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Storm Surge
STORM SURGE is the first e-published novel by the Shamus-Award nominated author of the Kindle bestseller BREAKING COVER and the critically acclaimed Jack Keller series. For beautiful waitress Sharon Brennan, the luxurious Pass Island resort is a place to make a living for herself and her daughter Glory. For amiable handyman Max Chase, it's a place far away from his past.But there's a lot more to Max than meets the eye. And as a Category Five hurricane bears down on Pass Island, some very bad people arrive with a plan to use the cover of the storm to steal a mysterious object, an object that powerful people want desperately enough to kill for. When things go wrong and Sharon and Glory are trapped on the island with Max and a team of cold-blooded mercenaries, they begin to realize that maybe Max isn't the good guy they thought he was...but he may be just the bad guy they need.
241 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 20, 2010
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About the author
J.D. Rhoades
25 books186 followersJ.D. Rhoades is America's foremost writer of the genre known as "Redneck noir," and his biography reads like "Tobacco Road" as written by Hunter S. Thompson.
Rhoades never knew his parents; he was found abandoned on the steps of a cut-rate Filipino tax preparation service in Slidell, La. As a child, he was bounced around between a series of orphanages, reformatories and opium dens. His first brush with the law came when he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. He was seven years old at the time.
Rhoades first turned to drugs at the age of five, when he discovered you could get high by snorting Nestle’s Quik through a rolled up copy of Highlights magazine. Since then, he claims to have ingested marijuana, peyote, heroin, psilocybin, uppers, downers, screamers, laughers, dried banana peels, glue, paste, mucilage, LSD, DMT, STP, ABC, CNN, TLC, Sterno, Drano, Bondo, Ketamine, Dopamine, glucosamine, Ovaltine, and Krispy Kreme.
He hit rock bottom when he did all of them in the same night and woke up two weeks later, hanging upside down by his knees from a tree limb in Duluth, Minn., and singing an aria from “Die Fledermaus.” In German, a language that he does not speak.
Rhoades is rumored to have once killed a stripper with a fondue fork and disposed of the body using an electric pencil sharpener over a period of 14 hours.
Ii is not known whether the rumors are true that Rhoades kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby, nor can reports that he was the shooter on the grassy knoll when Kennedy was shot be confirmed. He does, however, know Tom DeLay personally.
-Biography contributed by James Frey
Rhoades never knew his parents; he was found abandoned on the steps of a cut-rate Filipino tax preparation service in Slidell, La. As a child, he was bounced around between a series of orphanages, reformatories and opium dens. His first brush with the law came when he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. He was seven years old at the time.
Rhoades first turned to drugs at the age of five, when he discovered you could get high by snorting Nestle’s Quik through a rolled up copy of Highlights magazine. Since then, he claims to have ingested marijuana, peyote, heroin, psilocybin, uppers, downers, screamers, laughers, dried banana peels, glue, paste, mucilage, LSD, DMT, STP, ABC, CNN, TLC, Sterno, Drano, Bondo, Ketamine, Dopamine, glucosamine, Ovaltine, and Krispy Kreme.
He hit rock bottom when he did all of them in the same night and woke up two weeks later, hanging upside down by his knees from a tree limb in Duluth, Minn., and singing an aria from “Die Fledermaus.” In German, a language that he does not speak.
Rhoades is rumored to have once killed a stripper with a fondue fork and disposed of the body using an electric pencil sharpener over a period of 14 hours.
Ii is not known whether the rumors are true that Rhoades kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby, nor can reports that he was the shooter on the grassy knoll when Kennedy was shot be confirmed. He does, however, know Tom DeLay personally.
-Biography contributed by James Frey
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March 17, 2011
If I could've, I would've rated this 6 stars. Review to come, but in the meantime, if you're looking for a top class thriller full of action and intrigue, you can't go past this one...
March 16, 2011
This is everything a thriller should be - the stakes are high, the action is fast and relentless, leaving scarcely a pause for breath, and we care about the protagonists, especially Sharon and her sullen daughter, both of whom are unlikely to come through the ordeal unchanged and unharmed, if at all.
As for Max - if that is who he is - some truly ingenious writing juggles with the two sides of his personality. He's up against not only a bunch of ruthless killers, but also the relentless force of nature as a hurricane closes in on the island where they are all stranded.
