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The Tray (Volume One) Essence
"He had hit her in the head with the hammer six times before he realized he had done it. There was no way she was not dead." The opening sentence from the tale, "The Tray - Essence."
Meet the Main Characters
Serial-Killer Robert Price discovers a strange tray that prompts the awakening of a splinter group of government agents - a group of "killer- agents" hell-bent on retrieving the precious object. Accidentally discovering the tray's dark secrets, Robert soon understands he has no choice but to incorporate its terrifying purpose into his sinister plans.
Preston Cook, is a detective with a clouded past. He's fixated with depression due to an execution he might have been able to stop. Now, with the unexpected death of his partner, grief drives him to seek revenge on the murderer. Determined to track down the killer, mysterious circumstances interrupt Cook's quest and destroys his objective, before he finds himself running for his life.
David Fox, an aging government agent has begun making mistakes within a hardcore group of killers. In this group, errors are rarely tolerated. An accident unleashing world shattering secrets, forces Fox to test himself and perform at nearly superhuman levels. Fox knows any falter likely will bring the maniacal wrath of his new vengeful leader upon him. Fox knows with this mission he could be erased.
The Tray Essence is the first book of the action-packed series involving villain-hero Robert Price, and other not-so-savory characters.
For readers of fiction, thrillers, and fantasy, "The Tray" Essence begins this exciting trilogy, and promises to be an absolute thrill-ride of near misses and death.
Read this fantastic tale, and let Ernest Grant's story-telling lead you down trails of suspense, murder, and surprise.
The Tray is the essence - If you find it, run...
Meet the Main Characters
Serial-Killer Robert Price discovers a strange tray that prompts the awakening of a splinter group of government agents - a group of "killer- agents" hell-bent on retrieving the precious object. Accidentally discovering the tray's dark secrets, Robert soon understands he has no choice but to incorporate its terrifying purpose into his sinister plans.
Preston Cook, is a detective with a clouded past. He's fixated with depression due to an execution he might have been able to stop. Now, with the unexpected death of his partner, grief drives him to seek revenge on the murderer. Determined to track down the killer, mysterious circumstances interrupt Cook's quest and destroys his objective, before he finds himself running for his life.
David Fox, an aging government agent has begun making mistakes within a hardcore group of killers. In this group, errors are rarely tolerated. An accident unleashing world shattering secrets, forces Fox to test himself and perform at nearly superhuman levels. Fox knows any falter likely will bring the maniacal wrath of his new vengeful leader upon him. Fox knows with this mission he could be erased.
The Tray Essence is the first book of the action-packed series involving villain-hero Robert Price, and other not-so-savory characters.
For readers of fiction, thrillers, and fantasy, "The Tray" Essence begins this exciting trilogy, and promises to be an absolute thrill-ride of near misses and death.
Read this fantastic tale, and let Ernest Grant's story-telling lead you down trails of suspense, murder, and surprise.
The Tray is the essence - If you find it, run...
268 pages, Paperback
First published June 23, 2014
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About the author
Ernest Grant
12 books2 followers... the middle of an Interview with Author Ernest Grant
I do write as though I'm conversing - like personally telling you a story. Its how I've always written. And I don't write exclusively about the urban experience, I write fiction about various races "trapped" in the urban experience - with a sci-fi edge, and a terrifying twist, of course.
I do write as though I'm conversing - like personally telling you a story. Its how I've always written. And I don't write exclusively about the urban experience, I write fiction about various races "trapped" in the urban experience - with a sci-fi edge, and a terrifying twist, of course.
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August 29, 2014
I received this book through the goodreads firstreads program. I immediately thought I would like it, as it started off right away in the middle of the action. I was quickly dismayed by the lack of editing, though the editor is credited in the preface for her grammar skills etc. I found so many typos, punctuation mistakes and improper words used, that it was very distracting.
Putting that all aside, I found the story somewhat interesting. a murderer finds the tray in the home of a woman he has just murdered. He finds later that the tray has some odd powers.
Meanwhile another man is trying to track down the tray for his employer, who will stop at nothing to find it and cover their tracks along the way.
I did find that eventually the characters were developed a little more, so they actually were becoming interesting, but by then the book was at its end.
Putting that all aside, I found the story somewhat interesting. a murderer finds the tray in the home of a woman he has just murdered. He finds later that the tray has some odd powers.
Meanwhile another man is trying to track down the tray for his employer, who will stop at nothing to find it and cover their tracks along the way.
I did find that eventually the characters were developed a little more, so they actually were becoming interesting, but by then the book was at its end.
October 6, 2014
I started the Tray and read a few chapters. I have to be honest. I had a very hard time with the character's inner monologues. They felt very forced and naive. The vernacular of the author is lacking in my opinion and a few expressions were used over and over. I also had a hard time with the long paragraphs. Therefore, I did not read further, as I felt my intelligence was at risk and I only read that which makes me feel like reading is a good waste of time. All my best to the author on his next piece of work. Hopefully he will find my critique helpful and not hurtful.
February 21, 2016
The beginning was interesting, then is seemed to drag, I felt there was a lot of unnecessary "fluff" involved. As I got to then end the book got much better and I was very interested to see what happened. I dont think there was enough information regarding the tray. Biggest issue I had with this book was the poor editing. There were repeated sentences, words misplaced, it was very distracting and quite annoying. I hope the future books will be better edited.
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