Review – The Watchers

While Abby Sherman sleeps in the adjacent bedroom, her housekeeper, guardian and friend, lies outside her bedroom door. But instead of sleep, the blue flickers of light from the television reveal the housekeeper’s oddly titled head, and an ominous crimson trail of blood down her throat that forms a darkening, spreading stain on the sofa cushions beneath her. The killer pauses to gain control in the heady aftermath of the rush of death, his curved scythe at the ready. He takes deep breaths to calm his racing pulse. He was from the Order of the Scythe, his job-to cull the herd-and his job wasn’t done.

Abby Sherman, asleep in the next room is a typical twenty-year old with a personal home page filled with pictures of herself, her friends, and even covers of her favorite albums. She blogs on a social networking website that lately is all about an unusual dream during the time of Christ where she sees herself as Anna the prophetess, her arms reaching out to take baby Jesus from His parents. When she clutches the small Body to her chest, an explosion of joy emanates from her core to match the wondrous light pouring from the infant she holds. The dream is only the first of many visions to come.

At the same moment in Jerusalem Sister Sarha and the Monks awaken another Sister, one more advanced than themselves, but also on the verge of death, anxious to know what their dreaded dreams and feelings mean. The Sister encourages them to pray as if their very lives depend on it.

Meanwhile in New York, Beverly Hills, and across the globe, grey haired Scythian warriors scan Abby’s recent blog entries. Their curses fill the air. She must be stopped before it’s too late.

Enter Dylan Hatfield, formerly from Delta Force, CIA and NSA, hired for wet work sanctions. He prides himself that his targets are always bad guys the world would be better off without. That made him more than a hit-man. But the new target was a young, innocent girl. He was told she would trigger a world war if she weren’t silenced. Hatfield still refused-until the voice offered him fifteen million dollars.

Christy award finalist, Mark Andrew Olsen’s new release is an unusual title that mixes spiritual genealogy and the supernatural to produce a mind-blowing twist. His fresh, innovative-plot and characters are anything but typical. From the opening lines to the last word, Olsen has written a page-turner hard to put down. The Watchers is a high-octane blend of mysticism, action and mystery that span centuries. This exciting read is followed by The Warriors also to release in April 2008. Olsen is an exciting fiction writer to follow.