The Last Drive by John W Howell #Mystery Action Fiction #Review @HowellWave

Hello everyone!

An amazing start to the week as it is our turn to showcase The Last Drive, brilliantly written by our friend and fellow writer, John W Howell. Written as the sequel to Eternal Road, The Final Stop, The Last Drive takes us on another fascinating visit to the unknown.

Blurb

In the sequel to Eternal Road – The final stop, Sam and James are reunited to look for two souls, Ryan and Eddie. Ryan was killed in Afghanistan, trying to avoid a schoolyard with his crippled plane. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ryan’s hero, is to guide Ryan to his Eternal Home, and now both are missing.

The higher-ups believe that there has been some interference in Ryan and Eddie’s journey by Lucifer, so Sam and James have the task of finding Ryan and Eddie to get them back on the road despite the evil interference. Unfortunately, the machinations designed to prevent Ryan and Eddy from completing their journey takes the pair to horrifying testing grounds. The places visited represent the best work of the Devil. They are the trenches of World War I in France, gladiators at the Roman Coliseum, the sinking Titanic in 1912, Hiroshima 45 minutes before the bomb, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.

This book is for you if you like plenty of action, strong characters, time travel, and a touch of spiritual and historical fiction. So, join Sam and James as they try to find the missing souls while staying one step ahead of the Prince of Darkness, who is determined to destroy all that is good.

Buy Links

The Last Drive is available in paper and Kindle editions on Amazon. Here are the universal links. The Kindle edition is on sale for 99¢ through mid-February.

Kindle https://mybook.to/FYmkKr

Paper https://mybook.to/BCsWV

Author Bio

John is an award-winning author who after an extensive business career began writing full time in 2012. His specialty is thriller fiction novels, but John also writes poetry and short stories. He has written Six other books that are on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.

John lives in Lakeway, Texas with his wife and their spoiled rescue pets.

Author links

Blog Fiction Favorites, http://johnwhowell.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/john.howell.98229241

Twitter –https://www.twitter.com/HowellWave

Goodreads –https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7751796.John_W_Howell

Amazon Author’s page –https://www.amazon.com/author/johnwhowell

BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/profile/john-w-howell

Eternal Road Buy links

Kindle Universal link  mybook.to/EternalRoad

Paper universal link mybook.to/Eternalroadpaper

My Review

The last drive, the sequel to Eternal Road, follows Sam and James on another mission to help the recently departed to get to their forever home. This time it involves Ryan Sanders, a pilot who died saving others.

Ryan has been assigned a guide to the Eternal Road, but when trouble intervenes in the shape of Lucifer, our heroes, Sam and James, are sent to sort things out.

What happens then goes from bad to awful as they are involved in visiting some awful situations, hoping they will break one of the rules.

This highly emotional story is brilliantly written. Sending Sam and James to these disastrous occasions is a ploy by Lucifer to make them break God’s rules so Ryan will be forced to forfeit his soul.

The major problem involves how easy it would be to warn people about these disasters, but of course, that would break the rules and cause chaos.

The ending was a surprise, and one of the best parts of this story for me were the chapters involving the Titanic. That has always resonated with me as one of the worst disasters. To go back there must have been emotionally debilitating and knowing they could not interfere must have been unbelievably tough…


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  2. Linda Mims Avatar

    Another great tribute to your talent, John, and I can’t wait to get into The Last Drive. Jane and Anita, thank you for the enticing review.

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Linda. I appreciate the kind words.

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  3. Mae Clair Avatar

    A fantastic review and another great tour stop for John.
    The scenes are the Titanic also resonated with me. I was truly moved by the way John handled those scenes.

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Mae. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to be there and have to standby and watch the events unfold.

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I thought John handled all of the traumatic situations expertly, Mae. I would have been in pieces!

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  4. Liz Gauffreau Avatar

    Congratulations to John on another excellent review!

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Liz. It is beautiful too.

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      1. Liz Gauffreau Avatar

        You’re welcome, John.

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  5. Jan Sikes Avatar

    Another fabulous review of John’s new book. Thank you, Jaye and Anita for sharing your thoughts. Congratulations to John!

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Jan. I appreciate you stopping by.

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      an emotionally charged, wonderful story, Jan…

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  6. Teri Polen Avatar

    Wonderful review of a book I’m so excited to read. Congrats to John!

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Teri. Good to see you here today.

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  7. Joan Hall Avatar

    Great review, Jaye and Anita. I enjoyed this book, and I agree it would have been difficult not to help. Thanks for hosting John today.

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thanks for your visit, Joan. The struggle would have been real.

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Impossible really, I wonder how that would have panned out?

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  8. Gwen M. Plano Avatar

    Thank you, Jaye and Anita, for hosting John today and sharing your wonderful review. Congratulations to John! 🎉🎊🎉

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you for your support, Gwen. 😁

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Thanks Gwen… I loved the story, even though it left me emotionally drained…

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  9. D.L. Finn, Author Avatar

    Great review. I agree ot would have been tough not to try to help.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I wonder what would have happened if someone did?

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  10. Staci Troilo Avatar

    Wonderful review. I really enjoyed this story and wish John all the best.

    Thanks for hosting, ladies.

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Staci. I agree that the review is wonderful. Jaye and Anita are great hosts, for sure. I appreciate your comments. 😊

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      This was our pleasure, Staci…

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  11. T. W. Dittmer Avatar

    It’s great to see an excellent review for such a fantastic book!

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Tim. I agree the review is excellent.

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      You are too kind, but The Last Drive deserved our review…

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      1. T. W. Dittmer Avatar

        It sure does! It kept me up late. :-)

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  12. Dale Avatar

    This was a wonderful review of a wonderful book. I appreciate when nothing is given away but enough it said to entice.
    Nicely done!

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Dale. It is a super review.

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      The Last Drive was a complicated book to review. I wanted to say so much…

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      1. Dale Avatar

        I know what you mean! It is so hard not to give anything away.

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  13. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more Avatar

    Thanks for another great review, and not telling too much about the terrific content. I love ´ these reviews taking one into the story but letting some doors closed for own discover. ;-) Best wishes, Michael

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      This is an excellent review, Michael. I agree with your reasons too. Thanks for the wise words and visit. 😁

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you for sharing, Michael.

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  14. John W. Howell Avatar

    Thank you, Jaye and Anita, for hosting me today. It is a privilege to be here, and I appreciate you helping with the launch of The Last Drive. Thank you also for the lovely review. I’m so glad you liked the story. This is especially true, given your gift for storytelling. You have made my day. 😁

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      It was our pleasure to share our site with you, John. We are looking forward to reading more of your writing!

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  16. Darlene Avatar

    A great review for this wonderful book. I agree, the Titanic part was difficult as I would have wanted to warn the captain.

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    1. John W. Howell Avatar

      Thank you, Darlene. It would have been hard to resist so that you could see the devil’s evil in that scene.

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