As for Max - if that is who he is - some truly ingenious writing juggles with the two sides of his personality. He's up against not only a bunch of ruthless killers, but also the relentless force of nature as a hurricane closes in on the island where they are all stranded.
February 8, 2011
A superior self-contained-world thriller, "Storm Surge" not only delivers swift-paced excitement in a uniquely spooky environment -- a southeast American island sealed off from the rest of the world by a Category 5 hurricane -- but it takes the time to develop interesting, fully dimensional characters without missing a beat. Max Chase is an antihero with a conflicted past in the Jack Reacher mold -- yet very much his own man -- who is surprised to discover that he has a soft spot for struggling single-mom waitress Sharon and her sullen yet spunky teen daughter, Glory. All three are fully realized characters that the reader comes to care about as they weave in and out of the clutches of a gang of hardened professionals criminals bent on using the storm as cover to keep a hidden secret from slipping into the wrong hands. The prose is taut, artful in places, and
If I had any quibbles, it's that I would have liked to have seen author J.D. Rhoades raise the stakes for the reader by giving the bad guys just as much backstory and breadth of character. When you care almost as much about the baddies as you do the good guys, it creates a delicious moral ambiguity that makes it much harder to see the black hats go down -- as, inevitably, they must. But "Storm Surge" still satisfies on just about every level, and it says something deeply unpleasant about the publishing industry that it took a pass on this highly commercial story and forced Rhoades to put it out himself. Fortunately, for us, he did, and at $1.99, it's one of the best book bargains I've ever come across.
If I had any quibbles, it's that I would have liked to have seen author J.D. Rhoades raise the stakes for the reader by giving the bad guys just as much backstory and breadth of character. When you care almost as much about the baddies as you do the good guys, it creates a delicious moral ambiguity that makes it much harder to see the black hats go down -- as, inevitably, they must. But "Storm Surge" still satisfies on just about every level, and it says something deeply unpleasant about the publishing industry that it took a pass on this highly commercial story and forced Rhoades to put it out himself. Fortunately, for us, he did, and at $1.99, it's one of the best book bargains I've ever come across.
June 9, 2013
This was a fantastic thriller full of real creeps and a hero with a conscious. I'm not sure if the author is planning a follow up but I'd love to know what happens with our Hero.
I had to deduct 1 BIG FAT star for the mom/heroine and her idiot teenage daughter. Talk about "TSTL" moments over and over and over again. I almost didn't care if they made it or not they were so annoying.
I had to deduct 1 BIG FAT star for the mom/heroine and her idiot teenage daughter. Talk about "TSTL" moments over and over and over again. I almost didn't care if they made it or not they were so annoying.
July 16, 2013
Another action novel by J.D. Rhoades. This one takes place on a barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, during a Cat. 5 hurricane. A team of very bad people are trying to break into a safe in the house of a U.S. Senator. They don't expect any problems, other than the hurricane. Then they run into Mercer, a former hired killer. He has his own idea of what's right and what's not. One of Mercer's favorite sayings rings true during the action sequences: "He just needed killing".
Rhoades brought the movie Key Largo, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, into the 21st century using his knack for creating an interesting and exciting protagonist.
Rhoades brought the movie Key Largo, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, into the 21st century using his knack for creating an interesting and exciting protagonist.
January 6, 2011
Fantastic!!
Heaps of action, great characters, one wild rollercoaster of story: this is how thrillers need to be written!
I hate to admit it, but lately thrillers have been disappointing me. Too many wooden characters. Too many contrived plot twists. Too many doomsday devices threatening to destroy too many major cities, etc. Storm Surge is everything those try-hards are not: it's fresh, original and bloody great fun.
Thank you JD Rhoades for doing such a great job!
Heaps of action, great characters, one wild rollercoaster of story: this is how thrillers need to be written!
I hate to admit it, but lately thrillers have been disappointing me. Too many wooden characters. Too many contrived plot twists. Too many doomsday devices threatening to destroy too many major cities, etc. Storm Surge is everything those try-hards are not: it's fresh, original and bloody great fun.
Thank you JD Rhoades for doing such a great job!
