Review: Hunter Killer

Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fantastic!

Of course it was great it's a Pike Logan book! I believe the last time I wrote a review for Pike was #12 and had boasted about the growing presence of Aaron and Shoshana. Well that has grown in 13 and 14 and with each new story I like them more and more. In a smaller yet equally important role is the little Bad Ass we met in Daughter of War, Amena. I see all sorts of possibilities for her in the future and I think Brad Taylor is teeing her up for just that.

Admittedly, nothing about the plot jumps off the pages in Hunter Killer. It's a standard Pike Logan/Taskforce ass kicker that holds the par level set in previous editions. Where #14 shines, at least to me, is the violence of action. We know Pike is always doing his best to avoid the deep abyss he once knew, a shark sensing blood in the water with no control. But sometimes it feels warranted, as the reader we can feel his pain and crave vengeance. Well in this one, I think we get it at levels not yet seen from Pike, and for me it was a high point!

There's always a healthy amount of action sequences in the Pike series, and this was no different. A few pleasantly surprising jumps from paper pusher to trigger puller, plenty of hand-to-hand mixed with gunfights and even a few long shots! My biggest gripe is that Taylor leaves us one HELL of a cliff hanger in the last pages! HURRY UP WITH #15 I can't handle this kind of fake stress!

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