As a new author bursting onto the scene, Jason Elam has made a name for himself in the writing world. He already had a name one in the NFL, if you follow football like I do.
Anyway, Monday Night Jihad makes a name for itself with new twists no one has ever thought of. It's about a pro linebacker\ex military agent who suddenly finds himself in a web of terrorists striking unknown targets in America. Jason does a good job here of mixing genres without making it sound too cheesy. Somebody needed to do something with the sports genre.
While some of it is predictable, some of it is not. Jason invents several new plot techniques for the terror genre that no one has ever created before.
Though the lead is a perfect character, the rest are not really perfect at all.
The only problem I would raise is Elam's changing of all the NFL team names. He also changed the league to the PFL, the Professional Football League. This change is completely unnecessary, unless there was some kind of copyright issue. However, Elam is a grade A author in my book with this impressive debut.
3.5 stars
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Blown Coverage by Jason Elam and Steve Yohn
I was intrigued when I read the preview for Blown Coverage in the back of Monday Night Jihad. It made me think it was about the four main characters hiding out for a while in Central America so their covers weren't blown. But then their covers are blown by a series of gunshots aimed at them.
After this scene, which was the preview in the back of Monday Night Jihad, Jason discards that idea and moves on to another about Muslim sleeper cells being awakened throughout America to destroy certain targets. It goes on about this, giving different examples.
Then the main characters are launched into a seemingly endless chase around the world by an unknown enemy. The funny thing is, the book ends while they are still on the run.
The pluses to this book is that Jason didn't progress any further with the romantic subplot introduced in the first book. Instead, he came up with a counter romantic subplot. Neither is ever resolved.
Though the book seems to be continued, I don't think Jason has any plans to continue it and he shouldn't. If he doesn't have anymore good ideas, he should stop. If he does, he should move on from this series.
1.5 stars
After this scene, which was the preview in the back of Monday Night Jihad, Jason discards that idea and moves on to another about Muslim sleeper cells being awakened throughout America to destroy certain targets. It goes on about this, giving different examples.
Then the main characters are launched into a seemingly endless chase around the world by an unknown enemy. The funny thing is, the book ends while they are still on the run.
The pluses to this book is that Jason didn't progress any further with the romantic subplot introduced in the first book. Instead, he came up with a counter romantic subplot. Neither is ever resolved.
Though the book seems to be continued, I don't think Jason has any plans to continue it and he shouldn't. If he doesn't have anymore good ideas, he should stop. If he does, he should move on from this series.
1.5 stars
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