The Operator by Kim Harrison – Review & Giveaway

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Description:
On-the-run ex-agent Peri Reed returns bigger and bolder than ever in this second highly-anticipated installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s new suspense trilogy, The Peri Reed Chronicles.

Peri Reed’s job eats her mind, but for a special task agent in hiding, forgetting the past can be a blessing.

Betrayed by the man she thought she loved and the agency who turned her into the very thing she fought against, Peri abandoned the wealth and privilege of Opti for anonymity riddled with memory gaps and self-doubt. But when a highly addictive drug promises to end her dependency on those who’d use her as a tool for their own success, she must choose to remain broken and vulnerable, or return to the above-the-law power and prestige she once left: strong but without will—for whoever holds her next fix, will hold her loyalty.

Yet even now as then, a love based on lies of omission might still save her life.

Review:

The Operator by Kim Harrison is the 2^nd book in her Peri Reed Chronicles series.  The Operator is a futuristic sci-fi storyline that revolves around our heroine, Peri Reed.  The bases of this series is that Peri is a drafter, someone who can flip back in short periods of time, to change and reverse things.  The lone caveat is she loses her memory of the time she is drafting.  Peri worked for a government agency, loving her life, until she discovered she was being used by the crooked agency, and betrayed by someone she loved.  Since the first book (The Drafter), Peri, who managed to help bring down this government agency, has been living for a year, in a quiet peaceful life owning a high priced coffee shop. But her peace is short lived, as those from her past have found her.   Peri is now on the run from both her former Opti coworkers, and the CIA, who want Peri to help bring down the people behind Opti.

Bill, the man who handled Peri, tries to dangle a new found drug that will allow her to remember everything about her “jumps”, something she has always wanted; but she continues to fight the attraction of drafting, and the desire of doing what she originally loved.  The man who is in charge of the CIA investigation is no better, as he would keep her locked up.  So Peri must remain on the run, despite visits from former friends and lovers, whom she cannot trust.  During one of these attempts, Peri is darted with a drug that will addict her, causing her bouts of agony.  Will Peri give in and go back to Bill and his gang?

Michael is another of the main characters, who is also a “drafter, and who wants to get the drug that will make him more powerful.  He will do anything to get what he wants, and on his agenda is to kill Peri, who he feels still stands in his way.  Jack and Silas are two people who profess to love Peri, with the latter trying to help her.

What follows is an extremely exciting and intense action filled story that will hold you on the edge of your seat most of the way.  There were a number of great characters, besides the ones I mentioned, with many being evil.  I loved Peri, as she was a tough kick-ass heroine, who must face danger at every turn.  Who are really the good guys, and who can she really trust? 

The exciting climax to this story settle some issues, but it does leave things open.  This is a trilogy, and I cannot wait to see how things will end for Peri.  The Operator was wonderfully written by Kim Harrison.

Reviewed by Barb

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