Jeremy Burns

The Founding Treason by Jeremy Burns
Book starts out with praise for authors works.
Really enjoyed this book, didn't realize it'd be over 400 pages in length, took me a bit longer than most books.
It's so fascinating to learn more about Templars and all the conspiracies that I've heard bits and pieces about over the years.
This book pieces them all together into one big puzzle for you.
Love all the travel, unknown locations, and link them all together to one another.
Love that this book goes back so far and how that all plays into todays' world.
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.… (més)

I enjoyed the first 50 pages or so. But, after that the story got lost and too complex. Character development was way too detailed for my taste. The history of each of the agents didn't make sense to me. Lastly, it was a tad bit too graphic at times. The description of an innocent 7-year old boy getting strangled by an agent was unnecessary. While I'm sure the story turns out great, I just couldn't get into it... primarily due to the extensive details in the book and the slow pace. Some people like this. Others don't. And, I'm one of them.… (més)

From the Ashes is an entertaining read which starts with the very bloody murder of Michael Rickner by an unknown assailant. Jon Rickner, his brother is off climbing, he receives a message from Mara Ellison , Michael's fiancee, that Michael is dead, a presumed a suicide. Why would a young man who just asked his girlfriend to marry him the night before and was so excited about his work commit suicide? It does not add up and as Jon soon learns, Michael was working on his dissertation of something that could conceivably change the course of history since the early 1920's onward. With the help of Michael's professor, and his fiancee Mara Ellison, he seeks to find out how his brother actually died.

What follows is an unbelievable journey of conspiracy theories, Nazi's, assassins, a secret department of the US government, secrets that someone doesn't want known and adventure galore. A very fast paced, at times scary, dangerous, well researched and quite plausible story that takes Jon and Mara to churches, museums and to the very heart of New York City and its rich history. They both come to find that no one can be trusted and they are alone in their search for the truth. A book that will certainly keep the reader turning the pages, I loved every part of the story. The author is very knowledgeable and I look forward to reading more of his work. I give this book 5 stars...… (més)

The prologue of From the Ashes is gripping. It totally hooked me. Then I was sad when the first chapter took me from Manhattan 1957 to Iraq 2010. The sad didn't last long. The first chapters of this book are intriguing and fast moving. I was settling in for another action filled ride - and, for the most part, that's what I got. The story does get bogged down in the middle for just a bit in order to bring the reader up to date on all the history that is necessary to the conspiracy, but then it picks up and the ride gets back on track.

Jeremy Burns has written a solid action novel with mystery and suspense. I was pleased with the decisions he made with regard to the character development and the plot. There were a few minor editing errors but it wasn't distracting enough for me to quit the book - and I am a bit of an editing snob so that says something.… (més)