Purified – Do you ever dream of a life where no disease can harm you? Your body is immune to everything trying to attack it?“There’s no use trying to escape. You’re miles from anywhere. You have no clothes, no food, no money... You’re dead, Mason.”As far as everyone else is concerned, Mason Bushing died over a year ago, but now he’s running from Dr. Harlow who is secretly conducting an unauthorized experiment for a drug he calls Purify. It saved Mason’s life, but Mason is focused on getting what he wants most—his old life back. His plans change when he realizes his wife is more interested in the insurance money she inherited than seeing him alive. His best friend doesn’t believe his story, and the police intend on charging him with fraud and assault after he almost kills his wife’s boyfriend.Warren is a detective who’s assigned the case. He’s been on personal leave because his wife died. His investigation turns up suspicions of lying, disturbing coincidences, and related homicides.When Mason becomes the prime suspect, he’s forced to run again.Imagine having to run from someone who saved your life. Imagine everyone thinking you’re dead, but you’re really alive. Questions, accusations, conspiracies… murder. What if this was all caused by a drug that’s creating the next physical evolution of man? What would you do if you were Purified?
This sounds great until you realize that you have to come to
the brink of death in order to get noticed by the Purifier.
The crazed ex-military doctor who started his own
underground experiments.
Even worse, you don’t know what is happening to you until
you are already purified, you have no say in the matter.
I originally picked up this book because it was July’s Book
of The Month in a Goodreads group I am a part of. I saw the cover and was
instantly intrigued. I know you aren’t supposed to judge a book by the cover,
but I do it anyways.
I was not disappointed.
As a debut book for Robert Smith, it went very well. The
beginning had a bit of a weird pace to it. There were a lot of really quick
scenes. But after those first few chapters, it settled down and started to read
at a nice pace.
The story was really intriguing. It was new to me, I haven’t
experienced a story like it before. It hooks you by making Mason’s struggle
really interesting. You would think that having a second chance at life would
make someone happy, but he hates it. He already lost his old life, and
everything just keeps going downhill from there.
There weren’t any dull moments, which was a definite plus,
it just keeps moving along at full speed until the end.
The characters were all pretty likable in their own ways,
which made it an even more positive reading experience.
I expect many good things to come from Robert Smith after
this novel.
Horror/Thriller fans should definitely give it a shot.
4/5 Stars
