From goodreads.com:
Crown of Souls (Tox Files
#2)
by
Ronie
Kendig (Goodreads
Author)
Six months after stopping a
deadly plague, Cole "Tox" Russell and his team are enjoying a little rest. That
peace is short-lived when a sniper shot hits Tox. The enemy is discovered to be
one of their own, a rogue Special Forces team operator.
Alec King is perhaps the only person as skilled as Tox, and he's out for justice. Furious with orders that got his men killed, he intends to make those responsible pay. And he insists Tox join him, believing they are the same breed of soldier.
Afraid his old friend is right, Tox battles a growing darkness within himself as he and his team engage in another deadly encounter with antiquity. It appears Alec is cheating--he's using a mysterious artifact, a crown that history has linked to some of the worst slaughters in humanity. Racing to stop Alec before his vengeance is unleashed, Tox must fight the monster without becoming one.
Alec King is perhaps the only person as skilled as Tox, and he's out for justice. Furious with orders that got his men killed, he intends to make those responsible pay. And he insists Tox join him, believing they are the same breed of soldier.
Afraid his old friend is right, Tox battles a growing darkness within himself as he and his team engage in another deadly encounter with antiquity. It appears Alec is cheating--he's using a mysterious artifact, a crown that history has linked to some of the worst slaughters in humanity. Racing to stop Alec before his vengeance is unleashed, Tox must fight the monster without becoming one.
Leona's Review:
My first read by Ronie Kendig.and was very
impressed. I have not yet read the first book of the series but this was a stand
alone read.
I became interested because it had the words
"artifact" and "antiquity" as part of the description of the book. My major in
college is archaeology.
This book seemed to have it all. Mystery,
military, love, friends, loyalty, enemies, Biblical, secret missions, treasure,
history, archaeology and artifacts.
At the beginning of the book, Tox (Cole Russell)
is shot in the shoulder by a sniper and Tox is sure that the person who shot him
could have killed him if they intended to do so. He is sure it is his old
friend, Alex King.
Tox tries to protect his girlfriend, Haven, from
the beginning. Haven and her brother, Ram, join with others on the adventure
journey that takes the reader to many places from Virginia Beach,
Virginia; Arlington, Virginia, Stuttgart, Germany; Pentagon, Virginia;
Jerusalem, Israel; Washington, D.C.; Russell Estate, Maryland; CIA Headquarters,
Fairfax County, Virginia; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Reston, Virginia; El Gorah,
Egypt; A Village in Egypt; Somewhere Over the Mediterranean; Baghdad, Iraq; FOB
Stryker, Baghdad, Iraq; Nimruz Province, Afghanistan; Undisclosed Location;
Nimrud, Iraq (ancient Kalhu); Israel; SAARC JET (308); Qal'at Sherqat, Iraq;
Somewhere Over Iraq; Outside Mosul, Iraq; Outside Nimrud, Iraq; National Museum
of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq; Outskirts of Mosul, Iraq; Airstrip Outside London; SAARC
Headquarters, Northern Virginia; Unknown Location; Somewhere Over the Middle
East and ends on Day 33. Many places are revisited.
It also takes us back in time to 1170 AD in
Syria, 1172 AD in Syria, 1173 AD in Syria, 1178 AD to Acre, Israel, 1178 AD
to Tveria, Israel, 1180 AD Somewhere in Syria and 1187 Tveria,
Israel.
Crown of Souls is a real page turner. I received
a complimentary copy from Ronie Kendig and Bethany House Books to read and
review it I chose to do so. The opinions are my own.
I give this a 5 star rating and it is a book I
would re-read.
Ronie Kendig may be found at roniekebdig.com,
goodreads.com and also Christianbook.com
Leona Olson
http://www.mnleona.blogspot.com
