Ghost Country (Travis Chase Series Book 2)

Frances said: For the past 2 years, Travis Chase lived a quiet life by staying So "The Breach," the first book in Patrick Lee's new series, was a real treat for me.
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The fact that the story is so unpredictable makes it that much harder to believe that this is actually a novel from a first time writer. For several years now, technology of an inexplicable kind has been transitioning through an anomalous entity known as the Breach into the human world. The latest of these devices has the ability to punch holes into the future. Along with her Tangent colleagues, Paige brought her discovery to the president; a visit that ended with automatic gunfire and murder, with Paige as the only survivor.

Travis abandoned Tangent after learning from the other side of the Breach the terrifying destiny awaiting him. He also abandoned Paige Campbell. And now he has to go back to rescue her. Paige knows of the events that destiny has in store for the world, a planet of the bones and corpses of billions.

Paige knows the ugly truth; that Doomsday will dawn in four short months unless they can discover a truth that could save everyone, buried in the ruins to come. Paige and Travis will have to make the difficult decision to cross into Ghost Country, knowing that they might never return. The action sequences are so epic and fluid that they almost feel cinematic, especially with all the gun battles. And the revelations are handled brilliantly, designed to shock and confound; never rushed and rarely out of place. Admittedly, for many readers, the novel fails to capture the epic payoff of its predecessors.

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However, when events collude to cause Bethany Stewart - a member of Tangent - to call Chase back to help, he comes. She shows him a new Entity that recently came through the Breach - this one punches a hole Please Note: She shows him a new Entity that recently came through the Breach - this one punches a hole in time to a specific point in the future.

The future shown is horrific - there are no people left; the wilderness is overrunning the cities. And then there are the bones What happened to cause this future? How can they prevent it? With its nonstop action, this book is perfect for adrenalin junkies. Like The Breach , Ghost Country combines the best of thriller and science fiction into a unique style that is sure to please a wide variety of readers.

This is a "don't miss"! I highly recommend it. Jun 30, Donna rated it really liked it Shelves: This book was better than the first one in this series by Patrick Lee. I was completely hooked from the beginning on this one. It pulled me along I mentioned in my review of the first book of this series that there were sci-fi elements that were so completely far-fetched that it felt beyond my grasp.

This one still has far-fetched elements as well, but for some reason it totally worked for me in this one. I loved the whole sci-fi premise of this one. I understood this This book was better than the first one in this series by Patrick Lee. I understood this one more than the one in the first book because it was defined with a solid purpose and it was described in specific detail.

Overall, this one was a page turner for me. Jan 07, TheBookSmugglers rated it really liked it Shelves: Originally reviewed on The Book Smugglers It has been two years since ex-cop and ex-con Travis Chase has stumbled across the shadow government agency known as Tangent, purportedly by accident in the wilds of Alaska. Two years since he has walked away from the woman he loves and a job at which he is perfectly matched — all because he Originally reviewed on The Book Smugglers It has been two years since ex-cop and ex-con Travis Chase has stumbled across the shadow government agency known as Tangent, purportedly by accident in the wilds of Alaska.

Two years since he has walked away from the woman he loves and a job at which he is perfectly matched — all because he has learned that his future involvement with Tangent could lead to his own corruption and the death of thousands. Spurning money, erasing his old identity and severing all ties with anything and anyone from his past, Travis is content with his new life working for minimum wage — if he has no means, he cannot hurt anyone.

Or so he thinks.


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A new entity has emerged from The Breach — and the future it shows is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A hybrid, sci-fi heavy version of The X-Files, Fringe, and a touch of John McClaine-ish badass cop down on his luck meets savvy, wicked smart dame that can kick ass both physically and mentally, I freaking adored this cinematic, action-high read with a killer kick that ties the entire story together, I might add.

In Ghost Country, Travis and Paige are back with a vengeance, facing higher stakes than they ever could have imagined. At the same time, Paige is beautiful and brilliant, and completely capable of taking care of herself. Suffice to say, I think things unfold seamlessly, and Patrick Lee has created another winning thriller-ish mystery with a hard scifi twist. I loved this book and cannot wait to catch up with Deep Sky very, very soon.

