Skeptical it was some estranged side project of Mars who later decided to bulk publish, after reading #1 I think this is indeed the case. By no means a hack job or poorly written, but if you're familiar with other political A## kickers you'll find nothing new here. Entertaining enough to keep me reading at a steady pace, action sequences detailed enough to form a nice mini mental movie, but at conclusion left a bit to be desired. Agent Zero never really hits a stride in #1, admittedly this is part of the plot, but as I mentioned he has high competition and I want to see how he compares to the rest!
In an obvious clash of Jason Bourne meets Mitch Rapp sprinkled with Scot Harvath and Pike Logan's shoes. Reed Lawson is living the quiet life of a college professor when he's suddenly ripped from reality. Torn from his home, bagged and drugged, finally waking to find he's being interrogated as an infamous CIA spy/assassin. He pleads for mercy, you have the wrong guy! Do we? A magic tic-tac is plucked from his head and the flashes begin... "hostiles, that's a 9mm, the way he's holding it I have 3 seconds before he draws etc." An ensuing adventure of split personality
where Professor Reed Lawson meets Kent Steele "Agent Zero." A predictable struggle with a clumsy college geek suddenly knowing how to dodge/disarm/dismantle the enemy. My review may sound harsh considering I vote 3-stars, but again, it's not a bad book. Just old tricks and I want a new dog! I'll read #2 and hope Zero finds baseline, show us what kind of pipe hitter he really is, or isn.t...
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