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The Archangel Project (2008)

by C.S. Graham(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061351202 (ISBN13: 9780061351204)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Harper

series

Jax Alexander Mystery

review 1: Read this because I have read a lot of Candice proctor's other book (st. Cyr mysteries and her historical romances) and loved them. She is simply just a good writer. So I figured I had to check these our too. As I figured it was pretty good. Some of the government stuff was a little over my head (I know I should really be more up on it). But I think half of it was me just worrying that I wasn't making connections that I should with their fake character to real people. I liked both characters but I would of liked a little more Jax we don't met him right away and I found him interesting enought that I wanted more.
review 2: This story was a twist on the girl next door type of story. Our Heroine, October "Tobie" Guinness is a remote viewer (she sees things) who ... moreis a Navy veteran, wounded in action (by friendly fire) then discharged with a mental disorder, referred to as a "phsyco discharge". She is young, so many of her inabilities to comprehend the actions she needs to take, or not take, are forgivable on those grounds alone.Unlike other books, this does not make her a superstrong, super brainy type. She is just an innocent young woman who stumbled into a bad situation with an extremely covert operation.This story takes a twist on the national mindset from the 9-11 attacks, and takes us from the backwaters of New Orleans (what IS it about that city?), leads us to the Capitol in DC, and gives us glimpses into the thoughts and mindsets of several innocents who are pawns to a greater power. In this story, Tobie is being coached to utilize her skill at seeing things – call it telepathy, call it ESP or remote viewing or just crazy insight. As a result of her ability, she is dragged into the national conspiracy and we see her running from the people out to get her. Here is where the issue of her youth comes into play, as she does not understand the dynamics of conspiracy, although she is friends with a conspiracy nut. Her helpers are varied, so she is not totally alone, which is good. As an innocent, she needs that, and as an innocent on the run, only those willing to step in can assist her. I do like that she lets instinct guide her, and doesn't just charge headlong into an activity or event that could jeopardize her, although there were times when I could see that something was not going to turn out well. I also liked that she is not an open book, and although we are told about her family, she does not immediately run to them for help and protection, which bodes well for her as a person and an adult. There was a series of events, leading from a fairly innocent confrontation to a final confrontation, all of which built on each other in a believable, although chilling, manner, flowing from scene to scene in a trail that, as mentioned, crosses the country. I liked that, even though there are a series of bad guys, they all have touches that make them human and not just evil killers. They are family men with children and loved ones, they have goals, they have plans.The only issue that I had with this story as a whole is that there are only a handful of females, and most were not seen "on stage". Overall though, this book is well written, dealing with human issues and greed, national plots, and power hungry tycoons. There are several characters that I would have liked more information on, from the national scene to the main characters. Although we get quite a bit of background on Tobie, the books glosses over her military career. It touches on her age, and thinking back now, I am confused as to how old she really was. At some point it mentions 21, which does not jive with having dropped out of college 2 months prior to graduation (we know she is not a prodigy, as the story makes the point that she was never an ace student.) I would like to have some of the detail on the secondary character known as "Jax". On the cover and in the description he is described as a "disgraced CIA agent" although that is not accurate: he isn't disgraced, just out of favor. We get background and family touches for some of the villains, and get information on family connections and friends of the powers, but Jax is a mystery. We do have snippets of information about his past, with operations he was involved with in Colombia, but we don't get enough to get a real picture of him. I really liked that Jax is hands off with Tobie. She is a nut in his opinion, supported by her medical discharge. As a final touch, my copy had the first 2 chapters from the next book, which I will definitely be reading, and will hopefully learn more about Jax, his family and friends, and also get a chance to know more about the background and family of our main character.A good story, well written and presented, with a touch of the paranormal, built into a city which has had some hard knocks in the last decade, and supported by a cast of characters, some likeable, some not, woven together with touches of humor, to give us a rounded plot about an intriguing subject. less

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