Try The Breach and Ghost Country. Mar 08, Rizwan rated it it was amazing Shelves: The one thing that came to my mind after finishing the book and even while reading, was: And if Breach gave me any indication, I was also expecting all kinds of unpredictable twist and turns of the story, so that was not much unexpected at all. No, the real unexpectedness would come from the buildup of the story itself. I wrote in my Brea The one thing that came to my mind after finishing the book and even while reading, was: I wrote in my Breach review that the whole story of that book looked like an introduction to a main plotline that's yet to come.

Well, I can safely say that's also true for Ghost Country, as the ominous storyline foreshadowed at the last pages of Breach had not yet come to fruition here too, and most obviously going to go down in all its entirety in the last of the trilogy, Deep Sky. The story is almost completely disconnected from the fallout of the previous novel, other than the key players and some major items, and a reader can actually enjoy it fully without even reading the first one. Because, what we got here is a feverishly paced relentlessly suspenseful crazy sci-fi action novel that is as good as they can come by.

I enjoyed the hell out of The Breach, but I think I can say that Ghost Country it bigger and better in almost every way possible. The scale is much bigger time travel, apocalypse you name it , the threats are higher that would happen when PotUS himself is one of the Big Bad and what at stakes here is literally the end of the world and all humanity with a short timer straped onto it! Patrick Lee really keeps amazing me with his crisp, clear, easy-to-follow writing combining with the natural extraordinary storytelling ability he seems to have.

And he's not pulling ANY punches either, our heroes were falling in every bit of bad luck and hostility there can be with overwhelming number of odds working against them, and has to rely only on their wits and intelligence to face them. As unrealistic as the story is well most sci-fi novels has to be I guess , what impressed me most was the realistically believable execution of action and situations.

You won't find any larger than life Dirk Pitt-esque cinematic high action-adventure sequence here.

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Instead, the story is, in one word: SCARY, as the scariest thing I can think of is the absolute darkness of the human mind guided by a deep strong moral code of his own, who actually thinks he's doing the right thing, and even has the ability to do so. Although there's one very small thing I did find to gripe about, and it's the sudden ending of the story. Though the main story ended properly, I'd be happier to have at least one more chapter so that the whole fallout wouldn't had to be crammed in only the last 2 pages and could be more thoroughly discussed in one or two chapters I guess it happened in The Breach too, now that I think about it.

But whatever, this is called nitpicking. Anyway, if anyone didn't gather it so far, yeah I loved this book, immensely enjoyed every minute of it reading, and would recommend to anyone up for a great suspense novel, or a good read, period. I'll now start Deep Sky to see how the trilogy ends I'm not even going to guess anything after ALL the unpredictability Lee had thrown at me.

View all 5 comments. I loved this book. Apart from being a great fast-paced thriller, it has a touch of romance too. From the first book: Every now and then various objects come through it. Some of them are bad and some are good. Tangent, a secret organization, was created to collect and analyse those objects. This book deals with an object which shows a future deliberate use of a.

Paige went to show the object to t I loved this book. Paige went to show the object to the president and to tell him a horrible thing they have learned from it. Her group was killed and she was captured. Bethany, a girl Paige called for help. This is short summary of the action part. It is really fast. They don't get a moment of piece. Now for the romance part. You get they fell in love in the first book. You get the reason why Travis left. There is no drama, no dumb love triangles.

Now, the following are not exactly spoilers. They are more moments I loved regarding the romance. In the third book he is probably back. I loved how they didn't have to say more than necessary. Because I know how you feel about me. Her fingers tracing its contours. The closest she could get to a last look at him. Paige works for a group called Tangent. Items come through from an area called the Breach. Finally a pair come through which allows a glimpse into the future - the very NEAR future.

Most of the humans on Earth have perished. Paige is captured and others in her group killed after a visit to the President. She manages to contact another of her group, Bethany, who escapes with one of the pair of Entities. The President has the second. Bethany locates Travis, who l An interesting book. Bethany locates Travis, who left Tangent after seeing a possible future that he is involved in.

Between them they have to rescue Paige and save the Earth. Aug 07, Gary Wallis rated it liked it. An interesting story with a different take on the future. What are the items that are coming from the future and who sends them? Dec 22, C. Conner rated it it was ok. The characters in this book make a lot of suppositions.

The story begins with a motorcade that has just left the White House being attacked. The main character has time to jump to the conclusion that "it must be the president. One glaring inconsistency throughout both books is this organization protecting the breach is supposed to be a multinational effort and yet where are the multinationals? Every major character is from the U. One would think protocols would be in place for the care of these super secret entities. And yet in both books they can be hidden and removed with impunity, even by a newly hired underling.

