Review of Zona: The Forbidden Land
Posted: 16 Sep 2021, 12:07
[Following is a volunteer review of "Zona: The Forbidden Land" by Fred G. Baker.]
Grant Taylor is a professor from Elmhurst, which is near Chicago, and the nephew to the supposedly deceased explorer, Randall.
Zona: The Forbidden Land tells a story about the death, or perhaps a fake declaration of the death of Grant Taylor's uncle, Randall, and Taylor's resolve to uncover the truth. Dr. Taylor's uncle was declared dead after failing to return from his final expenditure in Siberia. Taylor, being the heir to his estate, travels down to Russia to get things to do with his deceased uncle's estate sorted. On arriving there, he begins to get suspicious that things might not be as they seem. He starts to feel that some secrets are being prevented from getting out and some mysteries are to be uncovered in Zona. He decides to go down this road. In his resolve to find out what really happened, he joins the last surviving member of the last expenditure his uncle went on. So, led by Colonel Volkov and accompanied by Irina Ustinov alongside her driver and bodyguard, Yuri, Dr. Grant Taylor of Elmhurst set out on a mission to find the truth or better still, find his uncle.
Fred G. Baker tells a really good story in this book. The way he describes characters, places, cultures, and such is on a league of its own. Permit to say, when it comes to descriptions, Fred is second to none. I love the way he gave technical details and how he related that to the plot. I also really loved the plot itself. The mystery it contains and the suspense build-up made this book so much more worth the time I spent reading it. I enjoyed every minute of reading this book. I am quite sure this book would keep so many readers up throughout the night.
It is a bit of a task to find something wrong with this book. I was able to find one thing though and it was with the plot itself. I do not like how the members of the expedition team kept causing problems for themselves due to their drinking habits.
The author has done a great job in this book. I found this book very absorbing and this leads me to say that other writers would have to be very creative to match this level of storytelling. I also appreciated the fact that the book is well edited. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
This book has won me over and I recommend it to lovers of suspense and mystery novels. I am pretty confident it will win you over too.
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Zona: The Forbidden Land
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Grant Taylor is a professor from Elmhurst, which is near Chicago, and the nephew to the supposedly deceased explorer, Randall.
Zona: The Forbidden Land tells a story about the death, or perhaps a fake declaration of the death of Grant Taylor's uncle, Randall, and Taylor's resolve to uncover the truth. Dr. Taylor's uncle was declared dead after failing to return from his final expenditure in Siberia. Taylor, being the heir to his estate, travels down to Russia to get things to do with his deceased uncle's estate sorted. On arriving there, he begins to get suspicious that things might not be as they seem. He starts to feel that some secrets are being prevented from getting out and some mysteries are to be uncovered in Zona. He decides to go down this road. In his resolve to find out what really happened, he joins the last surviving member of the last expenditure his uncle went on. So, led by Colonel Volkov and accompanied by Irina Ustinov alongside her driver and bodyguard, Yuri, Dr. Grant Taylor of Elmhurst set out on a mission to find the truth or better still, find his uncle.
Fred G. Baker tells a really good story in this book. The way he describes characters, places, cultures, and such is on a league of its own. Permit to say, when it comes to descriptions, Fred is second to none. I love the way he gave technical details and how he related that to the plot. I also really loved the plot itself. The mystery it contains and the suspense build-up made this book so much more worth the time I spent reading it. I enjoyed every minute of reading this book. I am quite sure this book would keep so many readers up throughout the night.
It is a bit of a task to find something wrong with this book. I was able to find one thing though and it was with the plot itself. I do not like how the members of the expedition team kept causing problems for themselves due to their drinking habits.
The author has done a great job in this book. I found this book very absorbing and this leads me to say that other writers would have to be very creative to match this level of storytelling. I also appreciated the fact that the book is well edited. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
This book has won me over and I recommend it to lovers of suspense and mystery novels. I am pretty confident it will win you over too.
******
Zona: The Forbidden Land
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon