THE EXCEPTIONALS: BOOK 1: MEASURE OF A MAN
By Teel James Glenn and Jerry Kokich
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Genre: Science Fiction
SubGenre: Adventure
EBook formats ISBN: 978-1-60313-244-2
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-60313-243-5
Pages: eBook: 309
Price Starting At: $5.99
To state there is a new type of hero would be too cliché. However, Mr. Glenn and Mr. Kokich introduce us to new heroes who, I believe, satisfy any lover of military/police-based champions.
I am unsure about these characters, right now. Their abilities and personalities seem a little excessive. However, isn’t that what we want in our superheroes?
To quote the book’s description, these men and women are “extraterritorial bio-enhanced bounty hunters, who could go anywhere, do almost anything in the name of the law.” World Governments and the United Nations employ, train, pay, and generally sanction them and all their missions. “The Exceptionals Book 1” follow The Bodyguard, the New York Exceptionals team.
In this first look at The Bodyguard, we witness their skills as would-be-exceptionals-turned-criminals overtake The Bodyguard headquarters. Encounters with Captain Mephisto and his raiding pirates act as comic relief to the serious mission to Cambodia, where more shocks and secrets discovered. Will the team ever be the same? Hey, I had to leave you something.
I still have a few questions about the characters and the action sequences. However, after looking up Mr. Glenn’s resume I am convinced on the fighting skills. I found the quieter information research and discovery, the interactions between the characters, and the secrets made a more compelling read than the action.
“The Exceptionals Book 1” was a slow start, for me; however, I want to what happens next.