(Also see reviews for Book 1 and Book 2 of the series, and there is very little romance here, mostly adventure.)
Knoxi Musket is going to the University of Texas at Austin on a basketball scholarship. At the announcement ceremony, where she encountered the atheist reporter Rolf Sagan, who had nothing good to say about her religious views. She and her security team, plus friends were intercepted by bad guys... along with a famous Tejano singer Glorietta... in disguise as a police officer. The singer revealed she was actually a human trafficking victim named Alexis. After a harrowing rooftop escape, they got to Moon River Ranch, only to find another injustice... a pregnant woman on a horse running away from hostiles toward them. Knoxi, and her parents Cody and Brandi have to take down the corrupt sheriff and the local tycoon, then help Alexis recover her son Zorro. But when Zorro disappeared, the trail ran cold. And the evil was only the tip of the iceberg, for the bad guys belong to the Syndicate, a huge global conglomerate of evil. Knoxi had to go to one person she would never ask for help: Rolf Sagan... and discovered a surprising connection... Now Knoxi must embark on a journey, disguised as a nun, rescue young Zorro from clutches of evil Caribbean pirates, and save herself in unfamiliar terrain... all alone... if she wanted Sagan to release enough info on the Syndicate to bring it down permanently...
There certainly is a LOT of adventure going on, and the cast of characters is long. It's a bit of Clancy-style quick cuts from location to location, and as in other novels in the series, there will be a miracle that is unexplained except to the faithful. The "sci-fi" part can be ignored safely. It's way too fantastic to be scifi, IMHO, and it's mostly used for comic relief. There is some romance, as Alexis had to take on a third identity to be married to Cameron, who rescued her, and she became a baseball wife while learning English and acclimating to a normal life, even as they learn to live with each other. Knoxi was paired up with Ryan, the technical genius. But the book really is mostly adventure.
Category: Contemporary / Adventure
Overall Rating: 4.5/5 rounded up
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