I am a fan of Robert Liparulo. I enjoyed his first novel, Comes a Horseman[Image] and his follow-up, Germ[Image] so I was excited to let my eyes cross over the words to his latest adventure, Deadfall[Image]. While he doesn't implement the twist and turns found in a Dekker novel, Liparulo can tell an excellent story.
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In Deadfall[Image] we find a small town in Canada called Fiddler Falls. According to the website, it has a population of 242. They are what we would consider -secluded-. Out in the wilderness and far from civilization.
The perfect place to get-away for those who enjoy hunting.
While our main characters travel to the forests around Fiddler Falls, our villains enter the town and do a little hunting themselves. Our two groups clash and the game of cat and mouse ensues.
I have noticed that Robert Liparulo writes very strong female characters. In the three novels I have read, the female characters are strong-willed while the male characters tend to come off as weak or timid. Maybe not so much in Deadfall[Image], but all the men have some kind of relational problems. In this book, the main "hero" suffered through a nasty divorce where his wife tried to turn his children against him.[Image]
[Image]Perhaps, it's a way to get us to invest in characters before they get vaporized. (Not that this hero does). But I was surprised by a few of the deaths in Deadfall[Image].
The plot behind this book: What would it be like if there was a video game company that decided to use a real weapon on real people in order to get a "real" effect for its video games?
So when I say vaporized...
Pretty much everything Liparulo pens has been purchased by movie producers. In fact, work is underway (pre-production) for a story of his that hasn't even been released.
[Image]I am a little concerned because he's coming out with a young adult series. I picture his Publisher, Thomas Nelson, throwing Liparulo behind Dekker and seeing if their new strategy will work.
"Deadfall by Robert Liparulo"
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