This is a clear sample of an author who needs to stop the story line because he simply, if I may say, "lost his mojo". Like lost his mojo completely. I started reading Noah Wolf's adventures a year ago and I was thrilled with the story, the approach, the heroes, everything. It had the whole package:
1. Weird hero: check
2. Nice plot: check
3. Special ops: check
4. Gadgets: super check!
When mr. Archer introduced Emma in the story, I said "ok... not sure how this will end". It ended like Emma becoming more sentient that Data in Star Trek, but... ok, it's a story. But book no.20? Stanley, the broken non-sentient robot which went rogue? A crazy assassin who kills EVERYONE who cross paths with him? Like EVERYONE?
I'm really sorry but, mr. Archer, stop writing about Noah and create another hero and a new story. Book no.20 is completely predictable, I was more interesting on Noah and Sara's story going back in action rather than Stanley's trip around the US. And, as my son told me, when the hero is more interesting than the story itself, then there's something seriously wrong with the story being told.
I've just passed most of the pages till 67% (Kindle edition), but I'm not going to fool myself. I'll just change book I'm reading. I have to admit that it's a pity, because the whole Mission Impossible concept was really amazing. But not any more.
Kind regards,
Steve Adams