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Chase
“Chase” is a gripping suspense/thriller about a boy, a dog… and the serial killer threatening them both. -- Ft. Madison Daily DemocratWhen thirteen year old Gabriel Ryder is kidnapped by a desperate, violent man, and delivered into the hands of one the most brutal serial killers in FBI history, it sets in motion events which reach from the savage world of high stakes dog-fighting to the quiet streets of small town Iowa; from the offices of the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment unit, to the gang turf of East St. Louis and into the rugged wilderness of the Ozark Mountains.But Gabriel is not alone. There is another; Chase—a gentle, golden soul ripped from his home and trapped in a filthy steel cage—has endured four years of abuse and torment by the man known to the FBI as Jolly Roger.Chase has survived the unspeakable while waiting in solitary darkness, but now his wait is over. Together, Gabriel and Chase will find in themselves, and in each other, reserves of strength and resourcefulness neither possess alone. As FBI Agent Noah Kreider and his team race to find the missing boy, Gabriel and his new friend will struggle to survive the wrath of a madman, and to plan their escape. But even escape will not bring an end to the terror.
536 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2013
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June 1, 2020
WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT ANIMAL CRUELTY.
A problem I had with this book is that the writing was good enough that it drew me into the story, a story that in the beginning I would have rather not read. There's one fragment of a sentence therein that still haunts me.
Many of these thriller type stories attempt to grab the reader in fanciful grotesque ways, but this book employing gruesomely realistic dog fighting arena scenes was over the top for me. As I got further along in the book, I could understand how the opening more than effectively, indeed more than necessary, introduced prominent characters as very realistic beings. I spent the rest of the book wanting to stake some of those characters out naked on a red ant hill in the desert, and watch them die in agony.
From there on the book is the usual thriller type series of twists and turns, where you are hoping, but never knowing, how the story will end. It's the eternal struggle of elemental good and evil, played out in very realistic costume that's closer to home than you might think.
As to why I even read this book, I became acquainted with the author years back on a then popular writing website and read his book as a friendly gesture. A mistake on my part. As a naturalist I've seen my share of unnecessary violence in the natural world (that is, in excess of Nature's closed loop life continuation model of life fueled by life) and am well aware that humans, being another animal species, harbor the same proclivities. That doesn't mean I condone it.
A problem I had with this book is that the writing was good enough that it drew me into the story, a story that in the beginning I would have rather not read. There's one fragment of a sentence therein that still haunts me.
Many of these thriller type stories attempt to grab the reader in fanciful grotesque ways, but this book employing gruesomely realistic dog fighting arena scenes was over the top for me. As I got further along in the book, I could understand how the opening more than effectively, indeed more than necessary, introduced prominent characters as very realistic beings. I spent the rest of the book wanting to stake some of those characters out naked on a red ant hill in the desert, and watch them die in agony.
From there on the book is the usual thriller type series of twists and turns, where you are hoping, but never knowing, how the story will end. It's the eternal struggle of elemental good and evil, played out in very realistic costume that's closer to home than you might think.
As to why I even read this book, I became acquainted with the author years back on a then popular writing website and read his book as a friendly gesture. A mistake on my part. As a naturalist I've seen my share of unnecessary violence in the natural world (that is, in excess of Nature's closed loop life continuation model of life fueled by life) and am well aware that humans, being another animal species, harbor the same proclivities. That doesn't mean I condone it.
March 8, 2017
The first line of the blurb for 'Chase' is "a gripping thriller/suspense story", and nothing could be truer.
'Chase' grips you on page one and doesn't let go for the entirety of the 530 pages. Some of the passages are absolutely exquisitely written, the touch of a master wordsmith, but the novel never really lets you ponder on those sections for long before you're drawn back into the cat-and-mouse reality of Gabriel Ryder's world.
Terry Durbin does an exceptional job of bringing each character to life in a way that makes the reader instantly bond with the protagonist, and instantly loathe the antagonist.
One of the best reads I've had for a while. Highly recommended.
'Chase' grips you on page one and doesn't let go for the entirety of the 530 pages. Some of the passages are absolutely exquisitely written, the touch of a master wordsmith, but the novel never really lets you ponder on those sections for long before you're drawn back into the cat-and-mouse reality of Gabriel Ryder's world.
Terry Durbin does an exceptional job of bringing each character to life in a way that makes the reader instantly bond with the protagonist, and instantly loathe the antagonist.
One of the best reads I've had for a while. Highly recommended.
July 23, 2013
I don't normally go for the crime saga but this book was written--and dare I say written well--by my uncle, so I was thrilled to read it. I love his descriptions, particularly of the towns in Iowa, for I have been there, and he took me right back. But the heart of the story is of Gabriel and Chase and theirs is a sweet story indeed. My uncle renders them thoughtfully and with beauty and humor. Sorry, Uncle Terry, I didn't give this five stars, but only because I am frugal with my five stars everywhere. But this is one of the best crime novels I have read. Yay Uncle Terry!!!!
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