Chasing the Son

The Green Berets #9

by Bob Mayer

Place, time and family. Three things that shape individuals. Sometimes with love. Other times with violence.

Former covert operative, Horace Chase, has just discovered he has a son; a son who fled the Military Institute of South Carolina a year and a half ago after being accused of murder. The victim is the grandson of the most powerful woman in Charleston, South Carolina, who has sworn vengeance.

Chase teams up with another former covert operative Dave Riley and one of Riley’s old CIA friends, Kate Westland to find his son and uncover the truth. Barely into their investigation they become caught up in a land development deal for Daufuskie Island worth hundreds of millions.

Chase and Riley’s covert background has taught them many things, but the most valuable has been that nothing is ever as it appears as an old nemesis rears her head, hell bent on revenge against them both along with a good helping of greed.

And in the shadows hovers THE CELLAR, the agency that polices the world of covert operations.

One by one, the competitors of the land deal are being killed and the threat to Chase’s son grows. And nothing, not the present, not the past, and no one, are as they appear to be.

Who will be left standing?

Genres: Military Fiction

246 pages, ebook

First published May 5, 2015

About the author

Besides my own interests, I read whatever my wife tells me to read-- she's a voracious reader and has wide-ranging tastes as my reviews show (she also always has the TV remote and she's always right about what to watch). I read a lot of nonfiction, mostly for research. Some of my favorite books are Lonesome Dove, Mystic River, LOTR, and an array of science fiction classics including the Foundation series. Our house is covered with books, although I finally broke down and started reading eBooks, strangely enough on my iPhone. Since I carry it pretty much everywhere, it means I always have an entire library of books with me.

I'm a West Point graduate, former Green Beret and a New York Times Bestselling Author. I've sold over five million books. My newest series begins with New York Minute, a thriller set in New York City in 1977.

I love using history and science in my books. My Area 51 series pretty much had me rewriting our entire history of civilization.

Reviews

[Matt McRoberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book and sequel. The ending was a bit sad and a little surprising. I enjoyed it.

[Gary Sedivy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good action story, except for the ending. Basically, this is a story of some older retired military special ops types come together to rescue a kidnapped kid. All of these guys are a little quirky, but they come together. The case is solved quite by accident.
I didn’t find the explanation believable of how and when the good guys figured who the bad guys were. Just a little too pat, too simple, plus leaves too many holes that just don’t make sense. For example, the good guy contacts a secretive government contact, and then later can’t contact the secret agent at all - all contact is cut, but yet gets important info from him. A couple of other things, including a fake suicide. These aren’t major, but they did cause me to go, “Hmmmmmmm.” That’s enough to lose a star in the rating, from four to three.

[Roy Rutledge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard to get into, the first two to three chapters were confusing, and hard to follow.
About half way into the book it picked up and became worth reading. I will admit I was just about ready to give up.
Thankfully I hung in there and it finished up on a good note.

[Trevor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Third and final part of the Horace Chase series and Chase is hunting for the son he never knew existed, but he is not the only one. Good book, after a slow start, it kicks into gear nicely, not the expected ending.

[tom hudgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Green beret series is fantastic

This series is like the Clancy books of old. Start to finish it keeps your attention. Books in series each very good as a stand alone.
Wonderful series thank you Mr Mayer

[Thomas M. Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

Enjoying the series. Multiple twists surprise ending. A great read front to back. You will enjoy immensely. Can't wait until next one

[PATRICIA BATES · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chasing the son

Sad ending that I didn't dn expect. Very heartfelt story of life v and commitment of my family's life and country blood information rare to see . Wan to see how Harry how les to p his fathers good nam

[Donald Hoffman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, Bob Mayer has provided a multi-dimensional look at the world of Dave Riley and his intriguing band of followers. Although is is a logical follow-up to Chasing the Lost, the second Horace Chase novel, it is easily read by someone who has not read Chasing the Ghost or Chasing the Lost. Mr. Mayer provides just enough back story and occasional references to whet your appetite for those books if you haven't read them; but not so much as to bore you if you have. If you are not familiar with Bob Mayer's writing style, I can offer the following quote from Churchill: "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma...". While Churchill was speaking about Russia, the quote aptly describes Mayer's style of writing. There are several stories here, each being told from a different point of view, by different characters. Good folks become bad folks and seemingly bad folks reveal an interesting side to them that you won't expect. His skill at building complex characters is outstanding; better than that, he makes you care about them and the consequences of their actions. In the beginning, the transitions will require that you pay attention to detail so you don't lose track of the changing points of view. This is not a book you can start, then put down for a few days while you work on something else. It is one of those books you want to "last a while" because it's that good, but you have to keep reading so you can find out if your assumptions about "who did what to whom" are correct. In the interest of full disclosure, I did receive a copy of this book in return for my honest opinion and review; which, as always, is as fair and honest as I can make it. I am very intrigued as to where he next takes this storyline, as it is open to many possibilities.

[Dalice Peterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow.

And you didn’t think a ‘Thriller’ could be so emotionally wrenching. Mayer is able to take a genre that is often populated by
cardboard characters to another level making the reader care about his characters without resorting to cheap tricks.
This is a tightly plotted fast moving novel with lines all leading to the same place, just not the way, or to the place you think the story’s going.

It seems to be a theme in Mayer’s stories of people rising beyond themselves to do the right thing no matter the personal cost.
I also liked his use of the team concept; even when bad things happen (and believe me, bad things happen) there’s the odd comfort
of watching Riley and Chase’s team be there for one another. Dayum, this is a good book.

I received a copy for an honest review, so here it is.

PS: was that Neely in a cameo?

[Benton Mcpeak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another winner. I love these characters and really enjoy when they return from a previous story. I won't give it away but it's a cliff hanger.

[Ralph Cannady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Complicated

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