"Terminal Pulse" eBook was published in 2018 and was written by Brent Ladd (https://brentladdbooks.com). This was his first novel. 

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains scenes of Violence and Mature Situations. The main character is Collette "Codi" Sanders. 

Sanders has recently come close but failed to qualify for elite military duty. Now she is out of the military and has taken a boring, paper-pushing job for the GSA (General Services Administration). 

Suddenly her administrative job has thrust her into the middle of a critical and dangerous situation. 

I found the 5.5 hours I spent reading this 274-page thriller interesting. The basic plot was not bad, but the depth of the writing and characters was lacking. The author will likely get better with future novels. I do not like the selected cover art. I give this novel a 3.8 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.

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This is a light action thriller which should not be taken too seriously.
Action packed with a story line flying along at 100mph.
Ideal for a easy holiday read.

A tight, fast-paced thriller, with a winding, twisty plot and an intrepid protagonist.
Slickly twisty . . .
With gasp-worthy final twists . . . major league suspense.

“Here’s to working for the government: cheap per diem, crappy rent-a-cars and bad hotels. And the pay’s not so good either.”

Codi Sanders started out as an enlisted Marine, made her way up to Lieutenant and decided to take SEALS training. After breaking her ankle during training (with a little help from one of her misogynist fellow trainees) she ends up working for the General Services Administration as a Special Agent in their enforcement division - a paper pusher with a badge.

She is teamed up with a computer specialist and they end up tracking a strange monthly payment to Arizona. And then the fireworks begin.

I enjoyed most of this story. It ends up tracking a secret weapon and bad guys all over the world. A good portion of it was implausible but it's fiction so in my mind that's allowed, although this story really pushes believability envelope.

I am reading this as an Advanced Reading Copy so as a reviewer we are supposed to overlook mistakes in the manuscript, figuring they'll be caught later. And I did not rate this book lower because of the mistakes I found. But one was so funny I had to share:

"They heard a clanking sound and ducked behind a metal structure that held a massive wench used for hauling cargo in from the dock."
Now I really hope the author meant "winch" in this instance rather than "wench" but that's the mind picture I visualise every time I think of this passage. LOL

This wasn't the greatest thriller I've read but it also wasn't the worst and it did have its bright moments.

I received this book from Your New Books through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

Terminal Pulse is a tense, fast read with interesting protagonists and a complex storyline that keeps you wondering. I am hoping Codi Sanders is a recurring character. I would enjoy more of her.

This tale covers a lot of ground - Arizona, Washington DC, France, Italy, England. I loved the way the little 8 x 40 foot houseboats that we see often slowly traveling the canals on British police procedurals on Prime and Netflix wind up playing a major role in this adventure. Brent Ladd is an author I will watch for.

I received a free electronic copy of this novel on December 22, 2018 from Netgalley, Brent Ladd, and Archway Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.

Good story and promises of a good character for an ongoing series. Lots of action and lots of locations for that action.

It is a book and it is a story. That's the positive.
The plot is naive, the language is not very good, the story is jumping around and there are several factual errors.