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If you found out that you were dying, would you volunteer for one last mission to help your Country?

Lieutenant Colonel Christine Kurzow lives in guilt every day. Eleven of the soldiers under her command died one day because she couldn't shoot a child... even though that child was a suicide bomber. Determined that their deaths are her fault, Christine attempts suicide. Luckily she is found before her dies. Not only would having a female Lieutenant Colonel suicide be a giant PR disaster, but a secretive branch of the army has a mission for her... if only she'll accept.

Christine finds herself as part of the Terminals, working as a handler to find terminally ill people (military or not) who are willing to die to save the lives of others. In this case, the live of eleven children who have been kidnapped. The kidnapper himself was shot by the police, but they need to find the children... and only someone dead and willing to speak with a medium can hunt down the killer in the afterlife and send the information make to the police.

This is an extremely interesting book that touches on a lot of subjects that most authors leave alone, including how different religions view an afterlife as well as assisted suicide. After Christine finds out that some of the records may have been falsified to "find" the correct Terminal and that some people are only there because their family was threatened, Christine has to decide what needs to be done to save the children as well as keep her own honor intact.

I was satisfied with the ending of the story and would love to read additional novels in this series. There is plenty of character development and a great plot in this first novel, so I'm excited to see what the author can do to expand on the storyline. This book receives 4 stars instead of 5 because there was too much explaining about what the department is... now that we know how the department works, I'm hoping the author can expand more on the characters and their work and relationships to each other, friendly or not.

If The Terminals: Spark is a book that interests you, the kindle version is currently available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JPGDDWM/?tag=shasworofboo-20.

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