Security at this maximum security base is laughable, which makes me wonder why it is the most important installation in the world. Another glaring supposition - they have two "entities" and haven't had a chance to study them before. These cylinders are not in the same place at the same time and yet the characters conclude with little effort that both must do the same thing and take people forward in time.

Why is it not logical that one goes forward and one goes backward?


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One obvious question not asked is the power source of this cylinder that goes through time. They just take it without question that it will work however many times and however long they use it. When they first activate the cylinders they hear noises coming from the housing. The character, Paige, concludes that the noises must have been the cylinder locking the timeline so their actions don't affect that future Why would someone automatically conclude this? The book continues throughout to get lost in mundane descriptions. The author tends to over describe these entities.

When they go into the future he spends too much time over-describing a decaying building. It freezes the story in its tracks and bores the reader. While looking for clues as to their next move, the protagonists come across a name and do a search for this person. In another scene the characters go 70 years into the future and see mummified bodies everywhere in a desert town. The author describes seeing two twenty-year-olds sitting against the wall together and jumps to the conclusion that the female died first, 1.

Does this move the story along - NO. In a following scene they come across a dead man in his forties. How would they know the ages of these desiccated corpses? They also find hundreds of thousands of cars from all across America parked in neat, orderly rows in the desert. Even if the people were under the effects of a brain altering satellite as the reader discovers later on in the story this premise is ludicrous. While roaming around town they hear a recording that is still playing after 70 years and instantly decide it must be hooked to solar panels and wired with a solid-state flash drive.

So why would someone hook up speakers to solar panels? Why would they want the recording to last for years? This is ridiculous even accepting the premise that solar panels exposed to elements in a desert would last even close to that long. The author needs to review the definition of Implosion versus explosion. Makes a reference to an mp5 as a machine gun. It is a submachine gun.

Use 70 year old containers of gas to light a fire. Gas evaporates faster than water so it is implausible any gas would remain in the containers, especially in the desert. The characters escape from a raging fire riding bikes with "fabric" seats and no rubber tires. Even though there is little rain in the desert a year-old bike sitting in the sun would be useless.

The antagonist, Finn, makes no sense as a character. For some reason he keeps telling his kill team to make sure their quarry does not suffer. Finn is worthless as the main enemy. He is a weak character who the author wants to make as a sympathetic bad guy and yet comes across as a spineless pansy versus a man bent on the destruction of the world.

After the characters discover the nefarious plot they sneak in to meet with the Ex-President. A secret service guard watching monitors in another room notices a woman sitting with the man and realizes she hasn't logged in. Does he do the natural thing and turn to the other secret service agents and ask who is this girl? No, of course not. Instead he takes a screen shot image with his cell phone, goes to the bathroom like a teenager getting a call from his girlfriend, and calls someone to ask about the girl.

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I wanted to like this book, but the failings throughout the story make it impossible for me to read any more works by this author. Lee's follow up to The Breach gives us a story of an apocalyptic future that Travis and Paige must enter to save this world. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. For a debut author, the Travis Chase series is pretty damn good. I thought that this book, the second novel in the series, was even better than the first book The Breach.

It starts with an immediate bang, a motocade attack to be specifc, and the action does not let up the entire story. In all sincerity, I didn't think there was a boring 5 minutes during the entire listen. While I really like the story line that Patrick Lee has constructed in these books, that being alien technology is being stud For a debut author, the Travis Chase series is pretty damn good.

While I really like the story line that Patrick Lee has constructed in these books, that being alien technology is being studied and used by a modern day shadow government agency called Tangent, I particularly enjoy the way Lee writes. His action scenes are intense, and painted with a second by second narration that includes not only the physical actions, but the thought proccesses of the characters involved as well.

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It is definitely an interesting way to read a story, a play by play scene that unfolds so slowy, its impossible to miss any thing that happens. Another thing that Lee does a really good job with, is explaining to the reader, without making it seem like he is "explaining to the reader". He develops really intelligent characters, so when they are speaking, the reader can understand the technology, and motivations involved, without it sounding like a lecture.

