{"id":1412,"date":"2019-06-21T02:03:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T02:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1412"},"modified":"2019-06-21T02:03:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T02:03:21","slug":"predator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1412","title":{"rendered":"Predator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1451507217l\/28401274.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Predator\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hector Cross Series Number 3<\/p>\n<p>From Goodreads<i><br \/>Wilbur Smith and Tom Cain (Contributor)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>THEY MURDERED HIS WIFE.<br \/>THEY DESTROYED HIS FUTURE.<br \/>NOW THEY HAVE TO PAY.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two men are responsible for the death of Hector Cross\u2019 wife and only one is left alive: Johnny Congo \u2013 psychopath, extortionist, murderer, and the bane of Cross\u2019s life. He caught him before and let him go. Now, Hector wants him dead. So does the US government.<\/p>\n<p>Congo is locked up on Death Row in the most secure prison in the free world, counting down the days until his execution. He\u2019s got two weeks. He wants out. He\u2019s escaped before and knows he can again, and with whizz kid D\u2019Shonn Brown enlisted, he might just have a chance.<\/p>\n<p>Cross, still licking his wounds from his last bruising encounter with Congo, is back and ready for work. In the middle of the rough Atlantic stands oil supertanker Bannock A. Terrorist activity in the area has triggered panic and there\u2019s only one person they can trust to protect her.<\/p>\n<p>What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional and physical limits. But a life spent in the SAS and private security has left Cross hard-wired for pain and as he is thrown into the bull pit once more, he will not stop until he has snared his prey.<\/p>\n<p><i>Hector Cross is Predator. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28401274\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1451507217m\/28401274.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"Predator\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28401274\">Predator<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4043\">Wilbur Smith<\/a><br \/>My rating: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1624700457\">2 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing the story, lots of death, pretty basic plot and a predictable outcome. It sounded like the authors got a bit tired of their characters at the end and wanted it over. Readable yarn but could have been better. Oh well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hector Cross Series Number 3 From GoodreadsWilbur Smith and Tom Cain (Contributor) THEY MURDERED HIS WIFE.THEY DESTROYED HIS FUTURE.NOW THEY HAVE TO PAY. Two men are responsible for the death of Hector Cross\u2019 wife and only one is left alive: Johnny Congo \u2013 psychopath, extortionist, murderer, and the bane of Cross\u2019s life. He caught him &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Predator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-mM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1239,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1239","url_meta":{"origin":1412,"position":0},"title":"Cross My Heart","date":"June 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From Goodreads Alex Cross Book Number 21 James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. 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