Radiant Dawn

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read!
Review: A friend recommended this book to me and it turned out to be a pleasant
surprise. It suffers from none of the weaknesses that have, in recent
years, caused me to steer clear of the genre. It's
paranoid survivalists, clandestine government agencies, a rogue militia
and a reclusive cult all coming together in California's
high desert. There's enough craziness to be fun and enough reality to
be scary. Although the action is almost constant, the characters
(many, many characters) are all interesting, well-drawn individuals.
The main character, Storch, is a former soldier suffering from
the ill-defined Gulf War syndrome. He has ended up in a community
of hermits and other misfits who just want to be left alone.
Sgt. Storch doesn't get the quiet retirement he's looking for though.
His survivalist store is raided by what seem to be federal agents,
but nothing is as it seems in this novel. If you don't mind a lot
of mayhem and the occasional exposed intestine, this is a good way
to take a fresh look at what it really means to be human and
whether "human" is always a good thing to be.


Rating:
Summary: Dawn of a new genre?
Review: Cody Goodfellow's book Radiant Dawn almost creates a genre of its own. If your into adventure-espionage-military or apocalyptic thrillers this book has it all. Expect the unexpected. A great read, I could not put it down!!

Rating:
Summary: Can't wait for the sequel!
Review: I read this book two years ago, when it first came out, and was blown away by its action-packed pace and vividly drawn characters. On the last page, we're promised a continuation in the form of a future volume. So where is it, Mr. Goodfellow? Your readers are waiting...

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Summary: Getting ahead in the lucrative field of biological research
Review: Radiant Dawn is by far the best novel written by a Freshman author. Full of twists and turns, Radian Dawn will leave you re-thinking known conspiracy theories, the military, and biological research. Pepperd with Lovecraftian undertones, Radiant Dawn remains an original and fresh look on where evolution might be going.