The Redeemed
The Roadhouse Chronicles Book 2
by Matthew S Cox
The worst part about chasing one’s dream is catching it.
Six months ago, Kevin opened a Roadhouse of his own. No longer the idiot braving the dangerous post-nuclear highways of 2073, he thought he’d finally grow old and happy selling bullets, beds, and booze to those still foolish enough to get behind the wheel.
Then, he’d met her.
The white-haired outcast from the xenophobic Enclave crashed into his life, becoming the conscience he never wanted and everything he desired. She couldn’t save the world from the Virus, but she could save Kevin’s dream.
A biker gang calling themselves the Redeemed starts shooting up Roadhouses in flagrant disregard of the Code, shattering the serenity of his humble waystation. When the long-vaunted retribution of Amarillo’s army fails to materialize, Kevin feels more like a sitting duck than he ever did on the road—but it’s not his ’house he fears losing.
Determined to protect her, he takes it upon himself to enforce the unwritten law of the Roadhouse.
REVIEW
5 out of 5
After book one, I was dying to see where life would take Kevin and Tris next, and Cox has once again delivered on the tension, action, and all around brilliant story. There’s a little mystery mixed into this one, as we learn more about the end of the world, and Tris and Kevin’s places in it. Between roadhouse owners falling like dominoes, and the virus spreading, the stakes have never been higher. I found it easy to slip back into Kevin’s world, with Cox’s masterful descriptions, and I enjoyed getting to follow both Tris and Kevin’s storylines as they wove together yet worked towards their own goals. I feel like we really got to see more sides of Tris, helping develop her more as a character. Kevin ends up reverting a little to who he was pre-Tris, but it works well with the story overall. Everything moves along at a quick clip, and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you reach the final page. After the page-turning adventures in this installment, I can’t wait to dive into book three!
LEARN MORE
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in a little town known as South Amboy NJ in 1973, Matthew has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. Somewhere between fifteen to eighteen of them spent developing the world in which Division Zero, Virtual Immortality, and The Awakened Series take place. He has several other projects in the works as well as a collaborative science fiction endeavor with author Tony Healey.
Hobbies and Interests:
Matthew is an avid gamer, a recovered WoW addict, Gamemaster for two custom systems (Chronicles of Eldrinaath [Fantasy] and Divergent Fates [Sci Fi], and a fan of anime, British humour (<- deliberate), and intellectual science fiction that questions the nature of reality, life, and what happens after it.
He is also fond of cats.
Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Website | Amazon | Goodreads