I enjoyed this book. The main character and the story line were interesting; characters were well developed and interesting, and the story kept my interest all the way to the end.

I really enjoyed the Hollow Men. Rob McCarthy has found a new follower.

I was hooked from the first chapter on. Game out with a shotgun blast. Whenever the book slowed down it was only to reload. There were no poorly written characters, just some I wish I could have learned more about. The main protagonist Dr. Harry Kent is damaged. Partly by upbringing, partly by war, and partly by is own stupidity. As is the case in our own lives there is always more to know. A man driven by his guilt, remorse, sense of right and wrong, and his past. A good recipe to relate to for many.

The turmoil that starts with a young man holding hostages for an unknown reason starts Harry down a path where much is exposed but not always in the right direction. Having spent time in an ER and an ICU the hospital scenes play out quite nicely. The sense of urgency, the immediacy of every decision. One Doctors mistakes covered by another one. Multiple events that cascade down on the young man who throughout the book is either not all there or under an induced coma. But even he has a backstory. There is more to know about everyone. Everything is connected, even if just loosely. Decisions and actions dictated by past events ring true. Multiple story lines that should be examined in future books are laid out for us. Within this book we see how poverty and those looking to use these broken youth are not far apart.

I good go on with the Kudos but I'd be repeating myself.

I wish there had been more insight into some of the characters because going forward they can't have much impact other than to give Harry more depth. But this is nitpicking on my part.

I'm hooked and I want more. And that is a good place to be.

I wish to thank the Author, the Publisher, and NetGalley for my free copy in exchange for this honest review.