Border Check: The Crew

by James Gabel

The Crew is a brotherhood of military fighting men, disguised as the toughest of all outlaw motorcycle gangs in the nation. At the center of this gang are two young lovers, John, whose brother and father are at the top of this black ops team, and Karen, a brown haired beauty that was thrust into the center of this bloody group by her love for John. Their first assignment together was supposed to be gathering intelligence in New Orleans, but quickly turned into a trail of violence and treachery, as a sinister plot was uncovered. The Crew had to use their military training and strength to overcome a plot to kill thousands of unsuspecting Americans.

326 pages, Paperback

Published January 2, 2017

Reviews

[Doreen Fritz · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was written by someone I know personally, and I kept thinking as I read that this author followed the "rule for writers" to "write what you know" to a T. He also rides a Harley, practices martial arts, is former military, and speaks freely about his religious beliefs. The actual story here, about a motorcycle gang that is really a black ops team for the government, is interesting enough. Their operations are often quite violent, which I found to be in conflict with the protagonist's espoused Christian beliefs. ("I would kill again, because it's in service to God." Huh?) What is this, the Crusades? Other criticisms relate mostly to the formatting of the type (cutting off on mid-page, only to turn and find that one is not beginning a new chapter --- the formatter just didn't want to break a paragraph between two pages), and also to the many examples of wrong-word selection. This would be when one word was intended, but its homonym was used instead. (whose or who's; its or it's; and many others that I can't find now). Some of the emotion-switches were too fast and unbelievable, and this was definitely a first effort by the author. But I give him a lot of credit for actually tackling the writing of a book, and I hope he sticks with it. His storytelling instincts are good, but he's just a bit rough in the execution.

[Heather Sheehan-Shaver · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't want to put this down. Love this series and can't wait to read Sins of the Flesh.