The first novel in an explosive new series inspired by Robert Ludlum’s Bourne universe, The Treadstone Resurrection introduces an unforgettable hero and the shadowy world that forged him…Treadstone made Jason Bourne an unstoppable force, but he’s not the only one.Operation Treadstone has nearly ruined Adam Hayes. The top-secret CIA Black Ops program trained him to be an all but invincible … trained him to be an all but invincible assassin, but it also cost him his family and any chance at a normal life. Which is why he was determined to get out. Working as a carpenter in rural Washington state, Adam thinks he has left Treadstone in the past, until he receives a mysterious email from a former colleague, and soon after is attacked by an unknown hit team at his job site.
Adam must regain the skills that Treadstone taught him–lightning reflexes and a cold conscience–in order to discover who the would-be killers are and why they have come after him now. Are his pursuers enemies from a long-ago mission? Rival intelligence agents? Or, perhaps, forces inside Treadstone? His search will unearth secrets in the highest levels of government and pull him back into the shadowy world he worked so hard to forget.
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An intense and electrifying espionage adventure… a worth addition to the Ludlum bookshelf.
Top notch spy thriller. Was very hard to put down. Escapism at its best.
It was too bloody for me. I didn’t care for it at all.
The author did a great job of keeping up the story line.
Pretty good read. Not as goo as the original Bourne series but still pretty good story and great characters.
one sitting read
Great
The Treadstone Resurrection by Joshua Hood
What if you had worked for Uncle Sam for years, been a lethal human weapon and finally decided to return to normal live to spend time with your family? What if the life you had lead in the military had made it difficult to be as you once were but you were doing everything in your power to return to a simpler more loving life with wife and son and then one day it all fell apart and every skill you had put behind you was suddenly required again? That happened ot Adam Hayes in this first book of a new series based on the training ground Bourne went through in the trilogy about him written long ago.
Having read the trilogy I was interested to see what a spin-off book might be like written by a man with military skills in his arsenal and set in the present. And, I am glad I read this book though sometimes for some reason it reminded me of the movies Expendables and A-Team. It is my opinion that when reading fiction one sometimes has to leave reality, believability and plausibility behind and just enjoy the ride and not dissect whether or not one man could realistically do all that Hayes did.
What I liked:
* Adam Hayes: He seemed like a good man who had been given a raw deal. I would love for him to have a nice safe life with his wife and son but it seems highly unlikely in the series this book introduces
* Deano & his wife: wonderful people that were good friends to Adam
* The introduction of Waters and JT – they might show up in future books in the series
* Some of the people introduced that played parts in the story: Boggs, Ford, Izzy, Shaw
* That good prevailed over evil
* The action scenes were believable
* That when the book ended I wondered what would happen next
What I wanted to know
* How Hayes get all of the gear to Venezuela when he parachuted in
* How many others from Treadstone might be around to show up in future books
* More of Hayes’s backstory
What I didn’t like:
* The bad guys I was meant not to like
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
Thank you to Head of Zeus & Midas Public Relations for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4 Stars
The perfect high-octane thriller.
Thanks to edelweiss.com, the author Joshua Hood and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the advance review ARC for my honest review.
It was the late author Bill Crider, with his ‘Outrage at Blanco’ novel that made me love revenge stories so much and in away revenge stories for me will always be a tribute to him.
This was my first read from author Joshua Hood. Although I must confess that I have both of his Search and Destroy series books buried on my TBR read list, most definitely will be reading them and anything else he writes.
‘The Treadstone Resurrection’, definitely was my type of book, it’s like the reader’s on a roll coaster, with it’s nonstop fast pace, full of twist and turns, it’s tension filled, overloaded with action, gripping, just builds to a great conclusion and best of all is the good verse evil theme.
Just got hooked into the story, has storyline that could be ripped out of today’s headlines, just from the start with injured operative Nick Ford, who sends a message to his best friend in Military days Adam Hayes and too know more you’ll have too read this one.
I will say that Adam Hayes is a likable character, he lost his family due to his service, he’s damaged, wants to get out and tough as nails. You’ll also be thinking about Jason Bourne, due to the Treadstone 71 references but ‘The Treadstone Resurrection’ stands on it’s own and author Joshua Hood’s writing is brilliant.
He’s my newest favorite author, definitely will read anything he writes, highly recommend this one and sure he has a legend smilin’ down on him.