Lam Corso is an extremely liberal pofessor at a small conservative/religious college. He's used to being the voice of dissent among his colleagues and associates but some unknown person has begun to take things to the extreme. Lam begins receiving threatening notes... he thinks it's all a joke by a fellow professor but when the notes are followed by a physical assault things start to get very real very fast.

This was a pretty good work of suspense, some of the characters are a little cliche but that's kind of expected when dealing with extreme personalities, particularly those of political or religious groups.

I found the Lam character to be more than a little annoying because of his wishy-washy sentiments towards acting on threats to himself and his family. He's just too damn easy going once the threat is made clear. I'm not saying it's unbelievable, it certainly fit in with the character the author created, I'm saying that I didn't have alot of sympathy for the character.

I suppose some extremely sensitive readers might be offended by the religious zealots portrayed in the book as well as by the somewhat over-the-top liberal character of Lam Corso. These characters and situations may strike a little too close to home for some but I don't really see it being a major concern.

***Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this title.

I love books set in an academic setting which is why I was drawn to this novel. When Lam, a liberal professor at a small conservative college, begins receiving death threats and is attacked, he vows to uncover the perpetrator--especially when his wife's office is vandalized. He suspects the father of one of his students who spews the Bible's messages, but he can't be certain as there is no viable evidence. As a pacifist, he is torn but he knows he must take matters into his own hands as the police and campus security have no leads. And even though I figured it out early on, it was a fun ride! It begs the question, what would you do to protect your family even if it meant compromising your own belief systems?

his dark thriller starts out by presenting us with a world of very contemporary realities and challenges. The main character Lam is a popular lecturer in a small-town part of the world of very conservative and Christian value. However, Lam believes in free speech and the right for individuals to make up their own minds about things - something that could be viewed as corrupting youth. When he starts receiving threatening letters on the campus he does not take these too seriously. When he is attacked and his family harassed too, his priorities sion start to change.

A lot of the drama involves the tension that grows between himself and his peace-loving wife, who had always been much too liberal to tolerate her husband's new status as gun owner. Also, questions arise on how confidential the confessions of a student should be if there is any chance such a student might be potentially dangerous.

From a thriller point of view there is the odd twist and turn before the identity of the stalker is revealed. By that time, Lam certainly now perceives his familiar world as consisting g mainly of alien territory.

This is definitely one of the better indie novels within this genre that I have encountered. Recommended.

In an ever-popular battle between the Christian right and the socially liberal left, Guinn delivers Lam Corso, open minded professor and unwitting martyr to the cause. When Corso's life is threatened, the level-headed academic looks for any reason not to worry. In doing so, he places himself and his entire family in the path of a madman bent on avenging his own family while carrying a banner for Christian conservatism.

Sacrificial Lam spends a good portion of its pages reading more like a caper than a thriller, lulling the reader into a false sense of security that the threats are no more than idle pranks. But when Guinn gets going, characters are thrust into real danger and forced to do battle not only with their tormentors, but with their own internal demons as well.