Professional Football League linebacker Riley Covington
finds himself under pressure once more. But unlike most PFL linemen, it’s not a
goal line stand to win or lose the game. If Riley loses the game he’s playing,
the entire nation could crumble.
If you’re familiar with the first two Riley Covington
thrillers, Monday Night Jihad and Blown Coverage, then you know that Riley
isn’t your average ordinary everyday PFL linebacker. He’s also stopped two
terrorist plots and is deep into Middle Eastern affairs. He just wants to play
football, but his former life as Special Ops keeps interfering. Blackout ends not too long after Blown Coverage ends. Riley and his Colorado
Mustangs are in the offseason getting ready to start training camp.
Football soon becomes the last thing on Riley’s mind when
the FBI comes to get him while he is vacationing in Alaska. They take him to
see Scott Ross, Riley’s friend and former Special Ops teammate, and the current
team leader in the Counter Terrorism Division.
His team has uncovered a plot to smuggle two EMPs—electromagnetic
pulse bombs—into the USA. Denote them and the most technologically advanced
country in the world gets its tech permanently and completely fried. Ross wants
Riley’s help because back in his Special Op days, Riley had been an EMP expert,
and had even written on the subject. Blackout
tells a twofold tale of the PFL Riley Covington, the Counterterrorism Riley
Covington, and the one man struggling to win the game on and off the field.
I found the book to be very entertaining and informative. I
learned a lot about the Islamic faith and gained new insight into the insider’s
world of professional sports. There were times that the book, in my opinion,
got a bit overly preachy in its point but overall I felt that the authors did a
good job balancing the action-packed story with deeper thought-provoking
content.
The reason for the book’s success in the areas of faith and
football is due in large part, I would think, to the coauthor Jason Elam (Yes,
the 2 time Super Bowl champion Jason Elam). In addition to being an NFL kicker,
Jason is also working on his Masters of Apologetics at Liberty University. Other author Steve Yohn has a Bachelor’s in
Biblical studies.
Overall, Blackout is
a fun witty book that will make you make you make to suspend some disbelief.
But it raises an all too serious issue in the threat and devastation of an EMP
attack. It’s a gripping, believable tale with unbelievable characters. I liked Blackout, I really did. I might even
like it more once I pick up the first two books in this series and find out
exactly how a Special Ops genius turned into a PFL linebacker.
-I am a part of the Tyndale blogging program. I received a complimentary ARC copy of this book for review-
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