By Kelly Bridgewater
In this frighteningly believable thriller from New
York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from
the melting Alaskan permafrost to cause madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic
cult escapee Wynter Roth, it’s the end she’d always been told was coming.
When Wynter Roth is turned out of New Earth, a self-contained doomsday cult on the American prairie, she emerges into a world poised on the brink of madness as a mysterious outbreak of rapid early onset dementia spreads across the nation.
As Wynter struggles to start over in a world she’s been taught to regard as evil, she finds herself face-to-face with the apocalypse she’s feared all her life—until the night her sister shows up at her doorstep with a set of medical samples. That night, Wynter learns there’s something far more sinister at play and that these samples are key to understanding the disease.
Now, as the power grid fails and the nation descends into chaos, Wynter must find a way to get the samples to a lab in Colorado. Uncertain who to trust, she takes up with former military man Chase Miller, who has his own reasons for wanting to get close to the samples in her possession, and to Wynter herself.
When Wynter Roth is turned out of New Earth, a self-contained doomsday cult on the American prairie, she emerges into a world poised on the brink of madness as a mysterious outbreak of rapid early onset dementia spreads across the nation.
As Wynter struggles to start over in a world she’s been taught to regard as evil, she finds herself face-to-face with the apocalypse she’s feared all her life—until the night her sister shows up at her doorstep with a set of medical samples. That night, Wynter learns there’s something far more sinister at play and that these samples are key to understanding the disease.
Now, as the power grid fails and the nation descends into chaos, Wynter must find a way to get the samples to a lab in Colorado. Uncertain who to trust, she takes up with former military man Chase Miller, who has his own reasons for wanting to get close to the samples in her possession, and to Wynter herself.
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My Thoughts:
Tosca Lee is a wonderful writer who captures the unusual and
writes a wonderful, captivating story. With her newest thriller, The Line Between, she does definitely
that. At first, I was a little confused by the beginning of the novel, but after
getting into the story, it begins to make sense. A good thriller shows a world
in dire need of some type of help from some type of threat either man-made or
biochemical. In The Line Between, Lee gave us a story wrapped around a
biochemical agent.
Lee's writing is clear and concise. Like I mentioned
earlier, when the story starts, it jumps around from about three points of
views, and I don't know whose story I was supposed to be following, then Lee
leads us to two points of view and that took me a while to sort out too. It was
a little confusing. But trust me, stick with it. It eventually makes complete
sense why Lee wrote the story the way she did.
The plot was original and unpredictable too. I didn't see
the cult twist when I read the synopsis, but I think it worked really well for
the story Lee was trying to tell. I can't imagine the amount of research and
horror stories she had to wade through to come up with a realistic background
for New Earth and for Wynter. I liked the biochemical agent element too. I was
wrapped up in the chase through the countryside, hoping Wynter met her goal.
There is a hint of a romance toward the end of the novel,
but nothing like a contemporary romance or a romantic suspense. Nothing too
touchy feely. Just the way I like my thrillers or suspense novels.
As a word of caution, there are a number of cuss words
written in the text. I read them and kept moving on with the story. Yes, they
were a little shocking to see, but I enjoy Lee's writing, so I just kept
reading.
Overall, The Line
Between by Tosca Lee is a unique story from an accomplished thriller writer
who takes the unknown and makes it known. I really got wrapped up in the story
and finished it one day. Can't wait to see what Lee comes up with next. Fans of Ted Dekker, Amanda G. Stevens, and
James Rubart might want to pick up this novel.
I received a complimentary copy of The Line Between by Tosca Lee from Howard Books, but the opinions
stated are all my own.
My Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
About the Author:
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Tosca Lee is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling
author of the House of Bathory duology (THE PROGENY and FIRSTBORN), ISCARIOT,
THE LEGEND OF SHEBA, DEMON: A MEMOIR, HAVAH: THE STORY OF EVE, and the Books of
Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker (FORBIDDEN, MORTAL,
SOVEREIGN). A notorious night-owl, she loves watching TV, eating bacon, playing
video games and football with her kids, and sending cheesy texts to her
husband.
You can find Tosca at www.ToscaLee.com, on social media, or hanging around the snack table. Look for A SINGLE LIGHT, the follow-up to THE LINE BETWEEN, September 2019. (Taken from Amazon.)
You can find Tosca at www.ToscaLee.com, on social media, or hanging around the snack table. Look for A SINGLE LIGHT, the follow-up to THE LINE BETWEEN, September 2019. (Taken from Amazon.)
