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TechnoThriller – Force Nine by Chris H Stevenson #melangebooks #forcenine #chrishstevenson

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MY REVIEW

The main reason I chose to read Force Nine by Chris H Stevenson is because of the main character, Diane Nine. She’s twenty nine years old, a comic book artist, and a paraplegic.

Chester “Chet” Strauss is also an intriguing character. He’s an engineer…and a traitor. He has developed a combat exoskeleton. Immediately made me think of Avatar, though the storylines are nothing alike. It does, however, make it easier to visualize the workings of the exoskeleton. Chet has manipulated Diane into becoming his human experiment.

Diane has escaped Chet’s clutches with his exoskeleton suit and he will stop at nothing to get it back. Can she be rescued before he gets his clutches on her? Only time will tell. Enter a CIA weapons analyst who joins the party in Diane’s quest to escape Cuba, with the suit, during a hurricane. A great storm always adds a little something extra to a great story.

Force Nine was a refreshing break from the murder and fantasy mayhem that seem to be my mainstay. It mashes politics and terrorism into a technothriller that kept me rapidly ‘flipping pages’. The action is intense and the danger is off the charts.

My thanks go out to Chris H Stevenson for the opportunity to read Force Nine.

 

4 Stars

AMAZON SYNOPSIS

Twenty-nine-year-old Diane Nine, a nationally famous comic book artist and writer, has been a paraplegic since the age of five. Her life is upended when she meets the mysterious Chester “Chet” Strauss.

Chet is a brilliant freelance engineer who has created a revolutionary combat exoskeleton capable of reshaping global military warfare. But he is also a nefarious traitor. Through deception, he manipulates Diane into smuggling the suit out of the country and into the hands of a ruthless communist triad.

Accompanied by her massage therapist and her caregiving secretary, Diane finds herself stranded in Cuba, fighting for survival against terrorists and a Category Five hurricane. Bound to the exoskeleton, she becomes a walking weapon of mass destruction—driven by a single goal: escape the island with the suit.

Her only hope lies in a curious CIA weapons analyst who literally stumbles into her path and joins the melee. As the U.S. military closes in, deploying overwhelming force just short of declaring war, the situation spirals into chaos. The ultimate dilemma remains: the military must find the foursome before it can help them—if it’s not already too late.

  • Genre: Fiction, Politics, Suspense, Technothriller, Terrorism, Thriller
  • 319 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published April 13, 2026 by Melange Books

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I’m baaaack, after Hurricane Sally #hurricanesally

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This is just a quick update to let you know, we made it through the hurricane in one piece. It was frightening and power had been lost from the 16th to the 20th. I will be sharing pics and videos later, but right now we are still doing cleanup and I will be catching up on missed blogging events as soon as I can.

Til then, stay safe and take care.

Teaser Tuesday #49 – Hurricane Crimes by Chrys Fey

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TeaserTuesdays-ADailyRhythm3Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of adailyrhythm.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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Hurricane Crimes by Chrys Fey

I am fudging again this week on the Teaser Tuesday to give you a review for this wonderful romantic short story, Hurricane Crimes by Chrys Fey.

I have read Chry Fey’s work and love her short stories.

This cover is so awesome.

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Cover Art:  Kim Mendoza

MY REVIEW

I live in Florida, so anything to do with a hurricane interests me. I have been through more than one hurricane, but unlike Beth in Hurricane Crimes, I have not been through a Category 5 hurricane like Sabrina. As if the storm isn’t enough, there is a murderer on the loose.

The evacuation order had been given, but Beth had nowhere to go and no way to get there, so she stocked up on necessities and hunkered down to weather it out.

As she watched the storm out her window, she saw the car slam into the tree. Of course, she had to go out and check on the driver. What would you have done?

Its not necessarily the wind and water that will kill you, but the blowing debris.

As the power struggled to stay on, she heard, Donovan Goldwyn –  murder suspect.

Uh oh, he was here, in her home. What would you do? It’s almost like you have no choice but to play along. There is no one to help, no one to call, no one …

Would the storm affect your emotions and your libido…the danger, the adrenaline, the fear of death.

Chrys had me on a seesaw, yes he’s a murderer, no he’s not, yes he is, no he isn’t.

Chrys Fey does an excellent job describing Hurricane Sabrina and the destruction it brings in its wake. The ending is fantastic and I would wait out a hurricane with you, Chrys, any time.

This little novella has it all. A gorgeous cover, a captivating title, a hot guy and a not so defenseless woman stranded in a category five hurricane.

I picked this up on an Amazon free day and considered myself lucky.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos  4 Stars

SYNOPSIS
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*Hurricane Crimes is a short story.*

After her car breaks down, Beth Kennedy is forced to stay in Florida, the target of Hurricane Sabrina. She stocks up supplies, boards up windows, and hunkers down to wait out the storm, but her plan unravels when she witnesses a car accident. Risking her life, she braves the winds to save the driver. Just when she believes they are safe, she finds out the man she saved could possibly be more dangerous than the severe weather.

Donovan Goldwyn only wanted to hide from the police, but the hurricane shoved his car into a tree. Now he’s trapped with a beautiful woman while the evidence that can prove his innocence to a brutal crime is out there for anyone to find.

As Hurricane Sabrina wreaks havoc, Beth has no other choice but to trust Donovan to stay alive. But will she survive, or will she become another hurricane crime?

Chrys Fey writes amazing short stories, novellas. Check out my reviews:

Ghost of Death by Chrys Fey

Witch of Death by Chrys Fey

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