The Fulcrum

A Rex Dalton Thriller, Book 1

March 11, 2004. The Madrid train bombings kill 193 innocent civilians.

What the terrorists didn’t know was on that fateful day they also succeeded in creating their worst nightmare.

No one knew who he was, what he looked like, where he came from, nor who he worked for. He was a sniper who could take a target out from 800 yards to a mile. He could kill with a long gun, short gun, or no gun. He was lethal with edged weapons, explosives, poisons, or no weapon at all. Targets could be executed from afar or die with his breath in their faces.

Among his enemies he has many names: El Gato, the cat, Alshaytan, the Devil in Arabic, the Ghost, and many others.

His real name is Rex Dalton. He has no friends. He has no family. He has no girl. He has only one motto; don’t hate the terrorists. Instead kill them, so they can’t kill again.

©2018 JC Ryan (P)2020 JC Ryan

It's okay.....

It's good enough that I will read the next one but if the next one doesn't pick up the pace a bit it will be the last one I will read/listen to. It really drug along and left me with way too many questions. I seriously hated the ending.....it's like the end of a paragraph. No resolution. No finality. It also doesn't explain how he ends up with the dog which I kind of thought was the point to the book. Narrator is okay but not really the right person for this character. There is potential but then it kind of fizzled.

Dry narrator

It seemed that the Narrator had little emotion in his voice. The story seemed predictable.

A Review...

Appreciate the balance, the semblance of Military Operators and their efforts to extend a sense of realism for the novice or uninitiated. Enjoyed the hunt, and the delicate balance that "Rex" has to maintain without yet going over the edge due to the in-action of State-side politics (can be frustrating). Let's see what the next book delivers in anticipation

Documentary

Interesting, but written like a documentary. And narrated like a documentary. I think it is more truth and not a lot of description, dialogue or interest stories inside of it. The dog was the best character.

Wasted a credit

This reads like a book report written by a high school kid about his “hero” who can do no wrong and it is rampant with racism