Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson – Review

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Description:
In a world where everything you see and hear is recorded by an implant in your brain, Friday Barnes has seen something she shouldn’t. And now everyone either wants her dead or to steal what’s locked in her memory banks. She has no choice but to take poison that will block recall of the information, but it will also kill her in four days if she can’t reach the antidote. She’ll need the help of a ruthless mercenary if she has any chance at survival. 

The last thing Striker wants to do is draw attention to his team and their special abilities. Helping Friday will do exactly that. She’s hard-headed, smart, and a walking dead woman. But when he discovers what’s in her head, there’s no way he’s going to leave her behind. They’re in a race against time to save both the information and Friday, but Striker has secrets of his own that could kill them all.

Review:

Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson is a Sc-Fi book (not read one in a while), and the first book in her new Red Zone series.    This reads a little like Johnny Mnemonic and Total Recall. 

In the future your brain let’s you download and store EVERYTHING you see and hear, and Friday overheard something that she really shouldn’t have!!! Taking a poison to stop the “downloading the hardware” in her brain, she now needs to cross “The Red Zone” to get the antidote, otherwise she’s dead in four days….. and the best man for the job is Striker. 

He’s a mercenary/smuggler, and a good one, but his team have secrets and abilities that he doesn’t want found out. And helping Friday will bring both Striker and his team under scrutiny, but how can he not? The secrets that she holds in her brain are too important to ignore. And as the story unfolds, Friday becomes important to his team as well as Striker. 

So what’s Friday seen? Who wants it and Friday erased? 

What is the secret Striker is so hard to hide from everyone? 

Will they cross the Red Zone in time? 

A well thought out story, and nicely written, the characters were really well thought out. The camaraderie between Striker and his team, the chemistry between Friday and Striker, very descriptive and narrated well. 

I did have a few small issues …. I felt more background was needed with Striker and his team, and maybe a little more on why the Red Zone is called The Red Zone!!! 

Reviewed by Julie B.

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