Genre: Action-Adventure, Vigilante Justince
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Maryann
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About The Book
Every man has a limit. Jack is about to reach his.
Jack Horwood should be content. His job keeps him busy and renovating his home keeps him entertained. So why does he feel as if something important is missing from his life and he’s just wasting time?
Discontent sharpens his attention, and between losing one mentor and watching the other struggle with prejudice and racism, Jack doesn’t like what he sees. Walking away is not an option, but neither can he carry on as he has.
It is Rio, whose conduct gives Jack an idea, and his ladder-climbing partner, Tom Gatting, who makes him realise what is important to him.
After that, it’s just a question of making a choice. Because when he hits his limit, there’s only two directions Jack can go.
Zero Tolerance is the final part of the Zero Rising series, which follows Jack’s early life from scared, homeless boy to fierce, independent vigilante hacker. Zero Tolerance is not a romance, but it brings Jack’s story to the start of Job Hunt, the first book in the suspense-with-romance Power of Zero series, and Jack’s reunion with the man he’s carried a torch for since he was seventeen.
The Review
Jack Horwood has come a long way in a life that was once frightening and unsure. He has three men that became his mentors, and he’s remained loyal to them: Rio, Gareth Flynn and Jon Griggs.
He’s been working a case for twenty-four hours now, and even though it has come to a close, he can’t escape the migraine. For Jack to become invested in an assignment, he likes to be thoroughly briefed – he relies on the exactness of the information. Tom Gatting, is the team leader, but he’s not someone that Jack is fond of. Tom likes to grab an assignment with little information, get the team involved, and look for ways that he can take the credit.
Jack likes to spend the little free time he has renovating houses. He often thinks about Gareth Flynn, whom he served under at the age of seventeen. He worries about Rio, who has struggled because of the prejudice – his skin color, dreadlocks, clothing and the fact that he’s gay have continued to be in issue in the work arena.
Now there’s a new assignment that Tom Gatting has snatched, and Jack will have to go to Japan. Things are not going well. Jon Griggs is getting ready to retire, and Rio believes they have a mole. Jack has to think about what changes he will face when he returns.
In Japan, he meets another group of agents and sees what they deal with, not only in the case they are working on, but in their own lives. Although he’s disappointed and discontented about how the case turns out, he stays in Japan. He’s not ready to return to the USA just yet, and it gives him the opportunity to visit a dojo. It sets his thoughts off in another direction.
Then Rio, who believes in justice and doing what’s right, brings Paston into his world. As he nurses Paston back to health. Jack learns more life lessons, and the experience will affect the choices he has to make. Does he continue being discontent, or will he finally find the path he needs to follow?
In Zero Tolerance, Jack is still trying to find the contentment he needs to survive in the world that always doesn’t suit him. There’s the constant concern about Rio, who has been a father figure and mentor for Jack from a very young age. And Gareth Flynn, an important figure in his life. He has to find his way, accepting changes that may affect the course of his life.
Keswick immerses the reader in another fascinating Jack Horwood tale, part of the “Zero Rising” series. It’s an exciting and dangerous story, one where he realizes that his values are different from others’.
I have only high praise for Zero Tolerance and the rest of the “Zero Rising” series. It all started with The Power of Zero and Two Divided By Zero, which led to the “The Power of Zero” series with its first novel, Job Hunt. Keswick is multi-talented – this series is outstanding, worth reading over and over.
The Reviewer
Hi, I’m Maryann, I started life in New York, moved to New Hampshire and in 1965 uprooted again to Sacramento, California. Once I retired I moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 2011 and just moved back to Sacramento in March of 2018. My son, his wife and step-daughter flew out to Florida and we road tripped back so they got to see sights they have never seen. New Orleans and the Grand Canyon were the highlights. Now I am back on the west coast again to stay! From a young age Ialways liked to read.
I remember going to the library and reading the “Doctor Dolittle” books by Hugh Lofting. Much later on became a big fan of the classics, Edgar Alan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker and as time went by Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury and Stephen Kingand many other authors.
My first M/M shifter book I read was written by Jan Irving the “Uncommon Cowboys” series from 2012. She was the first author I ever contacted and sent an email to letting her know how much I liked this series. Sometime along the way I read “Zero to the Bone”by Jane Seville, I think just about everyone has read this book!
As it stands right now I’m really into mysteries, grit, gore and “triggers” don’t bother me. But if a blurb piques my interest I will read the book.
My kindle collection eclectic and over three thousand books and my Audible collection is slowly growing. I have both the kindle and audible apps on my ipod, ipads, and MAC. So there is never an excuse not to be listening or reading.
I joined Goodreads around 2012 and started posting reviews. One day a wonderful lady, Lisa Horan of The Novel Approach, sent me an email to see if I wanted to join her review group. Joining her site was such an eye opener. I got introduce to so many new authors that write for the LGBTQ genre. Needless to say, it was heart breaking when it ended.
But I found a really great site, QRI and it’s right here in Sacramento. Last year at QSAC I actually got to meet Scott Coatsworth, Amy Lane and Jeff Adams.
