Rush

by Lance Oren

A delightful novel concerning the most festive time of the year. What happens when a UPS delivery man, a beautiful archaeologist and a Santa clone collide on a desolate rural country road. A truck filled with packages and gifts, the blizzard of the century approaching, and three snowbound castaways What you have is trouble. Rush is sure to put a smile upon your face. A short read but a memorable adventure of a lifetime.
RUSH is presently being formatted for audiobook which will be released very soon. RUSH is being performed by talented celebrity Joshua Pryor,who had experience with UPS and brings the delightful story to life.

228 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2011

About the author

Lance Oren is a very creative writer and his works include science fiction, historical fiction, adventure fiction, and comedy fiction. All of his writings are creative, informative, entertaining humorous, and very innovative with an eye on futuristic insight. Many have labeled his writing par to Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Lew Wallace. Most, if not all of his novels are candidates for major motion picture productions suggested by countless fans of his writings. He currently has five novels published and writing his sixth and seventh novel, Seville and Raz.
Although, holding no prestigious writing degrees like his distinguished counterparts, he pursues his passion in creative writing, a love that he had to delay until later in life. His love for family came first and now retired, he is free to pursue his creative spirit. He encourages all who have ink in their blood to join the ranks as storytellers, pursuing their dreams and creating adventures for us all. Currently Lance has his novel Keepers of Secrets being presented by his agent to the big six publishers and possibly producers.

Reviews

[Vicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rush

I won this book, it was free from Goodreads Giveaways. It felt strange to be reading a Christmas season story while witnessing Spring taking roots! But since I'm a big fan of Christmas and everything that goes along with it (ok, I admit it I'm a kid at heart), it wasn't hard for me to get in the mood (or the spirit).

Along with the book came a letter from the author explaining that they were trying to get Hallmark interested in making a holliday movie out of this novel, so I couldn't help but keep that in mind as I read along. I have to admit it has all the right ingredients; the ordinary guy turned hero, the love story blooming, the humourous moments and the tears menacing to fall ones, and lets not forget the moral aspect that is present throughout the story. A movie scenario could be easily and successfully written out of this novel.

It was a cute story. It is obvious that the author is a very knowledgeable person as the narrator adresses all kind of subjects, expresses opinions, provides explanations of different phenomenons (I've learned a few things myself within these pages) and provides a social commentary that is thoughtful and interesting.

On the downside, I couldn't help but recall the advice of a university teacher, he said that an author should always assume his reader is intelligent, that it had a direct incidence on the quality of the text and that furthermore, if you let the reader figure out a few things by himself he will often feel more involved with the story. It bothered me the way the author explained everything, I would have enjoyed the image of the shaving cream all over the bathroom a lot more if he didn't feel obliged to mention in the narration that it was an image of the blizzard that was coming. These type of comments kind of killed my fun, I felt like the author was not only feeding me but chewing the bites for me before hand and therefore I felt uninvolved.

Still, it was a cute, enjoyable story.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although RUSH is a short novel,it was a delight to read. This would be a great book to reread every Christmas to remind us that Christmas is about more than just gifts. It gives new insight into how total strangers who are in a dangerous situation can pull together to survive. Although the book is about a serious subject, surviving a blizzard, it is written with some comedy thrown in. You can get teary eyed one minute, and laugh out loud the next. The book also gave me a better understanding of what UPS drivers go through to make sure we get our packages. They are truly dedicated. There are some errors in the book, but they don't take away from the story. I won this book on a Bookplex giveaway.

[Francine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious! If you want a good laugh give this a try!