Benjamin Sobieck Cleansing Eden

[Giovanni Gelati]

 

Have you held a novel in your hand and just after you starting reading it, knew that it was going to kick%$# and take names later? Well for me this is one of those novels. I have to say that this is going to be in my top ten for this quarter and possibly the top ten this year. I kid you not, that is how strongly I feel about this novel. This is one intense effort by the author, Benjamin Sobieck. The other thrill for me on this is that I am currently working with him in The Author’s Lab/Collaborations. We are doing a digital short story titled “Who Whacked the Blogger?” I am getting ahead of myself here in my exuberance. Here is what is between the virtual pages on this incredible novel:

“Obsessions? Yes everyone has them, but does everyone act on them? Cleansing Eden is the story of the characters' different obsessions and what lengths they will go to get what they want or feel they must absolutely have or do. See what this simple word means and does to different people in this fast, hard hitting, action filled, and suspenseful full length novel from Trestle Press.

When a smooth-talking stranger offers aimless runaway Nick Eden a way off the streets, he jumps on the chance at a new life. The stranger provides the things Nick never had: regular meals, a warm place to sleep, plenty of praise and a peculiar drug called Bluegrasse.

But there's a catch. The stranger's purpose for Nick is killing celebrities deemed too damaging to society.

As the body count rises, Nick must choose what means more to him: a twisted sense of purpose or the lives of the people he's called to kill.

Benjamin Sobieck's professional journalism career spans newspapers, magazines, television, websites and books. Sobieck is currently an online editor for a group of national outdoors magazines and one television show. He has a degree in journalism and a minor in creative writing from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. He and his wife reside in Minnesota.”

I have some obsessions myself. I just was told this past Sunday my favorite flavor of ice cream, Brownie Nut Fudge, is no longer being made at my favorite ice cream place. I was about to explain to the ice cream scooper behind the counter what happened to people in this book, but the line was way too long for that; I just had to suck it up and get another flavor to my dismay. If you want to know, I substituted Chocolate Chocolate Chip, good but yet not the same. But I digress yet again. The different textures, the intense plotlines and the rich characters made this one compelling read. I for one had an issue putting this down; my wife tried to pry the Kindle from my hands and I think I actually growled. My best suggestion is to download this hot read, it is $2.99, less than the ice cream I had. Go with a different flavor and find out how good it really is.

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