The Void

The Truth Chasers #3

by Mark Mynheir

The Truth Chasers Book Three
Someone's trying to play God...
and he's turning Palm Bay into hell.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement Agent Robbie Sanchez devotes her life to crime prevention, and it shows: She has no personal life and doesn't know the meaning of a day off. After all, someone has to be around to clean up the mess crime leaves behind.
So when Officer Brad Worthington is brutally murdered, Agent Sanchez is called to the scene along with Brad's best friend, Detective Eric Casey. The two turn to Lifetex, the genetics lab near the scene, hoping their elaborate security system might have captured the crime outside.
But what's going on inside the lab is far worse: a renegade scientist is cloning humans! As Robbie and Eric pursue clues-and a growing attraction-they are caught in a deadly battle as the clones begin to act on their own volition...but this battle threatens to claim more than human life; the clones are vying for human souls. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian

ebook

First published August 21, 2007

About the author

Mark is a former Marine who's worked in law enforcement over twenty-eight-years. In his career, Mark has served as a patrol officer, an undercover narcotics agent, a S.W.A.T. Team member, and a homicide detective.

Mark has parlayed his police experiences into a successful speaking and writing career. He has written articles for Focus on the Family's Breakaway magazine, Lookout magazine, and Christian Fictiononline and is also the author of five novels: Rolling Thunder, From the Belly of the Dragon, The Void, The Corruptible, and the Christy nominated The Night Watchman. Mark has also co-written two books with Max Lucado—Pocket Prayers for Dads and Pocket Prayers for Military Life.

He and his family currently live in central Florida.

Reviews

[Ashley Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Void had me at page 1! The suspense is fantastic, the characters are complex and relatable, and the sci-fi angle is perfect for summer reading. While the reader eventually learns that the motive behind the crimes is pure evil, Mynheir adds a qualities that most suspense books don't contain: real faith and hope.

[Luis Pavon · Rating 4 out of 5]

At some point in the book, I thought I was reading a similar written version of the movie "I, Robot" with will Smith. But I liked how everything was changed when it comes to the purpose of cloning and how the void was creatively defined and put in this book. A mix of sci-fi and religion belief. Roberta Sanchez was a great character for this story.

[Adair · Rating 3 out of 5]

third in the series about Palm Bay, FL and FDLE officers with Robbie Sanchez heading up the task force this time. A bit different clones run amuck a bit far fetched but not entirely with today's science advancements

[Patricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes when a person buys/reads a book, he/she expects one thing but gets another. It is not the fault of the book, really, since the book always is what it is. However, when it is book 3 of a series, it is more unexpected. That is the case here. I bought/read a book I thought was a Christian police procedural mystery and what I actually bought/read was a Christian science fiction book. I thought "Christian science fiction" might be a bit of an oxymoron but, evidently, it is not. I do not particularly like science fiction, Christian or otherwise. I did finish the book, so that is a two-star minimum. I really like most of Mynheir's other books so I do intend to read more of his books that he has written (although as of today I have read them all so I will have to wait for more to get published).

[James · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mark is fantastic when it comes to police procedural dramas. His other four novels are excellent, and his debut novel, Rolling Thunder, was the best police novel I'd ever read when it first came out. Mark has since surpassed his debut work, but not with this particular novel.

"The Void" reads like the X-Files as told by a paranoid, schizophrenic, mysticism-cultist version of Christianity. It inserts human cloning and literal demonic influences into a police procedural story, where it has no place and doesn't work at all. Thank goodness he returned to what he knows best with "Night Watchman", which is an excellent story.

This is the only blemish on an otherwise superb author's record. Read his other four novels. Skip this one. If you already own it, pretend you never saw it.

[Carrie Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought I'd read another one by Mark Mynheir. I liked it, but found the possessed clones to be somewhat far-fetched, or maybe not??! Interesting theory...

[Aletia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love inspirational fiction right now with lots of action and this book fits the bill. What is amazing is the discussion questions at the end they really got me thinking.

[Dave and Neta Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

DAVE is still reading. Mynheir does an especially good job with the police procedural aspects of the story, which he knows from the inside out!

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book dealing with a very topical, ethical issue of cloning. Definately made me think about how far science can go in the game of playing god.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love these books! If you want action, spiritual truth and an example of living your Christian life daily then read these books.

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book to read