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john L, Reviewer
I received an ARC through "NetGalley" and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
This is a story about terrorist attack technological advances that were developed to make driving safer. The initial attack result in several thousand victims injured or killed. Another attack is even worse. The terrorist also attempted to kill all of the members of the Super Six. They almost succeeded, but one member was still alive, Jake Bendel. Jake was pulled out of the fire by an FBI agent named Jose Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh placed Jake in a safe house for his protection. It finally came time for Jake to be moved and he was then taken to FBI hdqts in L.A. Because the terrorists had planted false information with the media, Jake was their main suspect. When they arrived, Cavanaugh was immediately needed because one of the agents had the boss as a hostage. The crisis ended. but the boss took Cavanaugh off the case.
Two other agents were assigned as Jake's minders. Jake was also concerned about his daughter since he hadn't heard from her. He left the new safe house to find her. Once he returned with her, he was more at ease helping. Jake ultimately received help from Paige and David as the searched for Viktor, the terrorist responsible for the attacks. More events were planned and Jake and his team raced to stop them from creating more deaths. One major event was scheduled and Jake along with Paige wound up going to Big Bear to find Viktor. Once they arrived, they were captured and eventually delivered to Viktor to dispose of them.
To discover how Viktor played a role, what events Jake was being blamed for, who Machael was and how everything played out in the end, then you need to read this book.
Sandra v, Reviewer
I was fascinated by the title of this book: Civil Terror Gridlock, and to be honest, that was also the reason I chose this novel: Gridlock is, in fact, the title of a Dr Who episode, and one of my favourite; it is set in the distant future on New Earth, with the planet's inhabitants spending much of their lives in their cars, floating in their cars in an underground traffic jam.
The author also highlights at the beginning of the book how many traffic deaths there are every year in the US alone, and that a self-driving system - Sür Network - is being set up.
I tried several times to finish reading the book, but each time I got stuck halfway through. This is certainly not the author's fault - the writing style is fantastic and, as mentioned, I find the concept fascinating. I don't have a driving licence myself.
