The clever storyline in “Ghost Country” is diabolical, and even shocking, but there are no loose ends. Lee treats us to imaginative uses of the time travel device to help Travis and Bethany stay ahead of the bad guys, gives a nod to the inevitable time travel paradox and delivers one of the most chilling methods to change civilization that I’ve ever read – worthy of the intelligent-but-twisted villains that want to counter the world’s present path. Along the way, they discover evil schemes, get a look at a hideous bone-filled, ruined future, and take advantage of Bethany's considerable hacking skills. Bethany enlists the help of Travis Chase, a man who has been in hiding for two years, working at a low level job, avoiding contact with anyone and everyone associated with TANGENT.īethany and Travis obtain an entity, but have a limited amount of time to figure out what it does, while trying to save both the world and Paige. Paige is able to send a message to her tech-savvy contact, Bethany Stewart, right before she is abducted. In a minute by pulse-pounding minute description of the perfectly executed attack, including details of a PDA-holding guy checking for photos of the ‘keepers’ as a shooter follows behind to dispatch the rest, Lee sets the pace and feel of the book. Paige’s convoy is attacked while the White House is still in view. This entity (in the shape of a rolling pin sized cylinder) has the ability to transport the holder through time – but only 73 years into the future and back again. Wow! That would be a resounding, “YES!”ĮNTITY: Technologically advanced gadgets (entities) come through the super secret BREACH.īREACH: A type of wormhole in Wyoming, created when an ion collider exploded.Īs “Ghost Country” opens, Paige Campbell, a high-level employee of a government agency called TANGENT, has just left a briefing with the President about an entity so powerful that it can change our view of both the present and the future. I read solid comments about the first book, “The Breach,” and wanted to see if “Ghost Country” lived up to the reported high standards set by the debut sci-fi/adventure/thriller. Patrick Lee’s “Ghost Country” is the second in a three-book series.

Ghost Country by Patrick Lee