Sacrifices

Second Life of Mr. Hunt #2

by Gerrit S. Overeem

After defeating a powerful enemy and recovering the ancient alien artifacts from Earth, Ryan Hunt's life should be smooth sailing, but the universe has other plans.

While trying to cope with the memory of his kidnapping on Earth and attempting to mend his relationship with Dr. Kat, a new enemy emerges from the shadows—a force of evil more powerful than he had ever imagined.

Bent on acquiring the alien artifacts and destroying Ryan Hunt, this unstoppable, mysterious foe forces Ryan to risk his life, and the lives of his friends, to unlock the secrets of these ancient treasures.

But their time is running out.

With a psychotic enemy on his heels and a new ally with their own agenda, Ryan will travel to new worlds and secret locations, and face deadly opposition from beings he never thought possible, from corporate vampire lords to a hideous doll lady and her patchwork minions.

No one ever looks to be a hero.

The Second Life of Mr. Hunt shows us what can happen when an ordinary man is forced to become one.

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2022

About the author

Gerrit S. Overeem (@gsovereem) is an IT professional whose passion for science fiction served as inspiration for Second Life of Mr. Hunt, his first book. In addition to enjoying Dungeons and Dragons and appearing at charity events as part of the 501st Legion Star Wars Costuming Group, he is also active in a local car club and has a black belt in Nihon Goshin Aikido. He lives with his wife, who has encouraged his interest in writing.

Reviews

[Rawles]

"The wonderful thing about life is discovering what you are capable of."

Whoa. I just finished this one last night, after reading the first book over the summer. This one starts off with a Bang, a really great beginning flashback. Then we meet Ryan and Kat again but things are different after what happened in Book One, especially for Kat. Of course a new adventure/danger presents itself and our whole gang are once again off on a mission of saving an entire species this time. I had a bit more trouble following the plot here, but honestly I am not sure that mattered! The new characters introduced here, along with more polished writing, some pretty deep life statements woven in, and THAT DOLL..... great little addition!

Overeem is a local author in my area, and I met him at a vendor faire in the Spring of 2022. Hit it off and thought, I am a Reader, I will read just about anything, let me give this sci-fi series a try and support a local author. Win win! And now I find out that while I did buy his three books, there is a FOURTH one coming! Whoo hoo! How I love a series. So, halfway there, can't wait to see where Ryan and Kat go next, how their relationship grows, and what Nora is going to do about it. HA! I hope Vicki shows up again, she is fun to hate, and we saw a bit of a softer side of her in this book - for about 5 minutes - but it is there. Overeem's imagination continues to offer fascinating ideas of what future life could be like, popping over to another planet just like we drive to the Grand Canyon now. Interesting technology, ideas about DNA enhancement, neural commands, and surviving black holes all make for serious brain candy. Plus, Ryan is just a fun guy - always cracking a joke even when being blasted with lasers or facing down evil spliced species. Plus, wait til you meet his car.

If you like super nerdy space adventures and technology and computers who have feelings, this is a great place to spend an afternoon/weekend. Fun stuff. Thank you Gerrit!

[Jeffrey Nichols]

Good second book in the series

I picked up both book 1 and 2 a while back and finally got a chance to read them. The story is very interesting and glad to see it build upon the initial book. I am very interested in seeing where the story goes and book 3 just came out, so I'll be getting that book shortly. Hoping that the story continues as good as it has so far.

[William Newbury]

Entertaining but I can’t help from asking why …

So I like this story but why is the main character so involved in everything and why do all these women like him? He is pretty normal, no special training or anything. Why is the corporation giving him all this access and stuff? It just doesn’t add up. I liked the clown jester doll though.

[Christian Olivares Leiva]

I'll paste the same comment I put on the first book of this series:
It's a fun read. Far from being original but it entertains for a while.
My only pet peeve it's that even when the story happens waaaaay in the future, everybody (including aliens) thinks and speak as a 21st century USA right winger.
I hope there's no #3 !!!