The Pact

Rating:
Summary: not as good as his other books
Review: This book is not as good as his previous books. The story starts out in 1930's and follows the life of a young man who marries his high school sweetheart and on the day he is about to enter the navy. He finds out thru a series of magic spells that he will not live thru the upcoming war. So being a first time user of black magic he calls forth and makes a pact with a 'demon' to live thru the upcoming war of 1941.

Cut to the future (about 40 years). The story shifts attention from the husband to the wife. His wife starts to have nightmares that her husband is still alive and so starts a adventure that starts in the eastern seaboard and ends in sunny Hawaii.

The writing is fast pace and the description of the attack on the Arizona, the Hawaii landscape, The Arizona (past and present) and the Arizona Memorial is well written, but if you are tired of reading about the Pearl Harbor attack and about the USS Arizona then this book might not be for you.

If you are a fan of Mr. Schoell's then you might forgive him for not being up to his usual standards for writing a good book.

The bad news is that there is some question about religion belief and 'black magic' that may turn off some readers. So, if you are going to read this book it is best to keep a open mind at all times while reading the book and make any judgement calls after you are done with it. I wouldn't recommend this book over his other books, but that is a judgement call I leave up to you, the reader to make.