Prey

This was the first of Ken Goddard's books I read, and continues to be my favorite. He has a unique writing style that is descriptive (for those of us that don't know weapons well) while not being overdone. The story is far-fetched but who cares! Goddard takes the reader on a whirlwind of suspence and crime. I couldn't put the book down and once I finished I had to find another story about that rogue cop turned wildlife agent, Henry Lightstone.

I have never read any of Ken Goddard's books and PREY was my first (and won't be my last) novel that I have read and liked. It was never boring and has lots of interesting characters, good and bad. The only thing I didn't like about it was the main character Lightstone, only because he has such an american indian name but no background or reference of his heritage was revealed, so I didn't really get to know the character very much except he likes sports and obviously knows something about weapons and martial arts. The weapons part I can understand since he is a cop after all, but again no explanation on how he knows all those karate moves! But I usually don't read this kind of book but I love action/adventure series, and this gave me that! So I suppose it piqued my interest to read the next installment. But according to the reviews the next two are weak, but I will give my own opinion. The author deserves it in my opinion.

The story was great and flowed smoothly I picked it up and didn't put it down 'till I was done!

Non-stop action from beginning to end. However, a lot of the action is related through dialogue and this has a tendency to slow the pace of the story. The author is one of the few to introduce a woman as a villain and I would really have liked to have seen her character fleshed out some more. It would have been interesting to have had herself and Lightner in a situation where they were pursued by both the good guys and the bad guys. Apart from that, this was an altogether enjoyable read.