Step aside Indiana Jones, there’s a new adventurer in town.
Posted August 16, 2008
By chaddr,
I have been waiting a year, an agonizingly long year, for the follow-up to last summer’s debut novel from Matt Bronleewe, Illuminated. With it’s fast-paced, thrill-a-minute, mystery-infused, action-packed plot and a cast of characters who literally seemed to jump off the pages, I was enthralled immediately - thus the long and agonizing wait for Bronleewe to bring us the next installment in this series.
Well, House of Wolves is here, and if there was ever a concern that this second novel might not be able to live up to the first, page 1 resoundingly silenced that worry. From the first paragraph of the prologue set in AD 1181 Germany, the recount of Henry the Lion’s meeting with the Black Vehm, the secret society that will play a pivotal role in this tale, I was captivated and hooked.
August Adams, the principal character of the series, an unlikely adventurer and unwitting hero, becomes entangled in the schemes of the Black Vehm as they seek to find an ancient prize - one so powerful that Hitler himself searched for it half a century ago with the knowledge that possessing it would shift the world’s balance of power in his favor.
Bronleewe shows marked growth as a novelist, proven by his ability to create a truly complex yet enthralling plot while also continuing to develop further the characters that we grew to know and love in Illuminated. There are also new additions to the cast of characters who, through surprising twists and unexpected turns, add to the mystery of just who exactly is on who’s side in this wild ride of intrigue.
Bronleewe has truly outdone himself here, setting himself up as a master of the literary adventure/mystery thriller. August Adams is the new Indiana Jones... and I cannot wait to delve into whatever treasure-hunting, clandestine-revealing, secrecy-unraveling, clock-beating predicament he finds himself in next summer in, The Deadly Hours. The countdown has begun.... View All Music And Book Reviews By chaddr | View chaddr's Profile
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