Wow wow wow and wow! Flash Point definitely qualifies as a five star technothriller. Brilliant! It is filled with mind-blowing science combined with fast paced action. Flash Point is a book that you won’t want to put down.

Thomas Locke is a master at creating characters that are completely fleshed out. He has a way of bringing out genuine emotions and responses towards his characters. One of the primary characters named Reese Clawson is my favorite. You will also find her in Trial Run, book one of the Fault Lines series. Reese is most definitely not good but I can’t help myself. I like her. I want her to want to change and stop fighting that which is good and use her incredible mind and skills to help annihilate those that she has been basically forced to serve. Maybe that will happen in book three. I would love that!

The science that is Flash Point is neurobiology meets quantum physics. Cranial mapping and deep-brain stimulation. At it’s very best, the elimination of pain. I'll take the migraine cure please (they are the bane of my existence). The science is well presented and understandable.

Unfortunately the incredible gains that can be achieved through scientific and medical advancement are often exploited.

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” Isaac Asimov

Locke shares the gains but the tension and thrill of the story is based upon the exploitation of those breakthroughs. In many ways Locke is applying Newton’s Third Law to motivation as opposed to motion.

Why do I love Flash Point and why do I recommend that you read it and for that matter any and all of the books written by Davis Bunn under his own name or under his pseudonym Thomas Locke? Because…

1. His books are so very very good in so many many ways. He is brilliant, a master. Not many authors can write authoritatively, with such tension, beautifully, (insert any positive adjective here) in so many different genres.
2. There is absolutely no moral compromise required.

Hopefully I have intrigued you and that you will be heading off to your nearest library or bookstore to pick up a copy. If so, be sure and read the free prequel Double Edge and the first book in the series Trial Run before picking up Flash Point. You could read Flash Point as a stand-alone but you would miss so much. Things that shouldn’t be missed because they are just that good! Enjoy!

I received a review copy in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. My thanks to the author and publisher.

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Flash Point is a combustible thriller that explores the realm of the possible and (hopefully) impossible use of Science and technology for the greater good and/or the depths of evil. There are three storylines that open Flash Point and eventually combine to an explosive ending.
First we meet Lena Fennan, a financial analyst in a drudge job where her work is exploited by others for their profit. She receives a message from a ‘voice from beyond’ that will change the course of her fortunes and her life. Next Brett Riffkind,a neuroscientist that was involved with the first team and is now paying penance for selling out by using what he learned to help dying patients ascend without fear and pain. Third is Reece Clawson, who is mysteriously released from prison to go back to work with a team who is continuing the work began in Trial Run, a neural industrial espionage of sorts.
Because this book is a sequel to Trial Run, it is mostly necessary for the reader to have read the first book before attempting Flash Point. It is helpful to know the basic technical information and background provided by the first book. A few of the main characters in the first book are also key players in this book. You might even come across some gnarly science-fiction type beasts (or are they?).
As with Trial Run, the reader must suspend belief and just go with the story, keep reading. Diligence is needed to get into the story but persistence pays off as the three groups meld into the final outcome.
I won’t say I enjoyed the book, as Techno- thrillers are not my chosen genre, but I did enjoy the story. The book does allude to a further excursion into this story and I am prepared to read it as well, when it comes.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell in exchange for my honest review. ( )

Flash Point, second in the Fault Lines series by Thomas Locke is a wonderful read! Action-packed and intense, this techno-thriller keeps the reader on the edge of the seat anticipating what will come next. The characters are strong and evocative. Lena, a banking analyst, has an intelligent intensity that draws other to her and yet she seems to have abandoned logic. Brett, a neurophysicist, has been on a macabre death watch for the last year. Reese is a convict, maybe even a psychopath, who has fallen far and landed hard. The author, Thomas Locke, masterfully weaves their stories together as the adventures intensify and conflicts escalate to a fearsome showdown. Neuropathways are explored as voyagers journey into the unknown, redefining boundaries. What will these supposedly scientific journeys reveal that might take international intrigue to a whole new level? And who is behind the science? Follow the money! What would you do to have a chance at happiness? Is is worth the sacrifice or is it just about survival? Locke gives readers another explosive story. Not to be missed.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell in exchange for my honest review.
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