Roberta Writes – Thursday Doors and a book review #ThursdayDoors #bookreview #readingcommunity

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This is the second last Thursday Doors challenge for 2023. I am taking the opportunity to share a few night time doors and a through the door picture. You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2023/12/07/military-stuff/

Veranda dining area at Madikwe Hills towards the lounge and bar area.

Reception area at Madikwe Hills at night

This is a picture of TC having coffee in the coffee shop at the hospital on Tuesday. I took it through the glass doors of the cake display cabinet.

This is a clip of a leopard tortoise sighting we had during our recent visit to Madikwe Game Reserve:

This is a YT short of a ground squirrel which I thought was very cute:

The Evil You Choose by Dan Antion

What Amazon says

The Evil You Choose

Zach Amstead has kept his ability to participate in lucid dreams a secret for over fifty years However, in the high-tech world of the 21st century, he has been discovered by an FBI Special Agent who has a corrupt agenda and who is willing to employ illegal tactics while working toward his goal.

Thomas Slocum gives Zach a choice – cooperate in an illegal operation or be treated as a terrorist. Slocum’s plan puts Zach on a collision course with organized crime leaders, a corrupt politician and brings innocent people into dangerous situations. Worse, the FBI process which allowed Slocum to uncover Zach’s abilities threatens to expose the abilities of his best friend, Billy.

Zach must get ahead of the FBI in a precarious race. He must protect Billy, and he must choose which criminals he can trust.

My review

The Evil You Choose is the second book in the Dreamer’s Alliance series and focuses on Zach and Billy as older retired men who have developed their different abilities over the years, and amended their lives accordingly.

Billy, in particular, is very interesting as he lives largely ‘off the radar’ but has advanced technology at his fingertips to investigate and learn about anything he wants too. I liked seeing how Billy’s intelligence had developed and how he ran rings around the FBI and the ‘powers that be’.

This book introduced a new character, Thomas J Slocum, an FBI agent with a personal agenda. Mr. Slocum has come across records from Zach’s time at the Pathway School and learned about his lucid dreams. With his access to information due to his job and position, he has learned interesting information about Zach’s movements and formed his own conclusions about the reasonableness and possibility of Zach’s lucid dreams. He uses this knowledge to coerce Zach into working for him. His aims are to investigate certain well connected crime families, in particular the DeLitos who are a part of Zach’s past, and bring them, and their government connections to justice. Mr. Slocum’s primary aim is to push his own career goals. There are others involved, however, who have their own, different personal agendas.

Zach believes he has no option but to assist Mr. Slocum and he engages the assistance of Billy, his brother, Mike, and his daughter, Abbie, to try to stay one step ahead of both the FBI and the crime families he is being forced to spy on.

I enjoyed the development in Abbie’s character and abilities in this second book. I’m feel certain her role in the series is going to increase and become more important.

The story is engaging and fast paced and although the story line of the FBI exploiting people with unusual abilities is not new, Zach’s lucid dreams is certainly a fresh angle for me and makes the entire story interesting and unusual.

You can purchase The Evil You Choose from Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCBQSHQZ

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      1. Oh! I am so pleased that they are both doing well , bless a dying duck in a thunderstorm that’s just so typical of the male of the species. I am so glad that the Dr is pleased with them 💜💜💜💜💜 I am still praying for them both and you and T 💜💜💜

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  15. Hi Robbie – thanks for sharing your doors selections, wildlife and review of The Evil You Choose. Dan’s book sounds like it has a lot of intrigue. I liked your videos – I haven’t seen a tortoise in action around here in a few years. Also, your squirrels are a little different from and cuter than ours – 😉

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  16. That looks like quite a high-domed tortoise. Our rain superstition around here is that when cows are lying down, it’s going to rain. (Not true.) Congratulations to Dan on your excellent review of The Evil You Choose!

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  18. Robbie, imagine my surprise. I was making notes about the doors, and the scenes around Madikwe Hills and the cool little videos and then I find your wonderful review of my book. I can’t tell yo how good this makes me feel. Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed the book and the way the characters have grown. You’ve made my day and warmed my heart. Thanks!

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    1. Hi DAn, I’m glad you like my review. I really like Billy, he is my favourite character. He reminds me of my son, Gregory, with his bank of computers and high intelligence. Madikwe Hills was a wonderful experience. It is more expensive than our usual haunts so it was a real treat.

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      1. It’s funny, Robbie. Billy was going to be a minor character when I first started working on the one book I was hoping to publish. The characters really took over this series. The nighttime photos from Madikwe Hills are really beautiful.

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  20. This is a marvelous review, Robbie. I’ve enjoyed Dan’s series a lot too.
    That’s a cool shot of TC through the display case. I’m amazed to see such lovely cakes (or any sort of food shop) in a hospital. Wow! But hospital…? I’m assuming a checkup, but hope all is going well. I apologize if I missed a post where you mentioned it. Big hugs.

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    1. Hi Teagan, I saw your review of this book of Dan’s. This is a private hospital and it has a restaurant and a pharmacy. Greg and Michael had surgeries on Tuesday. Both were long, 4-hours each, but both boys are recovering well. They see the doctor today.

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  24. Madikwe Hills looks like a beautiful place to visit, Robbie. Thanks for sharing some clips about the animals, too. And a wonderful review of Dan’s books. That one is coming up for me this month (you beat me to it!). Now, I’m really really looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and Congrats to Dan!

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