Final Protocol by J.C. Daniels
Published by Samhain Publishing
Published on: July 7, 2015
Genres: Science Fiction
Pages: 109
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
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Tip #1: Don’t get on her bad side. Tip #2: There’s no good side.
Her name is Silence. If she was ever known by any other name, she doesn’t remember.
She is a killer. If she was ever anything else, she doesn’t remember.
She has an owner. If she was ever free…well, that she does remember. She was free and then somebody gave her to a madman to pay a debt that wasn’t hers. She’s his toy, his pet…and his trained killer. She kills at his whim or she dies.
She has a target. Her so-called owner…the man who makes her life a living hell. If she could kill anybody in the universe, it would be him. But he holds her life in his hands.
And she has a wish—to find a man she barely remembers. A man she knows she once loved. The man who betrayed her and stole away her freedom.
With one final target between her and the tantalizing promise of freedom, she moves in for the kill. There’s one problem. There’s something strangely familiar about her mark. Something that echoes in the void where love used to live.
Warning: One woman with a mission, one evil bastard who lies as often as he breathes, and a man who’ll stop at nothing to find what he lost. Be warned…some questionable consent lies within.
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I’ve been a huge fan of J.C. Daniels since I read the first Kit Colbana book. I was even a fan when I was reading books from her other pen name, Shiloh Walker. I was really excited to hear that she had a science fiction novel coming out and jumped at a chance to review it. I’m really glad that I did. I flew through this book and found it to be a dark and wonderful story.
Silence is a slave is all sense of the word. She has no memory of her life prior to 10 years ago when she was sold to her current owner. He uses her as an assassin and as a sex slave (so take that disclaimer seriously). Silence is pushed to her limit that she is even considering taking her own life to escape the rule of her owner. Gold, her owner, offers her one last job and he will set her free. Little does she know that she has a history with the man she is set out to kill.
I’m no stranger to dark stories, they are some of my favorites. This one is right up there with some of the darkest stories I’ve read. I completely felt Silence’s despair and her willingness to die instead of living out the life under Gold. The worldbuilding is phenomenal, as I would expect from reading the other books by this author.
The story drew me in. While it didn’t take me long to read it, I felt like it was a full story. I was quite surprised when I was pulling data for this post and saw that it was only 109 pages. The story felt longer to me when I was reading it. That being said, I do wish there was more in the ending. It felt a little unfinished, but really makes me want more. I don’t know if this book is planned to be part of a series, but I would love to see more of this world and of Silence.
I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
I love J.C. and this sounds fantastic. How did I miss this? *adds to Goodreads tbr* Thank you for putting this one on my bookish radar! 🙂
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I love J.C. Daniels too. I just found out about this book not that long ago either. I was very excited to see what type of story she would have outside of the Kit world. I hope you enjoy.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
For some reason, if I see Samhain I get a little frightened but this book sounds fantastic!!! I’m glad that you mentioned it was Shiloh AND that it’s well-written, too. The other “stuff” doesn’t worry me a bit – I like dark, all the better if she guts Gold’s innards (bwahahahaha!!) Oh, I can do evil…
Great review!!!
I started reading J.C. because I learned that she was Shiloh. Her J.C. stories tend to be darker than the Shiloh stories, which is why I think I like J.C. better than Shiloh, though I love stories by both. I don’t know that I’ve read a lot of Samhain. I don’t pay a lot of attention to the publisher, so I rarely even notice who it is until it is time to post review.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
I’ve only read one book by Shiloh Walker, and that one was pretty dark. So I don’t doubt for a minute that this one is might be a bit disturbing to say the least. I’m curious about her past relationship with her next assignment.
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Shiloh Walker does like to tear at your heart while you’re reading, that is for sure. I love her writing, especially for her paranormal and romantic suspense.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
Oh this book sounds great! Love dark stories like this one 🙂
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It was such a great story, but dark. I love them dark.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
I haven’t read anything by Daniels but great to hear that it drew you in and felt complete
I love J.C. Daniels. She is one of my favorite UF authors. I hope you get a chance to try her sometime.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
Intriguing, I do wanna read more sci.fi
blodeuedd recently posted…Carole Reviews: The Lady Bornekova – Sara R Turnquist
I hope you get a chance to try this one. I don’t read enough sci-fi either. I really enjoyed this one.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Unbound by Cat Miller
I’ve read several books from SWalker but I’ve not tried any from her under this name. Final Protocol sounds fantastic, Melanie. I don’t shy away from dark stories and knowing the world building and plot are so well-done really entices me. I’ll have to give her books under JCDaniels a try. 🙂 Have you read her Veil series?
Bookworm Brandee recently posted…Jax Reviews ~ The Last Continent & Going Postal ~ Terry Pratchett
I have not, I’ll have to give it a try. There are still a lot of SWalker series that I want to try. I’ve read mostly her romantic suspense series.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer
I love Shiloh, I don’t know why I haven’t had the urge to read J.C. I’d like to try Colbana before this though, Colbana is more my alley
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I LOVE the Kit Colbana series. I can’t say enough great things about that series. I hope you get a chance to try it soon.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer
I decided to set this one aside b/c I have so many review books and not much time to read. I didn’t realize how short it is. I think I’ll move it up my TBR. Thanks for the review!
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I didn’t realize it was that short either, even when reading. I knew it was a quick read, but I wasn’t paying attention to how long it took me. That’s the great thing about vacations, time means nothing. 🙂
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I’ve been seeing this one around a lot. I love the Kit Colbana series and was wondering if this one was as good as that one. I wasn’t sure about reading it because I’m in a very weird reading mood, but your review made me want to read it. I also like that is a “short” book.
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I’m a huge fan of the Kit books too. I think you’ll enjoy this one, if you like the Kit books. I was surprised at the length, but it reads well at that length, so it is all good. I hope there is more set in this world.
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