We first met Rafael "Rafe" Ward a few years ago in The Spider in the Laurel. At that time he was an agent of the Relic Enforcement Command, commonly referred to as the REC.
In this long-awaited sequel, Rafe is running from the organization he once served. Although it's not necessary to read book one to enjoy the followup, there is certainly a backstory there, and it's a good one.
The Long Oblivion introduces us to a new character, Sam Vasquez, who has her own reasons to despise the REC. This is how she was portrayed in news coverage...
"Samantha Vasques, eighteen, they say is part of a cult and killed her mother, Alissa, forty-two, and her father, Javier, forty-six"
But it was all a lie.
"What the Republic does in the name of itself isn't beholden to legality or sense."
Wow. We live in scary times when the lines between fiction and reality have become so blurred.
The Long Oblivion is an action-packed thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels.
One of the things I really liked about this sequel is the author's willingness to hurt his characters, not just bumps and bruises, but genuine pain and loss. Face it, that's what happens in real life.
Rafe is a terrific, flawed character, thrown into situations of great peril and yet he manages to, time and again, narrowly escape death and continue on a quest that could possibly save the world.
In case you are wondering, there will be a book three coming in 2019.
The Long Oblivion: Rafael Ward Book Two is available in paperback and e-book formats from Crossroad Press.
From the author's bio - Michael Pogach is the author of the dystopian thriller Rafael Ward series: The Spider in the Laurel and The Long Oblivion. His other work includes the "dirty and intense" chapbook Zero to Sixty, as well as contributing to the Amazon-best-selling CAM Horror & SciFi Charity Anthology. Michael is currently at work on Book Three in the Rafael Ward series, plus his ever-mysterious Byron thriller. His day job is teaching English and Creative Writing in Southeastern PA.
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