Freefall is the second book afrer Pendulum - with a flawed hero John Wallace and a page turner gripper of a thirller.

It started with Pendulum and continues with Freefall. John Wallace is back and someone still wants him dead.

Picking up from where Pendulum left off it draws you straight back into the action with some familiar faces. Agent Christine Ash and Patrick Bailey are back and if they thought Pendulum broke them, they have no idea what they are up against this time!

A full on action packed thriller, twists and surprises and intricate plots and characters this book is like Pendulum but better!!

This is the second book in the Pendulum series and i seriously highly recommend reading that book first to get the full impact and enjoyment of this clever story!

Roll on the final instalment – I can’t wait!!

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Many thanks to the author Adam Hamdy, publishers Headline and NetGalley for my copy in exchange for an honest, independent review

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Freefall is the follow on book from Adam Hamdy’s first book Pendulum which I absolutely loved. There’s always a worry, that little niggle at the back of your mind when starting a second book, that it wont be quite as good as the first but there was no need to worry here. Freefall is an absolute cracker and I’m super excited now to read the final book and hopefully I wont have too long to wait. If you’re reading this Mr Hamdy, I’m cracking the whip
Freefall follows John Wallace, Christine Ash and Patrick Bailey after the very traumatic and devastating events of Pendulum. Each character is trying to get their head round the events that have changed their lives but with each of them having their own demons to battle it’s not an easy task and to be totally honest if I was one of them I think I’d have completely lost the plot.
John has taken himself off to Afghanistan, Bailey is still a detective inspector in England and Ash a federal agent in America, each of them are trying to get on with their lives but Pendulum has other ideas and is determined to bring the three characters down and no matter where they are in the world it looks like nothing is going to stop Pendulum.
Adam Hamdy really has quite a clever and twisted mind, that’s honestly a good thing when it comes to Freefall. Oh boy was I totally hooked and I’m surprised I have any nails left. This is such an action packed story, it’s fast paced and certainly gets the old heart pumping. It’s one of those books that as soon as you pick it up, it grabs you and swallows you up and doesn’t let go until the very end where you’re spat out and left feeling shaken and totally blown away by what you’ve just read. There’s not many books I can say that about, but Freefall is one of them.
I think it’s quite safe to say I will definitely be recommending Freefall, with its unpredictability and fear factor this really is a must read. It’s quite gruesome in parts and it will certainly send a few shivers down your spine and have you looking over your shoulder. A story that’s very difficult to put down, I found myself up at 3am feeding the baby with one hand and turning the pages with the other totally hooked. A definite thumbs up from me.

Freefall is the sequel to Pendulum, which I really enjoyed last year. Yet again, Adam Hamdy has written a gripping rollercoaster read. Some action thrillers can be read easily as standalones. But I would recommend that you read Pendulum first, if you haven't already done so, as parts of Freefall may not make sense otherwise.

The reader is launched straight into the action from the very first page. After uncovering a shocking conspiracy in Pendulum, John Wallace is now hiding in Afghanistan, right in the middle of a war zone. But it's hard to stay hidden for long, as he soon discovers. DI Patrick Bailey in London and FBI agent Christine Bailey in New York are the only ones he can trust. When a London journalist is discovered dead in her home in a possible suicide, the three of them are thrust together into yet another investigation that isn't what it seems.

Freefall is full of action and suspense and is highly entertaining. It's an emotional journey too, as all three characters have been left with physical and mental scars from their previous encounter. The chapters are fairly short, which helps to keep the pace moving quickly - there's so much energy within the book that I found it difficult to find time to take a breath. The plot may seem a little over the top in places - but that's the beauty of fiction, stretching the highly imaginative into pure escapism. The characters are believable and realistic, triggering plenty of shocks and surprises by the end.

I raced through Freefall and can't wait to read the next book in the series.

The second of a trilogy that started with Pendulum. Photojournalist John Wallace is back having survived a masked serial killer only to learn he is still a marked man. What follows is a dangerous and violent race against time as he tries to fight an unknown enemy. A thriller that grips from the very first page through to the final chapter.

