The Last Second

Warning! Don't start this one at night if you expect to go to sleep. This is a fast paced read you will not be able to put down until you finish it, at least that was the case for me. I picked it up late Saturday afternoon and finished it early Sunday morning before I was able to finally go to bed. Sleep, no way! This is a thought provoking and spine tingling thriller and crazy, crazy fast paced. It takes place over only 4 days (I think) and WOW, a lot happens through these pages. Dr. Nevaeh Patel, a former astronaut is convinced she was saved by aliens while on a space walk and now she must release an EMP that was launched on a satellite and that along with the Holy Grail that was recently discovered can save her and give her immortality (seriously). This brings in FBI Special Agents Dummond and Caine and it is their job to stop this and they are at their best in this one. Hang on to your bits as you are reading this one! This one thrill ride after another and a fast one too! **Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

This was one great read from start to finish. Could not put it down, it had fast pace action and laughter from beginning to end. This is one the Best series on the market...Loved It..Next..

4.5 Stars Review by Heather Late Night Reviewer Up All Night w/ Books Blog The Last Second by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison is a science-fiction thriller. Nicholas Drummond and Michaela (Mike) Caine are back (introduced in The Sixth Day) and trying to save the world from a nuclear EMP. Dr. Neveah Patel is a brilliant woman and the biggest mistake NASA ever made was to ground her. She actually accomplished the goal of space travel, to communicate with an interstellar species, the Numen, and NASA doesn’t want to hear about it or for anyone else to either. Dr. Patel is then forced to show NASA and the world how wrong they have been and to make the Earth silent. Silent, so we can all hear the Numen for ourselves. Nike and Mike are in a breathless race against time to stop the deployment of the EMP and capture Dr. Patel before she wreaks such havoc on Earth that we might never recover from. The regular characters (Michaela and Nick and Grant and Kitsune Thornton) are likable and we are definitely rooting for them to succeed, but Dr. Neveah Patel is probably my favorite character. Is she mentally ill? And, if so, was she before she went to space or did something happen on her space walk? If she’s not mentally ill, is she evil? Part of me, really wanted her to be right, but as the book progresses she becomes harder and harder to identify with. As with some science-fiction, a certain suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy this book. The idea that someone could launch such a catastrophic device (nuclear EMP) into space even via a private space company is ridiculous, but once you get past that the story is fast-paced and engaging. I highly recommend The Last Second, it will definitely keep the pages turning until the end.