December 31, 2014
Irreverent, sometimes crazy, and packing a solid punch , "Storm Surge", by author J.D. Rhoades is a wild ride not to be missed. Hit man and gangster Kyle Mercer has a simple motto, "Doesn't kill anyone who doesn't need killing". Mercer heads off into retirement and becomes Max Chase on an island off the coast of the Carolina's. The island is one big rock. Built in early 1800's Pass Island Light, is an octagonal structure of gray bricks. Also this island is not the best place to be given it's usual weather patterns. Max (Kyle) has a job on the island as a maintenance man. The island is prepping for a category 5 hurricane coming shortly. Max meets waitress Sharon Brennan and her daughter Glory when Brennan's car is repo'd. Max ends up giving the two several rides in his truck. Along with "Captain Jack" the island cat, everyone has to evacuate before storm hits. Max also discovers there is a gang of criminals on the island waiting for everyone to leave before pulling off a caper. Max also discovers an FBI agent is also on the way and looking for Kyle Mercer. Naturally when storm hits Max, Sharon, and Glory are left behind with Captain Jack. The bad guys who include guys like Blake, Phillips, Worth, Barstow, and safe cracker from federal prison Karen with a "K" Montrose get to work. Deputy Len Bohler also stays behind so he can arrest Max for the FBI agent. When the hurricane slams into the island, that pretty much blows the top off the "crazy" as well. First Deputy Bohler, incredibly turns into a Barney Fife. The bad guys score is to rob the safe of a US Senator. The Senator has a secret in this safe he can't allow to get out. Of course suddenly the criminal crew become the gang who can't rob straight. The prize in the safe being a secret notebook that becomes a hot potato. Max and Sharon become an item when Max promises not to kill bad guys. This wild ride was so enjoyable to read. The simplest way to look at it is, "Some men need killing", and "Three can keep a secret if two are dead." Max/ Kyle is quite a character. He's most definitely the best reason of all to read this book. It's a blast to keep going through the pages to see what Kyle is going to do next. He's not a guy to be messed with. However, Kyle is also a guy that despite his past a great character to root for. Hopefully author J.D. Rhodes will write another novel starring Kyle. I simply could not put this book down. A great story, with wonderful characters makes this one a 5 stars out of a possible 5 star book. I'd give it 6 stars if I could. You really have to do yourself a great big favor and read this one. "Storm Surge". The category 5 hurricane is the least of the sub plots in this action packed thriller.
August 30, 2010
Pass Island, off the coast of North Carolina, is where the rich live and play. If you worked on the island, you lived on the mainland, taking a ferry to and from the island.
Sharon Brennan is a waitress at the club by the docks. Max Chase is a handyman/dock worker.
The island is being evacuated because a category five hurricane is bearing down on the island. Employees have to work until the last moment(mustn't inconvenience the idle rich still on the island). And payday is tomorrow. The boss is so hidebound that he's making all workers return to the island the next day to get their checks(never mind the checks will be on the same ferry they are riding).
Max Chase gives Sharon and her daughter, Glory, a ride as her car had been taken by the repo man the day before. Max is the pleasant, amiable fellow that everyone takes for granted.
While Sharon and Max are waiting in line for checks, Glory wanders off to look for her iPod she'd lost the day before. Then Mom and Max go looking for her.
The upshot is the three get left on the island.
They're not alone.
A crew of mercs had come onto the island the day before. They were there to hit a Senator's home looking for an item. Only the leader knew what it actually was. The Senator's office and apartment in Washington had already been burgled looking for the item. The plan was to escape when the eye passed over the island.
First Sharon and Glory were captured by the mercs and it was left up to Max Chase to rescue them.
You see, Max Chase had only been Max Chase for a couple of years. Before that, he was known as Kyle Mercer, which wasn't his real name either.
The mercs had no idea what they'd unleashed when they brought Kyle Mercer out of retirement!
Sharon Brennan is a waitress at the club by the docks. Max Chase is a handyman/dock worker.
The island is being evacuated because a category five hurricane is bearing down on the island. Employees have to work until the last moment(mustn't inconvenience the idle rich still on the island). And payday is tomorrow. The boss is so hidebound that he's making all workers return to the island the next day to get their checks(never mind the checks will be on the same ferry they are riding).
Max Chase gives Sharon and her daughter, Glory, a ride as her car had been taken by the repo man the day before. Max is the pleasant, amiable fellow that everyone takes for granted.
While Sharon and Max are waiting in line for checks, Glory wanders off to look for her iPod she'd lost the day before. Then Mom and Max go looking for her.
The upshot is the three get left on the island.
They're not alone.
A crew of mercs had come onto the island the day before. They were there to hit a Senator's home looking for an item. Only the leader knew what it actually was. The Senator's office and apartment in Washington had already been burgled looking for the item. The plan was to escape when the eye passed over the island.