Pendulum was one of my favourite reads this year and I was so pleased to find this sequel on Netgalley! Hamdy’s writing has such pace and tension, the plot twists are stunning and I love that the reader just doesn’t know what’s around the next corner. Wallace, Bailey and Ash are a great team and in Freefall we see their new found loyalties tested to the max. Can’t wait to read more from this author!

This book is Part 2 of a three part trilogy – the first book being Pendulum. If you want to read this fast paced, all-action trilogy, then you must start with Pendulum.

As we join Freefall, eight months after confronting the serial killer Pendulum, photo-journalist John Wallace is losing himself in a dangerous tribal war in Afghanistan in an attempt to get over the loss of his love, Connie following his part in the Pendulum affair. But an attempt on his life and those of his Afghani travelling companions suggests he may still be a target. Though unsure how much he wants to resist death, Wallace is horrified by the killing around him and in tracking down the killers, he discovers a link to his nemesis, Pendulum.

The link is the missing piece of a puzzle that has tormented FBI Agent Christine Ash ever since they confronted Pendulum, but with the FBI now considering the case as closed, she has been unable to get any further. Wallace's proof offers a break in the case, but it is a break that exposes them to terrible danger and throws both of them headlong into a global conspiracy that will have devastating repercussions.

These two protagonists are both severely damaged from their first encounter with Max Byrne /Pendulum as is our third protagonist, Detective Patrick Bailey. Bailey has turned to drink to cope with impact of his shooting in the last Pendulum encounter. Christine Ash is haunted by a deeply traumatic childhood in a cult that has made trust difficult for her and has caused her personality to become quite fragile under her outwardly fierce countenance.

For Bailey, the re-entry starts with the supposed suicide of a mother and journlist in London. It is the start of an investigation that will throw him straight back into the clutches of his darkest enemies and force him once again to rely on both his wits and his friends to stay in front of the game.

Together these three embark on the second stage of their white knuckle, roller-coaster ride that is the Freefall conspiracy.

This is a suspense-filled thriller that is relentless in its action and provides surprise after surprise as our protagonists have to cope with attacks and onslaughts that lead to more and more intense, tension fuelled moments and an avalanche of death and destruction.

It is, at times, hard to believe all that these characters have to go through and a certain amount of suspension of disbelief is inevitable, just as it is in a Bond film, which is what Freefall reminded me of.

Hamdy never lets up on the action or the pressure on his characters and Freefall has no fairytale ending as the Freefall conspiracy seeks to harness technology for its own dominant purposes.

In fact, the conclusion of this book leaves us wondering quite what is going to happen next – I’m just hoping that it will not be too long before I find out!

Freefall carries on the story set out first in the prequel, Run, and then in the full-length novel, Pendulum.

It continues an excellent story, with sublime characters, a world-shattering plot line, and the most unlikely hero.

The pace is vibrant and the story twists and turns with the best of them! It lifts and dashes the emotions and, ultimately, delivers answers, but maybe not all the answers?

I was a big fan of Pendulum and thoroughly enjoyed the gripping storyline so I was happy to discover the next book had already been written!

Freefall carries on after the traumatic events from Pendulum and follows the characters of John Wallace, Christine Ash and Patrick Bailey as they try to come to terms with what happened to them. They are each battling their own inner demons and struggling to cope – they are in denial.

The tension in the book does not let up and there were more than a few times when I caught myself nibbling on my nails and holding my breath. Do not read this book if you have a nervous nature!

This is one of those books where you are desperate to read more, sneaking a couple of pages here and there, eager to read more but almost not wanting to know at the same time.

Adam Hamdy’s writing is so engaging you feel that you cannot look away. The tension is built up superbly and you feel that you are on this journey with them. It shows us that all our actions have consequences. No matter how big or small.

The author has succeeded in writing a second book as good as the first so I am eagerly awaiting other books!

Thank you to Netgalley who offered me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.