The story beginning the Solomon Stone series of espionage-thrillers. Meet Solomon Stone. Loner turned shadow agent. When Tom Brook offers a lift to a man walking absently along a darkening country road, he has no idea who he’s let into his car. What he does know is that he’s made a mistake, evident in the immediate fear he feels in the man’s presence. Before long, Tom is offered a dark bargain by … presence. Before long, Tom is offered a dark bargain by the stranger: a simple audition to wipe out his debts and begin a new life under a new identity. The identity: Solomon Stone. The mission: to track down individuals of interest and dismantle their lives.
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Ghostwalking : A Solomon Stone Prequel by E.G.Ellory
I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Whilst driving home one day, Tom can’t help noticing an older man walking along the darkening road ahead of him. As the stranger nears a dangerous sector of the road and against his better judgement, Tom picks up the suspect “ hitchhiker” who finally after some resistance requests to be dropped off at the Preaching Cross in the centre of the next town – Tom’s town…
When the stranger reappears uninvited in his kitchen a week later, Tom begins to realise their previous encounter was not by chance. He passes the most stressful and scariest evening of his life in the presence of an anonymous individual and is left with a proposal, one that would eradicate the total sum of his considerable debt. His suspicions at an all-time high, his once humdrum daily schedule is about to change as he makes the conscious decision to follow the man in black “down the rabbit hole”.
My thoughts on this book : This is an exciting introduction in the series, the next book being “First Storm: A Solomon Stone Thriller (Solomon Stone Thrillers Book 1)” .
It’s fast-paced action is written clearly and powerfully, the story flows well from start to finish giving the reader the appetite to continue.
I give Ghostwalking : A Solomon Stone Prequel 5 out of 5 stars.
A very intriguing, exciting book, Tom wonders what the odd man he has given a lift too is going to do, he is very suspicious, I feel this is definitely a must read, great characters and a story line that has you wanting to keep reading.
Love it.
This is a short,fast paced book with strong characters and an interesting story line. The author packs a punch in this introduction to Soloman Series and had me glued to the pages. I’m looking forward to reading more.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.
This introduction to Solomon Stone and his creation was suspenseful and evasive making him a truly intriguing character. I will definitely check out this series!
Ghostwalking is a prequel short story (42 pages) to a Solomon Stone thriller by E. G. Ellory. My interest in this story resulted from an email by the author to join his Advance Reader Team. I wanted to investigate the writing style before replying. Advance reading team commitments could overtake the monster known as the TBR shelf. Caution is in order. Published in April 2019, the story is available on Amazon for sale at USD 0.99 or as a free read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription. I find KU is a useful tool for investigating writing styles.
In Ghostwalking, the reader will not know the actual name of the narrator. “Odd Tom” is as close as the reader will come to a character name. Tom is a dull creature living a boring life. The only thing he has accomplished is wracking up debt. Returning home one evening, Tom sees a mysterious stranger clad in black walking alongside a road. For some reason not explained fully in the story, Tom offers the stranger a ride. The stranger knows all about Tom.
The stranger, name unknown until almost the end of the story, offers Tom a way out of debt. All Tom must do is show up for an audition and follow instructions to accomplish a task. No reason or purpose for the assignment is given. Questions are not allowed. Failure to show up for the audition will incur sanctions. It seems that there are people more odd than “Odd Tom.”
The writing style kept my attention but not for only good reasons. There are plot holes in more than one place. The first in this story is when Tom has knowledge previously not introduced. The stranger has given Tom a business card. The reader assumes a business card comes with standard information. Later we learn that Tom has gotten much more information from the card, such as the address of his “target,” the location of and map to the target, and a time when he should show up at a café near the goal.
The story’s presentation has enough mystery for a short story. It will be fun to see if this sense of a puzzle can be sustained at the level of a full novel. Due to plot holes, I gave this story three Amazon stars.