Sundown by Susan May Warren

Sundown
by Susan May Warren

ISBN-13: 9780800739843
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Revell
Released: November 1st 2022

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled--and smart--woman.

A few of her stories prove true--he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside. Still, her story of survival seems too incredible to believe...until the thugs she claims to be hunting her show up and threaten Sky King Ranch. Now Tae must disappear, along with her secrets.

But Colt's not about to let her go it alone. And when they discover that her secrets include the antidote to a plague that threatens the world, it'll take all three Kingston brothers to save the country they've vowed to protect.


My Review:
Sundown is a Christian romantic suspense. It's the third book in a series and basically continued the stories of all three brothers, with a focus on Colt. Frankly, this was just a little too close to reality for me to enjoy it. Russian thugs were going to release an ancient strain of smallpox to start a pandemic, and the old smallpox vaccines wouldn't work against it. Tae had developed a promising vaccine, but it hadn't been tested on humans. Now, all of her notes and work have been destroyed. The Russians intend to kill her before she can reproduce it. Colt vowed to protect her, but he's still recovering from his previous injuries so characters from previous novels all get in on saving the world.

Tae was so certain that her vaccine was the only way to save the world that she didn't even consider that other things might get the job done. I understand it's her focus, but it drove me nuts. She knew vaccines usually take years of work and safety studies, but she didn't seem to think they really needed to do that with HER vaccine. She's thinking, 'my one human subject has survived 24 hours without noticeable side effects, so let's get an Emergency Use Authorization and mass vaccinate the whole world!!!!' She just seemed unrealistically, even recklessly confident. The author did somewhat redeem this by having the three brothers and Tae all learn that saving the world didn't depend solely on their abilities.

The suspense stayed high throughout the story as they battled to survive attacks and stop the terrorists. The characters were complex, realistic people, and I cared about what happened to them. They learned to trust God with their future. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this suspenseful novel.


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