After finishing Relic on September 6, I picked up A Wanted Man by Lee Child. I started this on September 7 (happy birthday to my brother) and finished it on September 16.
Oh, Lee Child, you do know how to spin an addicting and entertaining book. This is another in the Jack Reacher series from Lee Child, and like the others, does not disappoint.
Also like the others, we meet Jack Reacher in the middle of nowhere hitching a ride. This ride, like some of the others, begins a hellish, nightmarish, and twisty few days for Reacher and others.
There was a murder in a small town, and the FBI have been called in (among others) to figure out what happened. Reacher gets picked up on the highway and becomes wrapped up in the situation.
As always, Reacher's keen eye and cop's mentality help him figure things out. Also as usual, his military experience and contacts help him out, as does his mental and physical toughness.
There were some twists and turns I didn't anticipate, including the fact that this is one of the few novels (spoiler alert) in which Reacher doesn't get the girl.
These are entertaining books, quick reads, and I always like them. If you need some mind candy (what I call quick, easy, entertaining books), you can give this series a try. Unlike some other series books, I don't think it is super important to read these in order.
After finishing The Spider Woman's Daughter on August 19, I picked up Relic by Alan Dean Foster. The Husband read this book first and then I decided to give it a spin. I started it on September 3 and finished it on September 6 - another quick read.
This is neither a cop book nor a spy book. It is a book about the last living human in all of space. Ruslan, a human, is the last human. He was picked up by a race of aliens known as the Myssari and lives happily among them. He's known to the Myssari as a relic - because that's what he is - a relic - one of a kind - the last human.
The Myssari are determined not to let homo sapiens go extinct and with or without Ruslan's cooperation, they are going to resurrect the human race. Somehow, Ruslan agrees to cooperate in exchange for the Myssari's help in locating Earth. Though Ruslan wasn't born there, has never been there, and no one and no reference can point to where Earth is, he wants to see the human homeland. Thus begins the fantastical story of how a human, aided by aliens, begin the search for Earth, and their quest to resurrect the human race.
I don't want to give too much away here so I won't. However, as I was reading this book, there were so many parallels to the now-defunct TV show "Last Man on Earth." Can you imagine being the last human, the only human, the sole survivor? It boggles my mind, but I guess it shouldn't. So many things - plants and animals - have gone extinct already, why can't humans too? And, it seems fantastical to imagine alien life out there - but hey - we humans exist, so why can't life on other planets exist too? These are questions for another day.
This book was extremely entertaining and easy to read (hey - I finished it 4 days). If you liked The Martian, or the TV show "Last Man on Earth", you'll probably like this book.
