LEVON’S RIDE – Levon Cade # 3
By Chuck Dixon
Rough Edges Press
90 pgs Story
49 pg preview of next in series.
We are big fans of this series about an ex-marine widow, single father, trying his best to get by in a world filled with criminals, organized gangsters, corrupt politicians and perverts praying on the young and innocent. That the so-called “civilized” world Cade came home to after his campaigns in the Middle East. Not exactly the Norman Rockwell America we all once valued.
Whereas Dixon’s writing is always lean, mean and just amazingly well structured. We had a real problem with the book’s overall make up. Whereas his actual story only takes up 90 slim pages, it was clearly intended to be an action packed bridge between volumes two and four. With that goal, the book ends up being too slim for the publisher and so to fill more pages, we’re give almost 50 pages from book four. Huh?
Sorry but as a professional review, we really detest these kinds of “preview” chapters. If we like a book well enough, we don’t need any prompting to pick up the next in the series. And especially one that goes all of 50 pages! Would have been a lot better had the author simply given us story for this bridge episode. In the end, Dixon remains a favorite and you’ll enjoy those 90 pages. After that you’re on your own.