First Sharon and Glory were captured by the mercs and it was left up to Max Chase to rescue them.
You see, Max Chase had only been Max Chase for a couple of years. Before that, he was known as Kyle Mercer, which wasn't his real name either.
The mercs had no idea what they'd unleashed when they brought Kyle Mercer out of retirement!
June 25, 2013
Storm Surge by J.D. Rhoades has a strong plot, but with one unbelievable twist - timing a burglary to occur during a hurricane. I'm sure that point won't bother many thriller readers. Go ahead and read this during hurricane season down at the beach, but it bothered this weather geek who knows you can't predict the path of even a category 5 hurricane two days in advance, and this burglary must have been planned long before that based on what happens in the story.
This story does have going for it Max Chase, if that's your real name, and a mother/daughter team that has enough backstory to make them interesting. The story hook is solid and should draw in any thriller reader. But I must confess I had some difficulty keeping the bad guys straight during the start of their misadventure.
Living near the North Carolina coast, I enjoyed the realistic portrayal of events during the storm's rampage, though for the life of me, I'm not sure why the various characters in their run-a-bouts weren't piercing by flying debris to the point at which they were fully imbedded pincushions. This is a solid read, but the next time I meet J.D., I'm going to scold him for the minor spelling and grammar errors. A solid 4 that can blow some people away--if you deserve it.
This story does have going for it Max Chase, if that's your real name, and a mother/daughter team that has enough backstory to make them interesting. The story hook is solid and should draw in any thriller reader. But I must confess I had some difficulty keeping the bad guys straight during the start of their misadventure.
Living near the North Carolina coast, I enjoyed the realistic portrayal of events during the storm's rampage, though for the life of me, I'm not sure why the various characters in their run-a-bouts weren't piercing by flying debris to the point at which they were fully imbedded pincushions. This is a solid read, but the next time I meet J.D., I'm going to scold him for the minor spelling and grammar errors. A solid 4 that can blow some people away--if you deserve it.
October 6, 2010
This is the first download to my Kindle, and I was not disappointed.
I'd like to say it was a real page-turner, even though no pages were actually turned as I read it.
A single mom, her daughter, and retired hit man are stranded on an island off the coast of North Carolina, just as a category five hurricane is about to come barrelling through. And then they run into the paid assassins on a clandestine mission, who are intent on leaving no one left alive.
Rhoades does a great job telling this tale of suspense and intrigue, hitting the reader with the same force as the hurricane hitting Pass Island. A great way to break in any new e-reader.
I'd like to say it was a real page-turner, even though no pages were actually turned as I read it.
A single mom, her daughter, and retired hit man are stranded on an island off the coast of North Carolina, just as a category five hurricane is about to come barrelling through. And then they run into the paid assassins on a clandestine mission, who are intent on leaving no one left alive.
Rhoades does a great job telling this tale of suspense and intrigue, hitting the reader with the same force as the hurricane hitting Pass Island. A great way to break in any new e-reader.
February 18, 2017
A textbook thriller that never lets up. Lots of fun.
Max Chase used to be a hit man (Kyle Mercer) but has retired to a quieter life, working on the very exclusive Pass Island.
The ingredients: really bad baddies, an ambiguous good guy, a monster of an approaching storm, throw in a few helpless victims and you have the mixture for a cracking and very entertaining thriller.
You know something bad is going to go down on the island. You know the storm is coming and you figure some people are going to end up trapped out there. Rhodes skilfully ratchets up the tension as the hapless victims cross paths with the criminals who wills op at nothing to achieve their ends. Double and triple crosses abound. Nail biting stuff. I need to check out more books by this guy.
Max Chase used to be a hit man (Kyle Mercer) but has retired to a quieter life, working on the very exclusive Pass Island.
The ingredients: really bad baddies, an ambiguous good guy, a monster of an approaching storm, throw in a few helpless victims and you have the mixture for a cracking and very entertaining thriller.
You know something bad is going to go down on the island. You know the storm is coming and you figure some people are going to end up trapped out there. Rhodes skilfully ratchets up the tension as the hapless victims cross paths with the criminals who wills op at nothing to achieve their ends. Double and triple crosses abound. Nail biting stuff. I need to check out more books by this guy.
April 19, 2018
A good book, recommend consideration.
