Soul Intent (Soul Identity) [Kindle Edition]

Dennis Batchelder (Author)

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Product Description

A VILLAIN’S REQUEST
In 1946, soon-to-be-executed Nazi General Hermann Goering asks young Soul Identity overseer Archibald Morgan to take his looted gold and deposit it in a soul line collection, there to await his soul’s rebirth.

A GRIM RESISTANCE
Flora, a seventeen-year-old Gypsy girl whose father died in the Dachau concentration camp, is sure that Goering stole the gold. She struggles to persuade Morgan to reject the Nazi’s deposit, but Morgan prevails.

A MYSTERIOUS THEFT
Sixty-four years have passed. A repentant Morgan opens Goering’s collection and discovers the gold is gone. In its place lies a cryptic journal. Morgan asks security expert Scott Waverly to find the thief and recover the gold.

A THRILLING ADVENTURE
Scott must race through Europe to uncover the elusive secrets of what really happened in Nuremberg… secrets that threaten to reopen old wounds, settle old scores, and lead to the gold’s—and his own soul’s—recovery.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 521 KB
• Publisher: NetLeaves (August 12, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002LH5BOU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,116 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Dennis Batchelder is a computer security architect. He lives with his family in Bellevue, Washington, and spends his off-hours working on the next Soul Identity novel.

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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He Shoots! He Scores!, August 28, 2009

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evpseeker (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Intent (Soul Identity) (Kindle Edition)

This is the first book review I've ever written outside of book reports for school many years ago. So, this review isn't going to be filled with a lot of fluff, terminology or $25 words. This will be a straightforward review written by your average book lover. So here goes.

After reading "Soul Identity" I had high hopes for "Soul Intent." I am happy to say I was not disappointed one bit. The book was well written, captivating, humorous, thought provoking and emotional. The author does an awesome job of giving you just enough facts and history about WWII to place you there but not bog you down with details that detract from the story. You'll find that you seamlessly travel between the past and the present without confusion. Thoughts of "what happens next?" will keep you turning the pages.

The characters are so well developed you will start to feel as if they are people you know and can relate to in real life. Flora is a fireball. She will have you laughing at her sharp tongue one minute then crying for her the next. Her triumphs are great, her sacrifices are greater.

Archie is a driven man with a vision. He's very by the book and uptight. There will be times you'll want to reach into the pages and smack him then the next thing you know you'll want to hug him. He is a very complex character that tries to hold it together at all times.

Let me ask you a few questions.

What would you do if you had to push aside every sense of right and wrong to follow a set of rules you were bound by? If you didn't follow those rules the price could be your life. How strong are your morals and ethics? Are you willing to die for what you believe is right? Could you deceive the person you love for 60 plus years and still look them in the eye every day? Would you help an evil Nazi that killed some of your family to carry on his Soul Line?

Have you ever had "opal fever?" You might after reading this book. Do you know how to kill a vampire so that it will stay dead? Yeah, you will after reading this book.

Most of all I ask you..... What would you leave in your Soul Line Collection? It's the biggest question I've asked myself at the end of both "Soul Identity" and "Soul Intent." As of right now I still do not have an answer for that question. One of these days I just know I'll come up with something so awesome that others will have Soul Line Collection envy. LOL

Bottom line, this is a GREAT book and Dennis Batchelder has gained a reader for life with me. I would give this book 10 stars if Amazon had it as an option. There's a little something for everyone in this book.

So, thank you for reading my review. Now click on out of here and buy both "Soul Identity" and "Soul Intent." With the very low price point of both you have no excuse not to, unless...... you are afraid to do a little "soul searching."

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Continuing the Story, August 23, 2009

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you know WHO (the Doctor) "Diane D" (Lancaster, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Soul Intent (Kindle Edition)

THis is one of those books that I probably would never have found without the Kindle Discussion board - what gems both Soul Identity and Soul Intent have turned out to be.

The story of Soul Identity was a great thriller. This book takes the characters on another journey by spending time in the past uncovering secrets. Without giving anything away, the story fleshes out the back story of the older characters and really makes them come alive. While the first book concetrated on the organization and how it worked this story is able to focus more on the characters involved.

I can't wait for another installment of the Soul Identity family.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than Soul Identity, August 22, 2009

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Soul Intent (Kindle Edition)

I have been looking forward to this sequel since I read Soul Identity and the author did not disappoint.

We meet the original characters again, but see some of them in a different perspective. The moral dilemma posed by Hermann Goering wanting to join Soul Identity is at the heart of this novel. Both Archie and Madame Flora are involved in the original transaction, and the events of 1946 shaped their lives and haunt them to the present day.

I like the way Mr. Batchelder switches back and forth between the past and the present. He not only keeps the story moving, but gives the reader a lot of insight into the both the characters and the events of the present as well as the past.

I enjoyed Soul Identity, which to me was a crime/caper novel, but Soul Intent has more depth and story than the original. At the end, I asked myself which won out; vision or passion. The answer for me is passion.

Highly recommended.