Dark Cargo by Ian Loome
Rogue Warrior #8

Intense, action-packed, excellent addition to the series ~ Can’t wait to find out what happens next!

What I liked:
* Bob Singleton: ex-military, ex-CIA assassin, recovering alcoholic, strong, lethal, has his own moral compass, protective, willing to do what it takes, intriguing, reminds me of a cat with nine lives
* Adam Renton: Freelance mission handler for Bob and others, former NSA, spook and signals intelligence expert, intriguing
* Abigail “Abi” Sanchez: journalist, mother, assists Bob in this story
* Jasmine Williams: Bob’s boss, worked for charitable organizations, her innocent brother in jail, Bob rescues her from thugs
* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing
* Being able to dislike the bad guys and eagerly await them being taken down or out by Bob
* The way Bob seems to find people willing to work with and help him no matter where he is
* Eddie Stone and Andy Kennedy are still after Bob, and I am curious about why they want him to disappear permanently
* That all the threads of the story were tied up by the end of the book
* Thinking about where Bob will end up next and what issues and people he will have to deal with
* All of it except…

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Anderson Rowe-billionaire, Sebastian Krug who works for Rowe, Daniel Rivas and Poni Alvarez – drug trade bad guys,
* The loss of at least one innocent life

Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Inkubator Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

Well written book, easy to read and with very good characters. As usual, the action scenes are over the top, but this is still entertaining.

If you like the lone man constant on the road but not Reacher then Bob Singleton is your guy. Dark Cargo by Ian Loome is the eight book about this character and it's great fun to read. Just like Others in this category he finds himself helping people in a new town in every book but Bob also tries to keep himself hidden from his old employer. I was hooked with the first installment in this series and now I wait eagerly for the next one. I must thank Netgalley and Inkubator Books for giving me an advance copy.

Bob and I have very different ideas on what makes a holiday!

Bob has been in his newest base for a few months.  He's helping out on a community building project and lends a hand when his boss's brother gets in a pickle.  Drama and Bob are old friends and his newest nemesis is a tech bro who would give a Bond villain a run for his money - pet shark and all.

This book is also very timeous as the tech baddie (and even Muskrat himself) are showing the evil they can do with the click of a button. Bob's adventures take him south of the border so that obviously triggers his old handler into his whereabouts so you know things are about to get tres ugly!

Cartels, drug dealers, hoodlums of all flavours - Bob has eradicated them all and I love the way he handles business.  He never wants to find trouble but it always knows where he is!

Now to wait and see what situation Bob finds next!

The book description on this one tells you who is behind everything so it is more a story of whether Bob can stop him and how many bodies will pile up in the mean time. You do get to meet his handler which is nice for character growth and of course, Eddie Stone gets a mention as the CIA flag his first international travel since he "retired".

It was a good read, I preferred Body Count but maybe the tech bro billionaire with sociopathic tendencies is hitting a little too close right now (Musk does get a mention in the book too). Also if Catholic school taught me anything, it is that the nuns know everything, no way she was clueless to the goings on as drugs took over.

This one has lots of action, plenty of bad guys to hate on. From tech billionaires and cartels and gangs who mostly end up getting what they deserve. I am just sad that Bob didn't feed him to his beloved shark.