Re-Test

by Mark Phillips

A peaceful afternoon is shattered when a gunman takes over a college classroom. The students are terrified and the police lock down the campus. Captain Taylor wants to know the gunman's demands. He doesn't have any, but he does offer a wild tale to explain his actions. Is he insane, or is he telling the truth?

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 23, 2014

About the author

Mark Phillips is the author of several thriller and literary novels. His Bentley Books series introduced the world to sadistic serial killer Bentley Grimes, a villain of unbelievable cruelty and unimaginable coldness. His literary novels are populated with richly drawn characters struggling with issues that affect our society today, such as: homosexuality, alcoholism, family struggles, poverty, greed, and bigotry.
His newest novel, Overwhelming Force, deals with the issue of police brutality and street violence.
Mark was born in Clawson, Michigan, a small suburb of Detroit and currently resides in Canton, Michigan with his wife and their three children.

He has published ten books:
Beneath the Mask of Sanity
Beyond the Mask
Re-Test
Typewriter Blood
A Way Back to Life
Two Worlds
Before the Mask
The Space Between
No Credit in Heaven
Overwhelming Force
Mark currently resides in Canton, Michigan with his wife and their three children.


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Reviews

[Kevin Lintner · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Re-Test, a single gunman invades a college classroom on a Saturday and takes a group of students retaking an exam hostage after killing their professor. The gunman claims to be from the year 2057 and has come back in time to the present in hopes of preventing an event that will trigger the downfall of the Michigan government and eventually the entire US political system. I won't provide any spoilers as to whether the gunman is delusional or is telling the truth, but I want to stress the fact that this book in no way makes light of or promotes classroom violence or any form of mass homicide for that matter. "Re-test" is well written, suspenseful, claustrophobic with an ending that you will not see coming. Mark Phillips was born in Southfield, MI and now resides in Livonia, MI. That means he's probably all "Go Blue" and stuff, but I won't deduct a star for that. Trojans. baby!

[Carol Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story kept me on the edge of my seat. The whole read I was trying to make up my mind about Butch... I loved the ending but I won't spoil it for you... read it yourself! I finished it in two days. It has a similiar pace to Beneath the Mask of Sanity but it's not quite as graphic. Definitely my favorite thriller to date.

[Martin Willoughby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, not brilliant. I could live with the ending if the characters in the middle had more of a story. Think terminator without the robots.