The Brainrush series has been my favorite series - in, oh I don't know how many years. I tend to like stand-alone books but this series of books are some of my favorite action thrillers...ever.

I read the first two books recently - BRAINRUSH: (Book One) and The Enemy of My Enemy (Brainrush 2). Action, paranormal thrills, great in-depth characters. So I was very excited to get an Advanced Reading Copy of "Brainrush 3: Beyond Judgement."

This book starts out six years after the ending of book two. Protagonist Jake Bronson was in a coma and when he came out of it, he had lost his memory (and that's a lot of things to forget). Because of this memory lapse, it took ME a while at the beginning of the book to get wrapped back up in the story again. But once I figured out what the author had done with Jake, the roller coaster ride was on again.

Short chapters lend themselves to a lightning speed read, with our characters going from Italy to Switzerland to a tropical island in the Banda Sea this time around. And the locations are described in detail by the author. I definitely now want to visit Venice.

There's not as much paranormal activity in this book, which I missed. There is more time given to Jake's autistic children, which I loved. There are still rough-tough soldiers, techno toys, geeks, damsels in distress, another dastardly villain, and more tight spaces to trigger my claustrophobia as in the other two books.

I received this in the mail yesterday and stayed up all night to finish it. It's that good. I would suggest you read the first two books if you haven't so you get the backstory. And then get this one when it comes out in July. You won't be disappointed.