The Gauntlet Assassin
by:
L.J. Sellers (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780984008629 (0984008624)
Publish date: April 17th 2012
Publisher: Spellbinder Press
Pages no: 266
Edition language: English
Originally read April 9, 2014 I found this book to be a reasonably fun and quick read, although I liked some parts better than others. The book switches between two main point-of-view characters. One character is Lara, the heroine of the story. She’s a paramedic who used to be a police officer ...
Pretty good story - Sci-Fi element was minor as this was a not-too-distant future, where the world was just a bit more on its downward spiral, with high unemployment and people struggling to get jobs with medical benefits. The characters are three-dimensional, Lara with her guilt preventing her to e...
In this dystopian departure from her other novels, we find Lara, ex-cop and now paramedic, representing Oregon, off to compete in The Gauntlet, the winner of which will receive federal grants for her state. Just before her departure she had been called to an emergency shooting where she had seen a m...
My take - You will find yourself intrigued with The Arranger: A Futuristic Thriller (now called "The Gauntlet Assassin). As Lara prepares herself for the Gauntlet, a futuristic sort of Ironman triathlon competition for the athletically inclined and mentally sharp contestant, she finds herself in the...