While there are quite a few antagonists in Ghost Country, the main one, Finn, I can say I hated more than I was supposed to. Just own your evilness! Don't try to pass it off like: His values and morals were so whack, I cringed everytime he spoke. But to balance that out, I love his protagonists and heroes. Paige Campbell is a rock star, and I adore her character. Travis Chase is a hero with a murky past, but his exterior gruffness hides from plain sight his more golden aspects to his personality. On a closing note, any novel that covers the immensely difficult concept of time travel, is awesome in my opinion.

In Ghost Country, it is so cleverly done that it sucked me in so completely, I found myself taking longer drives to listen to larger chunks at a time. It is hard to explain without listening to it, so do it! Props to the narrator Jeff Gurner as well, he does a great job. Bottom line on Ghost Country: Apr 18, Reed rated it it was ok.

Patrick Lee's latest novel has me torn, as I was looking for one type of story and got another. I was expecting a blazingly fast page-turner much like The Breach. Instead, Ghost Country moves in spurts--quick action scenes interspersed with slower sections in which the characters and thus, the reader must deal with the sf curveballs that Lee throws their way. Ghost Country picks up quite some time after the first novel. Page and Travis have gone their separate ways, as Travis fears the message Patrick Lee's latest novel has me torn, as I was looking for one type of story and got another.

Page and Travis have gone their separate ways, as Travis fears the message he received from the future that Paige wants him dead. But, of course, circumstances force their lives together when Paige is mysteriously kidnapped and Travis is brought in to try and rescue her. Her kidnapping is related to and artifact that has come through the breach that opens a gateway into the future. The problem comes when Travis and others pass through that gateway, as the pace of the story slows to a crawl as they deal with the intellectual and philosophical ramifications of the bleak future that they visit.

Is it a lock that it will be their future? Can they change it? Why did it happen?

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Lee loves his sf conceits and dwells upon them, perhaps too often and too much. The future they visit is bleak and unfortunately, a bit boring. By the end we have our answers. But the journey wasn't as much fun as the first novel. The story itself felt like several set pieces stitched together, more like a short story that was quickly expanded into a novel. I'll read Lee's next novel, but I hope he manages to pick up the pace and excitement. Otherwise, it might be the last Lee book I read. Mar 16, Paulo "paper books always" Carvalho rated it liked it Shelves: Usually with every trilogies or sagas there is also the possibility that the second book will drag on and give nothing and you will feel empty and without patience to start the third book.

That's the evil in the second book - or to be more precise the Middle book Syndrome. It's a real thing I will not dwelt on the synopsis read the review of the first book. This book starts two yea Usually with every trilogies or sagas there is also the possibility that the second book will drag on and give nothing and you will feel empty and without patience to start the third book.

This book starts two years after the incidents on the first book and Travis Chase our main character was sent to alaska to keep low profile. But a new entity as come from The Breach and Travis must united with Paige. This book deals with the future world of what if. Imagine an X-Files episode mix with the Fringe and then add some more conspiracy theory and you've got it.

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Action scenes are there and inbetween we've got development of the characters, descrition of technology and the Entity. I don't think this book is better than the first nor the third but it's a good book that will make you wonder what happens in the third. I normally don't normally give these kind of "beach reads" 5-stars, but this little series by Patrick Lee is really good fun. I think the first book, The Breach, went at such a fast pace, it was difficult getting to care about your characters. I found that I liked them more in this one, even though, as it is with such books as these, there is ve I normally don't normally give these kind of "beach reads" 5-stars, but this little series by Patrick Lee is really good fun.

I found that I liked them more in this one, even though, as it is with such books as these, there is very little character development or depth really but they are fun enough and likeable enough for you to root for them in their quests. In this book, Travis and Paige learn of another entity that comes through the breach. This time 2 cylinders that when opened shows you earth 80 years from now. You can actually go through the opening to the other side. What they find is horrifying! Our world is empty and all are gone, even everyone's cars!!! What happend to all the people?

Everything in the city has been overtaken but trees and wildlife. All is perfectly silent and dark, except for animals roaming freely. What they find is that this event whatever it may be happens in 4 months, their time. If you are looking for the perfect beach read, I would highly recommend this series.

I am looking forward to the 3rd installment. H The blurb intrigued me so much I had to buy this book. Now she and her former team member Travis must find out how it happened. With the government after them will they stop it in time. It started with well written action that really keeps the pages turning then it sla TBR Reviewer: It started with well written action that really keeps the pages turning then it slams to a stop with an information dump. It was difficult to get through these pages where all Mr. Lee has his characters do is go over that past.