This is a book with a good premise but I DNF at 20% as the book needs another round of edits:
- too much description compared to action and the description doesn’t serve much purpose other than backstory/filler. I started skimming.
- too many characters to keep track of and I wasn’t sure who were essential to the plot. I get that we’ve got Adam and his buddies and The One and his cult members but there are lots of others as well.
- the writing style is very choppy with lots of clauses punctuated as sentences rather than flowing/drawing me in.
- I struggled to relate to the very heavy drinking culture of the US Navy where everyone is an alcoholic.
- Adam’s treatment of Keiko is horrible and lost my sympathy for him

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This uses the psychological thriller element perfectly to tell the story and was hooked from the first page. It uses the terrorist group in a way that worked and had characters that were realistic for the story. James Cox was able to weave a story perfectly and hope to read more.