Book Review: One Rough Man by Brad Taylor
One of the perks of this blogging thing is I get to read books free. For some reason, people place more value on my opinion than I do. But a few weeks back, the publicist for Brad Taylor sent me a copy of his book One Rough Man and it was a surprisingly good story.
According to his bio, Mr. Taylor is a retired Special Forces officer, and, of course, I verified that there is a LTC Bradly S. Taylor whose specialty is SF in Army Knowledge Online, so that’s one point in his favor with this blog.
The story goes that Pike Logan, the main character loses his wife and daughter who are beaten to death while he’s on a mission so he turns into a drunk (I wish I could tell you how many times this happens to SF members).
Meanwhile, down in Guatemala, an archeologist discovers a chemical compound in a Mayan temple which wiped out the Mayans a millennium ago. Anyway, through a complex series of events Logan runs into the archeologist’s niece and ends up trying to stop Arab terrorists (yes, he dares to use Arab terrorists and Mexican smugglers as criminals) from using the newly discovered compound as a WMD against American targets.
It’s as well written as any of the Brad Thor novels, but with a lot less of the smoochy-face, loverboy crap that Thor has been adding lately. That makes Taylor’s novel a more likely purchase next time for this reader. I like my action novels to have action not love-crippled louts who try to neck with a hot chick half their age while saving the world. Novelists, make a choice – romance or action.
If you have several nights ahead with nothing to read, you won’t be sorry that you read this book. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. If it was a dog, you wouldn’t be reading this review right now.
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Gee, Jonn, I can’t wait to see your review for the next romance novel…
Pike Logan? What, Stone Black and and Stab McTough were already taken?
Jack,
This is Brad Taylor, the author. Pike’s original name was Rock Squarejaw, but it sounded too soft. Seriously, Pike is a callsign, not his name. And Logan was the name of my son, should I have one. Instead, I got two daughters, so now it’s the name of a character in my book. Went to your blog, and recognized the patch on your shoulder. A long, long time ago, I was in the 49th Armored at Camp Mabry. Thank you for your service.
And thank you for yours, sir. I’m sometimes a bit of a smartass, which has caused me some red-faced moments. This is one of them.
Congratulations on an accomplishment I hope to also achieve, writing a novel. I just ordered ‘One Rough Man’ for my Kindle. Best wishes for your continued success as an author.
I downloaded this book a couple weeks ago and liked it very much. Looking forward to the next one. And I agree with John, the loverboy, smoochey face stuff turns me off and I will either skip over it or just quit reading it. Haven’t enjoyed that type of literature since I was in high school, 50 years ago.
Brad,
Way to take the high road. It is interesting to read how the name Pike Logan evolved.
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