August 9, 2018
Great book
Couldn't put this one down had to keep reading. Just wanted to see what would happen next. Hope there will be a sequel to this.
Couldn't put this one down had to keep reading. Just wanted to see what would happen next. Hope there will be a sequel to this.
September 15, 2019
I stayed up half the night to finish it! A ripping good tale.
December 26, 2024
Great
Hard to put down. I read it in one day putting everything else aside. I am looking forward to my next read.
Hard to put down. I read it in one day putting everything else aside. I am looking forward to my next read.
June 22, 2013
Set against the backdrop of a Category 5 hurricane, Storm Surge is exciting and fast paced! Sharon Brennan is a waitress on Pass Island, and her daughter, Glory, spends her days on the beach with the rich locals rather than staying by herself on the mainland in the Brennan's trailer. Max Chase is a seemingly calm and compassionate handyman working on the island, but Sharon keeps her distance, noticing the occasional mysterious and potentially dangerous look in his eye.
As the hurricane approaches, the island is evacuated but not before the awful country club owner makes his entire staff come back to the island to pick up their paychecks. While Sharon waits to get her check--a necessity since her bank account is nearly empty--Glory takes the opportunity to run back to an abandoned mansion to find her iPod, which she lost yesterday while engaging in some activities that her mother wouldn't approve of. But Glory's plan backfires when she unknowingly walks into an elaborate and dangerous scheme.
Using the hurricane as the perfect cover, a group of highly trained criminals plan to stay behind on the empty island to steal a secret object from a senator's home. (And apparently, no one on the team is high enough on the the food chain to know what it is, but they're willing to risk their lives for the amount of money they're being paid to retrieve it.) But they didn't expect to have a teenage girl stumble across their headquarters...or a worried mother and her acquaintance, who, in the chaos, are left behind by the ferry while looking for Glory.
An intense, graphic, and well-crafted plot ensues, pitting the mother, daughter, and retried contract killer, Max, against a group who have no problem killing anyone who threatens their mission. The characters are flawed and real, and even though I know I shouldn't like a former murderer, Max is one of those killers with morals. And damned if I didn't forgive him for his past indiscretions. Sharon and Glory have a very believable yet tense mother/teenager relationship, and I enjoyed their bickering because it made them seem so real. I will definitely be reading more by J.D. Rhoades.
As the hurricane approaches, the island is evacuated but not before the awful country club owner makes his entire staff come back to the island to pick up their paychecks. While Sharon waits to get her check--a necessity since her bank account is nearly empty--Glory takes the opportunity to run back to an abandoned mansion to find her iPod, which she lost yesterday while engaging in some activities that her mother wouldn't approve of. But Glory's plan backfires when she unknowingly walks into an elaborate and dangerous scheme.
Using the hurricane as the perfect cover, a group of highly trained criminals plan to stay behind on the empty island to steal a secret object from a senator's home. (And apparently, no one on the team is high enough on the the food chain to know what it is, but they're willing to risk their lives for the amount of money they're being paid to retrieve it.) But they didn't expect to have a teenage girl stumble across their headquarters...or a worried mother and her acquaintance, who, in the chaos, are left behind by the ferry while looking for Glory.
An intense, graphic, and well-crafted plot ensues, pitting the mother, daughter, and retried contract killer, Max, against a group who have no problem killing anyone who threatens their mission. The characters are flawed and real, and even though I know I shouldn't like a former murderer, Max is one of those killers with morals. And damned if I didn't forgive him for his past indiscretions. Sharon and Glory have a very believable yet tense mother/teenager relationship, and I enjoyed their bickering because it made them seem so real. I will definitely be reading more by J.D. Rhoades.
October 4, 2014
I enjoyed this book. It had a good cover, the story moved along at a good clip, and it kept me interested right up until the end. I particularly enjoyed the lead character, Mercer. The hurricane added additional thrills. At my pace of reading, I practically flew through this one.
Everything's not perfect. The deputy seemed stupid to the point of irritation in a couple of places, although that may have been JD's intent. What wound up costing it a star for me, though, was the grammar. I don't know if I just didn't notice in the first half, but about halfway through, I started to see more than just the occasional grammar and/or spelling problem crop up. I don't know if he ran out of editing funds halfway through or if his editor ran out of steam, but this could use another round of copy editing, at least in the last half.
That's said, don't pass it up just because of that. Every book's got some problems, and the ones here aren't bad or frequent enough to ruin the reading experience. I don't know how the rest of his books are, but this one was good.
