Cutting Edge
A Novel
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4.2 • 230 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A helicopter crash alters a Coast Guard rescue swimmer's life forever in Cutting Edge, a suspense thriller by USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen
Trey DeBolt is a young man at the crest of life. His role as a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Alaska offers him a rewarding job and limitless adventure. Then a tragic accident alters his life: during a harrowing rescue, his helicopter goes down.
Severely injured, DeBolt awakens in a seaside cabin in Maine, thousands of miles from where the accident occurred. His lone nurse lets slip that he has been officially declared dead, lost in the crash. Back in Alaska, however, Coast Guard investigator Shannon Lund uncovers evidence that DeBolt might still be alive. Her search quickly becomes personal, but before she can intervene, chaos erupts outside a cabin in the wilds of Maine.
The nurse who has been treating DeBolt is brutally killed by military-trained assassins. DeBolt is only saved when a bizarre vision guides him to safety. Soon other images appear, impossible revelations that are unfailing in their accuracy. As he runs for his life, DeBolt discovers he has been drawn into an ultra-secret government project. The power it bestows is boundless, both a gift and a curse. Yet one thing is certain: Trey DeBolt has abilities no human has ever known.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Larsen opens this high-energy thriller with the tantalizing line: "The second time he died was more difficult than the first." Petty officer Trey DeBolt, an Alaska-based Coast Guard rescue swimmer, regains consciousness in a remote seaside cottage in Maine after a horrific accident that has left him with a scar on the back of his head and no memory of how he got there. His nurse, Joan Chandler, tells him: "The surgery you had, Trey... it wasn't only to make you well. It was to make you different." Shortly afterward, DeBolt witnesses Chandler gunned down by a five-man team of trained assassins and realizes that he was the killers' real target. Thus begins a game of wits with his hunters and his dawning realization of just how "different" he has become. The plot has some truly surprising twists and turns, yet, for all the book's speed and excitement, the author also skillfully slips in some thought-provoking ideas on technology and greed. Readers will hope for a sequel.)
Customer Reviews
Cutting edge
Nothing to do with David Slaton, never less a great read. We have no privacy.
Cutting Edge, Tomorrow's Nightmare?
As society adds to its technological prowess, who will monitor the progress and its uses? This is a great read, filled with action and adventure, but even more so it challenges our morality with its story? Is this technology already in development and can it be controlled? This book will keep you thinking and reading late into the night. I look forward to following the storyline in future novels.
Great story!
Great idea, really well-executed. You really won’t want to put it down.