Smoke and flames erupt over the city of Chicago. FBI Agent Nick Catlin watches helplessly as their only lead straps on a glider and leaps off a high rooftop, soaring toward Lake Michigan. They’ve lost him, again. The crime scenes always fit the same pattern—five babies are among the casualties. Fourteen months later, though, in New York, no infant bodies are found. Nick’s gut tells him the killer was somehow interrupted in his work and that he won’t stop until he tracks down those children and finishes what he started.
Oklahoma rancher Leigh Barrus is barely making ends meet when his estranged niece, Janet, shows up at his ranch with five babies in tow. The terrifying tale she tells him about genetic experiments is only the beginning of the shocking truths….
A gripping sci-fi thriller
for all ages
Excerpt
Nick watched from a distance for a couple of hours as firemen fought back the flames coming from the building. The scene was chaos. Crowds of onlookers and every news crew in the city stood at the barricades fighting to get a better look.
“We’ve discovered several bodies so far in the fire,” the police chief reported.
Just like the other two times.
Nick asked, “How many of them were babies?”
Shooting a stunned look at Nick, the police chief replied, “At least three so far. How did—”
“Keep searching. There’ll be five, Chief, and at least ten or more adults. Always.”
Nick let out a sigh and walked away before anything more could be said. He was disgusted with himself. He felt like a failure. This was the third mass murder in just over twenty months, and they were still in the dark as to who was behind it.
Professional Reviews
The Unwanted Trilogy: Book One
As the book gets underway, Janet finds herself suddenly tossed in the air like a rag doll landing hard upon the cement as explosions rent the air around her in Poughkeepsie, while 5 dolls of the human kind, lie in the backseat, wailing and afraid. As explosion after explosion continues, Janet knows only one thing...she has to get herself and her precious cargo out of there and now!
In the backseat awakens friend and fellow caretaker, Michele with a blinding headache. The two had moved the infants to safety, but suddenly it occurs to both women that they are riding in not only a stolen Jeep, but in one that belonged to an officer of the law. If the badge in the ashtray were any indication, they had rushed from one kind of trouble to another and now that they had stolen the Jeep, they couldn't very well tell the police what had really happened before the explosion and seek safety there.
Michele and Janet discuss their options, and Janet suggests they take the children to her uncles home in Newburgh to think things out, so they can do what is right for the children. Little do Janet nor Michele realize that though they were not five ordinary children, but children who would prove to be a challenge in ways they had never dreamed possible. All the time, the children and the two women who whisked them away from peril would be in danger along with their young charges.
Rarely do I read a book that grabs me from the first sentence and keeps me so enthralled that I spend the night like a kid, under the covers with a flashlight wanting to finish it all, yet sad and disappointed when the final page is turned. But this book is exactly that!
At an age where most responsible adults sleep the requisite 8 hours a night, I actually saw the dawn rise as I shut the book on what promises to be a fantastic, imaginative and thrilling trilogy. In fact, I wish the author hadn't limited himself to a "trilogy" as I could see the premise and characters extending on as Lee Child's "Reacher" does, with endless adventures and thrills and surprises around every corner.
The writing of Daniel L. Carter is such that the reader is pulled into the lives of the adults in this story, as they discover each new facet of the children and as they face conflicts due to these facets. To be a part of the story, is a rare talent but one Carter uses with finesse.
I will stop here in talking about the book and will not tell more of the plot in this review. For as to do so would cheat the reader out of one of the most exciting and riveting "new" books I have read in a long time. With other authors jumping on the "vampire story" train, writer Daniel L. Carter thrusts the reader into a world that is so unbelievable that it suddenly becomes believable. Giving each character within this book a personality that grows and fleshes out in such a manner that the reader actually feels a part of the action, is a talent and gift that makes this book one not to be missed. If you are like myself, enjoying books both riveting and "on the edge of your seat" exciting, then this is the book for you.
I wholeheartedly endorse and recommend this book for all ages from teens through adults. It is a refreshing change from the "vampire of the month" books and opens doors to exciting possibilities in the soon to be released (I hope) installments in this trilogy. Bravo, Mr. Carter!....you have a winner here. In word, action and deed, your characters have captured the attention and respect of this reviewer and in my world, that says a lot!
And to the reader, I say only one thing...buy this book, you won't be sorry!
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