Everything's not perfect. The deputy seemed stupid to the point of irritation in a couple of places, although that may have been JD's intent. What wound up costing it a star for me, though, was the grammar. I don't know if I just didn't notice in the first half, but about halfway through, I started to see more than just the occasional grammar and/or spelling problem crop up. I don't know if he ran out of editing funds halfway through or if his editor ran out of steam, but this could use another round of copy editing, at least in the last half.
That's said, don't pass it up just because of that. Every book's got some problems, and the ones here aren't bad or frequent enough to ruin the reading experience. I don't know how the rest of his books are, but this one was good.
July 20, 2014
Quattro stelle e mezzo. Gli avrei dato anche cinque stelle, ma da un certo punto in poi è davvero pieno di errori ortografici. Comunque, una delle migliori letture action degli ultimi tempi. Senza un attimo di respiro, dall'inizio alla fine. Bei personaggi e poi, come se non bastasse, c'è anche un po' di romance, che non guasta mai.
Four stars and a half.
Show don't tell. Relentless, fast, page turner, one of the best action thrillers that I read this last year, ready to be a great movie. Great characters, an open ending (I hope we will meet again Kyle and that limey Phillips) and that bit of romance that I always approve of (being a romance author myself). I stumbled occasionally on Mr Rhoades, now he is one of my fave authors. I'd have given the novel a five star review (it really deserves it), but, honestly, there are too many orthographic mistakes in the second part of the novel and at least a change in the names. What was thinking the editor of?
Four stars and a half.
Show don't tell. Relentless, fast, page turner, one of the best action thrillers that I read this last year, ready to be a great movie. Great characters, an open ending (I hope we will meet again Kyle and that limey Phillips) and that bit of romance that I always approve of (being a romance author myself). I stumbled occasionally on Mr Rhoades, now he is one of my fave authors. I'd have given the novel a five star review (it really deserves it), but, honestly, there are too many orthographic mistakes in the second part of the novel and at least a change in the names. What was thinking the editor of?
January 7, 2014
This was a quick read for me. Story about a hitman that changes his name, and gets caught up in the affairs of others by accident. This time it happens on an island, just as a tropical storm (read basically hurricane) is hitting it dead-on. Most of it was pretty easy to figure out what was going to happen, but still kept my interest. Rhoades has a series I saw of two books that I may be checking out.
January 20, 2013
This book started off very strong. It was a great concept and it definitely was fast-paced. Eventually, however, it seemed like I was reading the equivalent of a Steven Segal action movie. One character in particular seemed to do a complete 180 in just a couple of paragraphs. I'm giving it 3 stars because what started out as great ended up being just okay.
October 24, 2015
This book was pretty great. Action from beginning to end. Your typical hired killer thriller, with the added twist of a hurricane. It's one of those books where you can't seem to put it down, and you find yourself rooting for the bad guy. Only complaint was the editing, which seemed to get worse and worse as the story progressed. Other than that, it was a thrilling read!
March 3, 2016
This book grabs you within the first fifteen minutes of reading; your pulse begins to quicken and your heart begins to pound. I haven't read a J. D. Rhoades book in a long time and I forgot how intense and exciting his books are. Definitely 5 stars.
June 14, 2013
Excellent! This is the first book I've read by J.D. Rhoades and it was thoroughly enjoyable. I inhaled it in like a day (and stayed up too late finishing it). I loved the premise, I loved the plot, and I absolutely loved the characters - Mercer in particular. Wow.
June 22, 2013
Rhoades is quickly becoming my go-to author when I need a solid thriller read. With enough twists to keep you turning pages without making you dizzy, Storm Surge comes at you like the hurricane that is the centerpiece of the story.
February 2, 2012
J.D. Rhoades does it again! Another reason I'm glad I bought an ereader. Download this great thriller and you won't be disappointed.
September 18, 2012
Could not put it down. :)
September 3, 2013
Very different from what I normally read. A can't put down, action packed and suspenseful read. It had me from start to finish.
June 21, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed the book! The story, setting, and characters were all great! My only problem is there was way too many grammatical errors. If you are going to publish a book, get it edited.
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August 6, 2013This was a great read.
September 19, 2013
Interesting book - entertaining and full of action. Only complaint is I didn't feel any connection to the characters - they lacked depth imo. Entertaining read, though.
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