Unleashed
Road Rage: The Blog Book 1
by Two Sharpe
Genre: Murder Thriller
On October 30th, a man calling himself Simon started a blog, Road Rage. He claimed that he was going to kill several people that offended him with their belligerent driving style. After several claimed murders, the FBI assigned Special Agent Monique “Nikki” Sebastian, to the case to monitor the blog and see if she could start a dialog with the suspected serial killer, to possibly verify his claims. Very quickly, Nikki realized that not only was Simon doing exactly what he claimed, she found that he is not your run of the mill serial killer. Simon seems to function with some sort of moral code and the victims he chooses may very well be deserving of the attention given. Nikki also found that she was not sure who was hunting whom, as the communication between her and Simon became very personal.
As you get to know Simon and the Rage that he carries with him, you will find there is a lot more to this man than some random serial killer. He is a man with very unique “problem solving” skills and he really enjoys his work and the mission he has taken on to help rid the world of some really unnecessary… bad drivers…
“Unleashed” is the first in the Road Rage the Blog series of novels. The books contain adult language and graphic violence. Enter at your own risk because you just might agree with Simon’s mission.
I have tried everything to control the rage, I work out like crazy, eat right, have tried yoga and meditation and yet the rage is always there, on a hair trigger. People are so oblivious and wrapped up in their own lives that they don’t even know that there are predators like me all around them and yet they drive like they own the world. My fondest hope is that my work will make people stop and reevaluate how they drive and become more aware of others. All I am asking for is some basic courtesy and the simple manners that should have been taught to you when you were younger. If you were not blessed with a strong role model, you should have at least picked up on the fact that your choices have consequences. That is a word that I don’t think people really appreciate and I am going to take great care to make sure that you all fully understand its meaning by the time our project ends. Everyone is so wrapped up in their own lives with social media, texting and virtual interactions that they don’t understand there are consequences to their actions, good or bad. I read about these kids that cyberbully others into committing suicide, consequences. I don’t think if these kids actually understood what the consequences are for their actions that they would do these things, at least I hope so.
I am not a monster, not entirely anyway. I truly believe that the mission I am embarking on will serve humanity more than if I were to just kill myself and be done with the pain and struggle to try and contain the rage. I really don’t care if you or anyone agrees with me, as long as you drive like you should, we will likely never meet. Likely….
**Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.**
Road Rage had an interesting description that really tells everything you need to know about this book before diving in. Let me give you a warning though, if you’re the type of driver who is a jerk on the roads, this should make you rethink your bad driving. Simon has had enough of bad drivers on the road, though I don’t get the impression he’s the best of drivers, but he wants everyone else to follow his rules for the road. Sure, some items are common courtesy, for example, if you’re driving in the left lane on a highway, you should move over when you’re finished passing vehicles. Simon is fed up and has decided to start making the bad drivers pay.
Simon seems to have a lot of skills. He’s a skilled stalker, has all the abilities needed to hack anything he wants, and is sadistic in his torture and killing of those who drive poorly. He will then blog his rage, his actions, and eventually his torture and killing methods. And he has quite the following on the blog, not that everyone believes he’s actually doing the killing so he’ll have to give clues to make sure they know it’s the truth.
What I didn’t like. These authors write about how terrific a FBI agent Nikki is, how tough she is, how she closes cases. It’s absolutely ridiculous to me that they would try to make a character a tough agent who then at the slightest hint of attraction from a serial killer falls in love with a man leaving bodies in his wake. Who would lose all her professionalism and just allow it to continue. But, not only make this woman so weak-willed that she can’t do her job, a job that she supposedly lives by, because of her new found love. But, not only is Nikki willing to compromise her beliefs, and her job but so is her boss. No big deal, serial killer running around on the loose but, hey, that’s ok. This would have been a 5-star book for me, if not for this huge issue. I mean, pretty soon it will have to say: oh, we can’t allow women in the FBI because as soon as one sweet talker comes around they’ll fall into a puddle at his feet and be useless in their jobs anymore.
Minus the female character, I thought this was a great book, that is quite terrifying, lol. It’s an interesting concept and one that could probably be pretty accurate, minus the perfect killer with the perfect skills. I was really engrossed in this book and it did not take me long to read it, I couldn’t put it down. Simon definitely ran the spectrum of victims, not just the douchey jerk on the road, but what about the single mom, or what happens when your target is the husband of one of your blog readers. We get the inside look into how Simon chooses his targets and what he carries out on them. I’d definitely recommend this book, and I’d also definitely recommend you pay more attention to your driving!
Rating: 4 stars
Two Sharpe Publishing was created as a company to publish some books that my daughter and I wrote together. This was not something Amanda nor I had ever even dreamed of, but then life has a way of sending you down the path that it wants… regardless of where you were planning on going.
On September 16, 2015, Amanda’s husband Kevin was on his way home from work late one night and was waiting for traffic to clear in the left turn lane about a mile from their home. A drunk driver coming from behind Kevin, at what was estimated 75 mph in a 45 mph zone, veered out of the travel lanes and struck Kevin in the rear of his Dodge Neon with a full-size SUV. Kevin was killed instantly in the crash.
Several months after Kevin’s death, Amanda wrote an autobiography of her life with Kevin called Stolen and she asked me if I would help edit the book. Once we put the finishing touches on Stolen, we decided we would cowrite a fictional series called The Charly Stevens series.
People deal with the loss of a loved one in many different ways. After starting the Charly Stevens Series, we came up with another fictional series called Road Rage The Blog. It is a real time blog written by Simon, a man who has a great deal of rage, especially when he gets in a car.
Once we had an idea for the above projects, we needed a Social Engineer to handle publishing, website development, cover art, and social media for our company. We were lucky enough to convince Kris Spoon to join our team. Kris has a wide range of experience in the world of publishing and social media and has used those unique skills to create a platform for not only the works we have created to date, but for those to come. We hope in the future to be able to help other authors bring their works to life through our company.
Thank you for reading about Two Sharpe Publishing!
-Amanda, Kris, & Scott-
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