The 13th Hour: Chaos is a time-bending adventure of epic proportions and scary consequences. Strap in for a journey through time like never before.
Richard Doetsch writes a compelling protagonist, Nick Quinn, who is forced to face his worst nightmare of losing his family in a terrorist attack. Just before he himself is killed, a dying friend hands over a powerful device disguised as an antique watch, one that has the ability to alter the past. Through the watch, Nick finds himself with the tremendous power of going back in time. At the top of each hour, the watch sends him back two hours to live one hour again. Nick must use this asymmetrical weapon to uncover the plans of the bad guys before the 13th Hour in reverse, after which Nick will be stuck in time going forward again.
I haven’t read a race against time this intense. Richard Doetsch fuses sci-fi and traditional thriller genres in an innovative and fresh style to appeal to even the most hardcore readers of either genres. The narrative carries a tangible emotional weight with respect to Nick’s predicament of saving his family from a despicable tragedy without an air-tight plan. Each chapter adds a new layer of twists and turns to the bigger picture, gently adding to the tangle of webs of secrets and conspiracies until the apex moment when all cards are on the table for the major reveal.
With such an intense plot comes equally intense and fast-paced action sequences as Nick gets into armed skirmishes with trained killers and assassins. There’s a sense of unbridled mortal danger to each action sequence as Richard Doetsch stays away from safety nets to deliver some truly shocking moments.
The 13th Hour: Chaos is the right pick for thriller aficionados with a preference for quirky and peculiar conspiracies in a fresh setting.
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