Kill Zone: Book One in the War Games Series [Mass Market Paperback]

Vicki Hinze (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2009 | Series: War Games Series

Dr. Morgan Cabot—the intuitive psychologist head of a new Secret Assignment Security Specialist corps—moves her unit front and center to combat the latest attack by terrorist and black market intelligence broker Thomas Kunz in this latest captivating thriller. Kunz's target is United States Air Force Captain Jackson Stern, or so Morgan thinks. Could it also be Bruce Stern, Jackson’s brother who was recently arrested for murdering his wife Laura? Double-crossing, misinformation, and astonishing plot twists pile up as Morgan tries to determine if Jackson is on the level or working for Thomas, whether Bruce is a murderer or a victim, and exactly what Laura has to do with all of this.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Covert military operations combined with psychic abilities save this otherwise predictable romantic suspense novel, the first of a series from romance author Hinze (Her Perfect Life). Dr. Morgan Cabot, Jazie Craig and Taylor Lee form the Special Abilities Team (SAT), a super secret branch of the Secret Assignment Security Specialists (SASS). Their target is Thomas Kunz, the head of a thinly disguised terrorist organization called Group Resources for Individual Development (GRID) and one of the most dangerous operatives ever known. GRID has been using doubles to infiltrate positions of power in the government and steal sensitive information, and SAT is determined to stop the thefts. The paranormal Charlie's Angels concept will get readers interested, but flat characters and predictable intrigue and romance do little to keep them around. (July)
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"Readers will enjoy the first War Games with its paranormal battlefront. Vicki Hinze is a brilliant suspense writer."  —Harriet Klausner, MidwestBookReview.com

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Medallion Press; 1 Original edition (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934755613
• ISBN-13: 978-1934755617
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,569,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was raised in New Orleans. After I married a Hurricane Hunter/Special Ops officer, we and our children moved every few years. Some of those places? Mississippi (recently devastated by Hurricane Katrina); California; Illinois and Florida.

I've been writing full-time since 1987, have written over thirty books--novels and nonfiction--and for the last ten years or so, I've spent a lot of time teaching new writers or running mentoring programs like [e-mail], when I answer questions on the craft, business and writing life, sharing what I can to help. I also have a free online writers' library, ON WRITING, on my website:(www.vickihinze.com)that WritersZone members and others are welcome to use. Additional podcasts and feature articles are available there, too. I'm a sponsor of As a Mom--love their project teaching history--The Book Club Network, and of International Thriller Writers.

Between family and writing commitments, I don't have as much time for hobbies as I once did. My favorite? Home-improvement projects. I'm active in ITW, MWA, RWA, ACFW, NINC, ACRA, AG, AWSA and other writing organizations.

Blogs? Oh, yes. My Kitchen Table for chatting, On Writing about craft, business and the writing life. VICKI HINZE'S FAITH ZONE, on spirituality. THINKING ALOUD--a thought per day to ponder for the busiest among us. All are on my website at www.vickihinze.com/blog I love hearing from readers, typically via my website or Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vicki-Hinze/197809543636310) and Twitter ( http://twitter.com/vickihinze ).

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling Romp James Bond style, May 24, 2009

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Bonnie Toews "Heart Tugs ... at the crossroad... (Newcastle, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill Zone: Book One in the War Games Series (Mass Market Paperback)

Vicki has given us another rocket-paced military suspense in her War Games series. The first to introduce the concept of the diabolical Thomas Kunz--a terrorist and black marketeer bent on taking over the world by infiltrating the West's intelligence agencies with double agents--was BODY DOUBLE, followed by DOUBLE DARE, DOUBLE VISION and now KILL ZONE. The difference with Kunz' doubles is that they look and sound like the original agents but are actually people who have been mentally, physically and surgically altered to follow his orders and steal top-secret government information for him. This time Kuntz targets a special abilities team led by psychologist Morgan Cabot and her two associates, Taylor Lee and Jazie Craig, after they are assigned to solve the mysterious death of the wife of a U.S. biological warfare expert. This team of "intuitive" parapsychologists consults for Colonel Sally Drake who runs S.A.S.S.--Secret Assignment Security Specialists, a group of highly trained American operatives who work outside normal protocol to protect the United States, but the American public can never know of their existence. Using S.A.S.S. as her anchor, Vicki Hinze presents each book like an episode in a television series. Only her gift for creating superb characters carries our suspension of disbelief so we can enjoy these stories forged in what seems a bizarre concept of identity theft.

KILL ZONE entertains and dazzles, but after reading all four of the War Games series, I must confess I miss the Vicki Hinze military romantic suspense that first turned me into a loyal fan: SHADES OF GRAY, DUPLICITY, ACTS OF HONOR and ALL DUE RESPECT. In those she combined superb story-telling skills with literary grace and sensitivity. I was mesmerized by her prose as much as I was with her riveting intrigue. And then she wrote, HER PERFECT LIFE, and I was reminded of how she can depict the life of the men and women in the forces with such spiritual understanding while upholding literary standards above and beyond rules of suspense. This is her forte, and though I enjoy the War Game series, I yearn for her to return to books that drew me to her in the first place.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one does action like Vicki Hinze, May 21, 2009

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Debra Webb "Deb" (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kill Zone: Book One in the War Games Series (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is killer! Usually one of the things that bothers me about high action stories with kick-butt characters is the lack of deep emotion/dimension in the characters. I didn't have to worry about that with this one! Hinze knows how to build a character. The women are real. Real, brilliant, and determined! I can only hope that Hinze will do more books like this. Don't miss the opportunity for a skilled veteran author to show you how it's supposed to be done!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars War Games series, Book 5, May 26, 2009

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Kathy Carmichael "KC" (Gulf Coast of Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kill Zone: Book One in the War Games Series (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Hinze has done it again! She's created a fabulous thriller, with a unique plotline and characters you care about. Prepare to be up all night -- you're not going to put this one down!