Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Falling Away by T.L. Hines





Dylan Runs Ahead, a painkiller addicted Iraq war veteran from the Apsáalooke tribe, and his white friend Webb are on the run after a drug deal gone bad in the frozen countryside of Montana. Dylan is haunted by the memories of his life in Iraq and of his missing sister Joni, blaming himself for her being gone. Following Dylan and Webb is Quinn, a young woman with many problems of her own. She is part of the Falling Away, a organization charged to monitor various cults and to make sure certain individuals do not become part of the cults. Dylan is one of those certain individuals, on the radar of the HIVE, a seemingly eco friendly organization whose leader, Li, has an infecting personality on those around him. Dylan and Webb end up hiding out in the HIVE and Quinn is determined to break them out. Unfortunately, Li does not want to give Dylan up so easily.


This book was a great read, it had the right amount of thrill and supernatural in it without being too over the top. The writing style and the suspense made me read it in one sitting, I had to keep turning the pages to see what would happen next. This is the first book I read from T.L. Hines and now, I want to buy all his other books to read. His development of the characters makes you care about some, and hate others. The writing style is just how I like it, not overly descriptive but enough that you can imagine in your mind exactly what is happening. I would recommend this story to others, and I would hope a sequel would come out soon. The ending is ok, but I would like to see what happens next.

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