Just when I thought Joshua Hood had perfected the Treadstone series, he shatters the illusion with a riveting and timely action-driven narrative that radically alters the game for his protagonist Adam Hayes once more.
The Treadstone Rendition sees Adam Hayes pulled back into the fold of violence when he has to repay an old debt to a friend stuck in Afghanistan. With rogue CIA forces chasing his afghan friend and his family, Hayes needs to get into a country where everything is falling apart and US forces are pulling out. Without nearly close enough to having the right resources, Hayes makes it up he goes, dodging bullets, missiles, and drones.
There’s no mistaking that Joshua Hood has a lot more planned for Adam Hayes. The Treadstone Rendition is a more personal narrative than the previous two books in the series, building up to a Faustian bargain once again just when Hayes thought he could have a simple life with his family. While this could have easily been a simple transitioning narrative to get Hayes back in the fold of espionage, Joshua Hood makes it a hard-hitting and memorable read with non-stop action that’s written with a keen eye for realistically harrowing consequences. The action sequences indeed bear the mark of Hood’s excellence with fast-paced vivid gunfights and chaotic combat with tactical awareness and technical authenticity, the combination of which makes for breathtaking explosive moments of pure bliss. However, it’s the subtle focus on the emotional drive that supercharges the entire reading experience to amazing heights and complements the action.
The Treadstone Rendition is a shining example of thrillers that you can’t help but devour in a single day because the action ratchets up by the pages.
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