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The Mentor
Trapped and running out of air, Dexter has six minutes to escape a locked cargo van that’s just plummeted to the bottom of a quarry lake. He knows he’s got only six minutes because that's one of the things a man told him an hour earlier. Before knocking Dex out.
This-- it may go without saying-- is not the best time Dexter’s ever had in a van.
As he struggles to escape, one thought is rattling around his panicked Why is this happening?
A relentless stranger has turned Dex's life upside down. To Dexter, the guy seems to be a former military man and current sadistic psychopath. Every few days, the young man wakes up in some new life-threatening situation with a vague memory of the Mentor's "lesson"-- a handful of obscure facts Dex will have to use if he wants to get out of whatever nightmare he's been dropped into.
The Mentor is pushing Dex to his limits for reasons unknown. But, even The Mentor doesn't realize, if he pushes too hard, he'll trigger a mental gift in the young man that could change the world.
This-- it may go without saying-- is not the best time Dexter’s ever had in a van.
As he struggles to escape, one thought is rattling around his panicked Why is this happening?
A relentless stranger has turned Dex's life upside down. To Dexter, the guy seems to be a former military man and current sadistic psychopath. Every few days, the young man wakes up in some new life-threatening situation with a vague memory of the Mentor's "lesson"-- a handful of obscure facts Dex will have to use if he wants to get out of whatever nightmare he's been dropped into.
The Mentor is pushing Dex to his limits for reasons unknown. But, even The Mentor doesn't realize, if he pushes too hard, he'll trigger a mental gift in the young man that could change the world.
479 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2013
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About the author
Dick Wybrow
24 books130 followersDick Wybrow is a Canadian author. His novels are mainly set in the US, where he grew up. A former stand-up comedian, Wybrow is a humor writer who crafts thrillers that incorporate elements of suspense, horror, mystery, science fiction and fantasy.
At the age of six, Dick was given his first book by his father. It was Wind in the Willows. Naturally, that put Dick off reading for several years.
After discovering Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the love of reading returned. And with it came the compulsion to get lost worlds like Douglas had created.
Dick lives in Auckland, New Zealand with one wife and two cats.
At the age of six, Dick was given his first book by his father. It was Wind in the Willows. Naturally, that put Dick off reading for several years.
After discovering Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the love of reading returned. And with it came the compulsion to get lost worlds like Douglas had created.
Dick lives in Auckland, New Zealand with one wife and two cats.
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February 11, 2020
Pretty good story, very funny. But loses a star for proofreading and editing.
I'm not one of those people that gets really hung up on typos and such, but this book has more than I've ever seen in a book before. It became very annoying and distracting to have to keep mentally translating typos, filling in missing words and removing superfluous ones, and figuring out why there are commas in some of the strangest places. I made it to the end, but it loses a star for making me work at it.
The story itself is pretty good. It has some good humor and the death-defying scenarios are pretty clever. It requires some suspension of disbelief, as a lot of the action and story elements run to the James Bond-ish school of incredulity.
Worth a read, if it gets some serious proofreading.
I'm not one of those people that gets really hung up on typos and such, but this book has more than I've ever seen in a book before. It became very annoying and distracting to have to keep mentally translating typos, filling in missing words and removing superfluous ones, and figuring out why there are commas in some of the strangest places. I made it to the end, but it loses a star for making me work at it.
The story itself is pretty good. It has some good humor and the death-defying scenarios are pretty clever. It requires some suspension of disbelief, as a lot of the action and story elements run to the James Bond-ish school of incredulity.
Worth a read, if it gets some serious proofreading.
February 1, 2019
Ha, beware the chupacabra!!!
What a ride, a real rollercoaster! I loved the challenges Dex was put through, thinking all along, what would I have done if that had been me. And I want a best friend like Pavan! With a better car maybe.
I hope there's more to come from these two guys.
What a ride, a real rollercoaster! I loved the challenges Dex was put through, thinking all along, what would I have done if that had been me. And I want a best friend like Pavan! With a better car maybe.
I hope there's more to come from these two guys.
January 16, 2020
Great
What a read the story grabbed my attention and slowly brought me into what Dexter was going through building on each step of his experience and kept me in suspense til the end thanks Mr wybrow
What a read the story grabbed my attention and slowly brought me into what Dexter was going through building on each step of his experience and kept me in suspense til the end thanks Mr wybrow
April 19, 2024
I was hooked right at first. Very mysterious situation in which the protagonist is clubbed over the head and awakens to find himself in a deadly situation. This happens about three times before he decides to get ahead of the situation.
March 12, 2019
WTF was that?
So bad I wished I had a brain wipe. A boring and jejune slog. Needs an editor. Also needs a plot. Plus you are not funny. Please don’t write anymore. :-)
So bad I wished I had a brain wipe. A boring and jejune slog. Needs an editor. Also needs a plot. Plus you are not funny. Please don’t write anymore. :-)
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