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Cole Sage #6
Cole Fire
What Burns Hotter, Love or Hate?
Jesse Monday, a New Age Messiah, is gunned down on the streets of San Francisco, but when Cole Sage is asked to write the obituary it becomes apparent something is horribly wrong… the body has disappeared. The faithful believe he will resurrect. Cynics think it’s a hoax. Can Cole get to The Truth?
A series of arsonist attacks on Asian businesses sends Cole to the gates of a fiery hell as he falls prey to a troubled Vietnam Vet who can’t put the horrors of war to rest. Some people hold on to a rage that seethes just below the surface, others let their light shine. In the end which will burn hotter - love or hate?
If you like LEE CHILD, DAVID BALDACCI, or JOHN SANDFORD, you’re going to love Micheal Maxwell.
The Cole Sage series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, page-turning plot lines, and a lot of heart. The series has captured the imagination of readers worldwide.
Jesse Monday, a New Age Messiah, is gunned down on the streets of San Francisco, but when Cole Sage is asked to write the obituary it becomes apparent something is horribly wrong… the body has disappeared. The faithful believe he will resurrect. Cynics think it’s a hoax. Can Cole get to The Truth?
A series of arsonist attacks on Asian businesses sends Cole to the gates of a fiery hell as he falls prey to a troubled Vietnam Vet who can’t put the horrors of war to rest. Some people hold on to a rage that seethes just below the surface, others let their light shine. In the end which will burn hotter - love or hate?
If you like LEE CHILD, DAVID BALDACCI, or JOHN SANDFORD, you’re going to love Micheal Maxwell.
The Cole Sage series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, page-turning plot lines, and a lot of heart. The series has captured the imagination of readers worldwide.
- GenresMystery
180 pages, ebook
First published August 8, 2015
95 people are currently reading
49 people want to read
About the author
Micheal Maxwell
65 books75 followersMicheal Maxwell has traveled the globe on the lookout for strange sights, sounds, and people. His adventures have taken him from the Jungles of Ecuador and the Philippines to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge, and from the cave dwellings of Native Americans to The Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s Eagles Nest! He’s always looking for a story to tell and interesting people to meet.
Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars, and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.
Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery, suspense, genre with The Cole Sage Series that gives readers an everyman hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play, and the willingness to risk everything to right wrongs. The Cole Sage Series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines.
Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, he lives in a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars, and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.
Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery, suspense, genre with The Cole Sage Series that gives readers an everyman hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play, and the willingness to risk everything to right wrongs. The Cole Sage Series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines.
Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, he lives in a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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December 24, 2019
You sure get a lot of bang for your buck with one. Two separate plot lines, love vs hate. We get to meet Hanna, Cole's new secretary who has a nose for news and two, count them, two fantastic story endings. Jesse Monday is a street preacher with a huge following, who think he might be the next Jesus. Don Wiltz is a VA psychologist. When a vet in a wheelchair commits suicide right outside the VA center, he goes wacko and starts setting fires against the "enemy". Cole's focus is on Jesse Monday, who appears to have been murdered. Followers are looking forward to his resurrection. Wiltz thinks Cole is the best person to tell his story. What a headache. It is easy to recommend this book.
September 12, 2020
Cole Sage is a journalist first. These books are well written and the author develops the characters so the reader can see behind the cardboard cutouts often used. The books are free of profanity and sexual content. The stories stand on their own and they are well written. In this one the messiah is holding forth in a park in San Francisco when he is gunned down. Then his body disappears. His followers believe that he is being prepared too rise again.’ However, as in many such events, there is something else going on. Read the book and find out. Every single one of this ten series set is worth the read. Mr. Maxwell makes you want to know Cole Sage and to be like him.
September 4, 2019
As usual, the Cole Sage books are an excellent read. Cole has exciting adventures, and his close knit family has exciting adventures with him, or despite him, as he is usually trying to protect them! In this book, his new secretary gets a taste of Cole’s life, and likes it! There’s murder, mayhem and mystery throughout the book, but he doesn’t just drop the story at the end. It continues to a slower winding down that’s very refreshing. I wish more authors wrote this way!
September 16, 2017
Another great read!
Just love his writing! I have read the first 6 and have enjoyed every one. I am on to Book 7 and apparently last in the Cole. Sage. Mystery series. Hope he does more.. It is so fun to watch the characters evolve.
Just love his writing! I have read the first 6 and have enjoyed every one. I am on to Book 7 and apparently last in the Cole. Sage. Mystery series. Hope he does more.. It is so fun to watch the characters evolve.
September 20, 2017
Another great read
Michael Maxwell takes the bad and the good of our world and puts if together for a wonderful story. I highlighted purposefully, more than I ever have. The passages from the Bible were so meaningful to me. Thank you.
Michael Maxwell takes the bad and the good of our world and puts if together for a wonderful story. I highlighted purposefully, more than I ever have. The passages from the Bible were so meaningful to me. Thank you.
October 18, 2017
Cole
Loved the story so let me get to the next one just keep up the great work thanks thanks and thanks again
Loved the story so let me get to the next one just keep up the great work thanks thanks and thanks again
January 12, 2018
Jk
In love with this series
Every page has you wanting more
I highly recommend these books to
Everyone . Enjoy enjoy
In love with this series
Every page has you wanting more
I highly recommend these books to
Everyone . Enjoy enjoy
March 20, 2018
Sage Saga
Love the whole series and cannot wait to dig into the next book. Always some new conflict pops up for Cole.
Love the whole series and cannot wait to dig into the next book. Always some new conflict pops up for Cole.
October 18, 2019
Not the best in series but ok. Multiple story lines that at times didn't seem to match up. If this had been first book in series I read, not sure I would have read any more.
December 15, 2019
THOUGHT PROVOKING
A fast moving story that will leave you thinking about the complexities of life. A fascinating look into the complexities of human nature.
A fast moving story that will leave you thinking about the complexities of life. A fascinating look into the complexities of human nature.
June 16, 2020
Cole fire
No, I did not enjoy this novel. I found myself wondering away from the storyline. Long and drawn out. Don't fret . . . Micheal I bought the next novel.
No, I did not enjoy this novel. I found myself wondering away from the storyline. Long and drawn out. Don't fret . . . Micheal I bought the next novel.
June 25, 2016
Cole Fire: Cole SAge #6
Cole takes on a new mystery and finds a new life. Why did a Vietnam veteran take his own life and who is setting fires time China Town and Little Saigon in San Francisco? What is the "Truth" behind Jesse's ministry? Maxwell takes on life, religion, and the plight of veterans suffering from the effects of being in combat! This book will cause an internal review of your own stance on each of these issues, will you gain a new perspective, I did. Thanks for another great read. Can't wait to see where Cole goes next.
Cole takes on a new mystery and finds a new life. Why did a Vietnam veteran take his own life and who is setting fires time China Town and Little Saigon in San Francisco? What is the "Truth" behind Jesse's ministry? Maxwell takes on life, religion, and the plight of veterans suffering from the effects of being in combat! This book will cause an internal review of your own stance on each of these issues, will you gain a new perspective, I did. Thanks for another great read. Can't wait to see where Cole goes next.
October 26, 2015
I have read EACH of the Cole Sage Mystery Series - each in their own way is intriging. For this book I like the introduction od a new character and the agony Cole goes through caught between doing the right thing and protecting one he loves. Although each book in the series stands by itself I recommend starting with book 1 Diamonds and Cole - all are great reads - not your normal detective series - depth and feeling.
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