Task Force Valor
Explosive Ordnance Disposal–The Bomb Squad
As the global war on terror heats up, the U.S. deploys a team of highly trained special operators overseas to locate and neutralize threats, bringing EOD expertise to dangerous missions that have no room for error.
A DEADLY EXPLOSIVE
A new specialty explosive is on the black market: ITEB looks like water, but when it’s exposed to air, the effects are lethal! The United States government is frantic to keep it from our shores. Staff Sergeant Euripides “Rip” Rubio knows how destructive ITEB can be. He has already risked his life to thwart a horrific terrorist plot involving the chemical. Now Task Force Valor heads to Panama, on the trail of an arms dealer who plans to use ITEB to make a killing–literally.
AN ADVENTURE ABROAD
Fernanda Lerida is a University of Panama grad student who jumps at the chance to join a biological expedition to a mysterious former prison island. But the snakes, bugs, and crocodiles are soon the least of her worries as the group stumbles upon something they were not meant to see. To make matters worse, Fernanda soon finds herself alone and being pursued by an unseen foe.
A RISKY RESCUE
When Rip’s path collides with Fernanda’s, they find themselves caught in the midst of a brutal turf war. Can they use the chaos to their advantage, or will one false step set the entire island ablaze?
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Sexual Content - 2/5
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Violence - 3/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
From: Isaac Scego
Book Title: Island Inferno
Book Author: Chuck Holton
What do you like about this book:
Summery::
After I finish the last page of Island Inferno, I am unsure of what to think. It is a well-written adventure story with semi-believable characters that demonstrates the redemption God offers us. Reading through some of the reviews, people say it was a "combination of Clive Cussler and James Bond." Unfortunately, it is a little too much like James Bond. Enticed with numerous sexual scenes and confrontations, I am left wondering if the pros outweigh the cons, or vice versa. In fact, excluding the occasional Bible-talk, I would be left wondering if it was a Christian book at all.
Along with its obvious flaws, there is nothing truly original about this novel. It's a string of familiarity weaved with different characters and family situations. And, although entertaining, it gives the reader a strange, perhaps tiring sense of deja vu. Even though this story has its thrills and action, I'm not positive that it's worth the constant, unavoidable sexual shenanigans happening in it.
Sexual Content::
Rip is obviously a bit of a womanizer, "changing girlfriends like I change socks." It is made clear that he has more than one girlfriend at a time, and makes out with one of them on the couch. The scene is cut short by another one of his girlfriends. Men are said to have wives and mistresses. And Rip's thirteen-year-old sister is found flirting with gang members, wearing provocative clothing. Throughout the book, he had mental pictures of her laying down with one of them, and when she doesn't come home one night, it is indicated that she spent the night with the gang leader.
Even as a young girl, Fernanda's beauty turned heads. Flirtatious comments and ogling men pretty much follow her wherever she goes. It suggests that she flirts with a ranger to get what she wants from him. But that is not all. One of her mother's main concerns is Fernanda going into the jungle alone with three men, and, let me say, she has perfect right to be. In one instance, she kisses a man passionately, but she pulls back when he begins to fiddle with the buttons of her blouse. It happens again when he tries to seduce her--both through words and sensual touch--into letting him have sex with him. Even though it gets pretty heated, she doesn't allow him to stay. When captured, the men taunt her lustily, saying things deliberately to fill her with the fear of being raped.
Panama is known for its beaches and heat. All the time they're there, the typical dress code is short shorts and a bikini top. Everyone wears them, including Fernanda. When another member of the team sees her, he becomes automatically uncomfortable. Several billboards feature very skimpily dressed models. And, naturally, there's romance between characters.
Violent Content::
People are shot and beaten. An explosion burns men alive in slow, agonizing deaths. It's gruesomeness is made clear, however, is never deeply described. But that doesn't mean blood is not present in this story; there's plenty of violence to go around. Moments of intensity run throughout the book.
Language::
None.
Drug/Alcohol Content::
Rubio's hometown is renown for its drug rings. Some of the team members drink beer at dinner.
Rating:: 3.5/5
Cleanness Rating:: 2/5
PG-13 - Intense action violence, sensuality, and some thematic elements
Your ratings of the level of sex, violence, language and drug/alcohol use on a scale of 1-5.
Sex:2
Violence:3
Language:0
Drug/Alcohol use:0