The Poseidon Project (The Herb Society Mysteries)
by E William Podojil
About The Poseidon Project
The Poseidon Project (The Herb Society Mysteries)
Mystery- Suspense – Adventure
1st in Series
Setting – Tucson, AZ and Dubai, UAE
Publisher : Wild Rose Press (August 26, 2024)
Paperback : 270 pages
ISBN-10 : 1509256849
ISBN-13 : 978-1509256846
Digital ASIN : B0CW1BKWS3
Molly Halloran and her friends have a secret past. Their bucolic retirement is suddenly upended when Molly’s husband is abducted and held for a steep ransom. Now she, her friends, her tech executive son, Lukas and his Air Force pilot boyfriend must race against the clock and travel halfway around the world to meet the kidnappers’ demands. But when they learn why her husband has been abducted, they realize how high the stakes truly are. Molly and her friends now must face their past in order to save the future. But not only their futures; the world’s.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
When Molly Halloran’s husband is abducted she, her son Lukas, and her friends board a plane to travel to the Middle East to save him. They are prepared to pay the huge ransom but when they find out why he was taken they know they have to save more than one man. They need to save the world!
I have to be careful what I say because I don’t want to give anything away.
I love a story that features strong women and The Poseidon Project has several of them. There are strong men too. Molly Halloran and her friends are retired but they have one heck of a past. Her son Lukas is well known in the tech industry and her husband John runs a successful international company. We also meet Taylor who owns a private airline and his daughter Tory is one of his pilots. The characters developed brilliantly throughout the story. They are real with flaws, opinions, and knowledge, and are so interesting.
Mr. Podojil takes his characters on a wild adventure. Once you start reading – hold on tight. The story starts with a slow build but soon the pace becomes brisk and the book is impossible to put down. The author weaves together intricate plotlines with some epic twists. My heart was racing more often than not cheering for Molly and the others. It is truly a story of good vs. evil.
The author does an excellent job of setting the scene. From Tucson, Arizona, to Dubai and around the Middle East, in the air and on the ground, his words created vivid images in my mind. There are scientific elements within the book but he made sure they are layman-friendly and easily understandable.
The Poseidon Project is a fabulous mystery adventure full of action and suspense with dynamic characters, a bit of romance, and international and environmental dangers. The sensational ending wraps up all the loose ends including an Epilogue that jumps ahead two years to catch up with the characters. With this being Book 1 of The Herb Society Mysteries and the last few paragraphs of the Epilogue I am excited to say it looks like there will be more action-packed adventures. I can’t wait!
I am adding The Poseidon Project to my Best Reads List for 2024. I totally escaped into it and was hooked from the first page to the last and the book has stuck with me since I turned that final page.
Beware the book does include some explicit language but was appropriate for the situations.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.
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About E William Podojil
E. William is an international business executive and novelist. He has traveled extensively and visited over sixty countries while based in Europe and the USA. Podojil works as an executive business advisor, strategist, and coach while also pursuing his love of storytelling and writing. His second novel, The Poseidon Project, will be published in 2024 by The Wild Rose Press and is the first in a series of adventure thrillers. Podojil writes personal, humorous stories of his life and travels with his husband and three sons in his blog at www.ewpodojil.com.
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I started life as an artist, but after taking some evening classes in creative writing, just for fun, I discovered I enjoyed filling a blank page with words more than a canvas with paint.
