Killing Maine (Pono Hawkins Thriller Book 2)

for truth and justice. Maybe it's his carry-over from SF. I'll recommend The Pono Hawkins books to SF's guys (vets) I know. This 2nd book had me riveted more so than the first. The author's bold outlay of corporate greed and political corruption was appreciated by me. As the destruction and total disregard for nature and its inhabitants by those who have the unrestrained power (until they don't) to reek havoc is my largest pet peeve in life. People I want to meet... animals!The author's unwavering ability to create such vivid images takes you there - far away from wherever you are - unless you happen to reading on a Hawaiian island or freezing in a desolate cabin in a forest in Maine.I highly recommend taking as many journeys with Pono as his creator provides in the years to come!On to read Assassins (after I put food out for the raccoons) =)

The subject matter and action looked like this would really be interesting; however, I could not enjoy it because of all the many distracting grammar and editing errors. I understand literary license and colloquialisms, but this went way beyond that: whole paragraphs of "sentences" with no verbs, necessary words omitted, run-on sentences, fragments, etc. When the poor grammar of the characters' speech bleeds into the narrative it is difficult to follow the story. The author's habit of saying, "But that's another book" and "That another story" becomes tiresome. Yeah, we know he wrote other books; he can stop promoting them any time. I rarely stop reading a novel but this one I had to put away after struggling through about 20%. Great story idea but terrible editing. Sorry

I only read about 30% of this book. While I know it is fiction, and I agree I am not in favor of government subsidies (which is tax payer money) for wind farms, ethanol plants, I just couldn't keep reading the false information he writes about--we have wind farms in several places in our state--the cattle eat grass that is growing right under the wind generators. I haven't heard anyone say their dog was scared of the area. I just couldn't get past his slant and I rarely don't finish a book--even though I've finished some books that just didn't get better.

As a former Maine resident from away, I am aware of how that beautiful state is being decimated by big corporations and corrupt politician lackeys. They’ve managed to cripple the logging and fishing occupations and now they’re denuding the land. Mr Bond perfectly captures the frustration and anger Mainers (both native and from away) feel at seeing this jewel of nature slowly being destroyed. This thriller will surprise you with its twists and turns until the end. Well written with rich, believable characters. I’m going to read the rest of his books!!

This is a very anti-wind-power-anti-politician novel that is full of all kinds of wild action. The entire adventure of the protagonist is encapsulated by a dying father about to paddle away from Maui in a canoe to meet his maker, and an upcoming surfing event he must cover, as a journalist, in Tahiti. Meantime, this hero flies back and forth from Maine to Hawaii a couple of times while investigating a murder and some windmill sabotage events in Maine, getting arrested, and pursuing hot and heavy action with every woman he meets. The plot goes along like this with lots of twists and turns and gets very interesting as he pursues multiple leads . . . then all of a sudden the case is solved very quickly.It's almost as if the writer (of the book) ran out of time and had to truncate the ending.I mean, it's OK, I enjoyed it while it lasted, but I wish it could have lasted a little longer and rounded out a few more of the loose ends.

First book I have read by Mike Bond, but second in his series about former Special Forces soldier, Pono Hawkins. Takes the reader from the beauty of Hawaii to the forested mountain ranges of Maine showing the destruction wrought by wind turbines and the corruption of government officials and environmental groups all for the glorious billions of dollars. A

The concept and storyline of this book are compelling, but Mr. Bond’s aversion to using words like “how”, “as”, and other short, but essential components of coherent sentence structure, along with irritating editing failures, make this book difficult to enjoy. Allowing and accepting degradation of our language to gang slang and text speak is as dangerous to our ability to communicate as the chasm of our political divisions we allow to widen every day. Our authors have a responsibility to stand up for our communication standards. Otherwise, they are responsible for the deterioration of our ability to comunicate.

In this exciting, captivating novel, surfer and Special Forces (SF) vet Sam Hawkins (sometimes called Pono) leaves Hawaii. He's going to Maine to help a former SF buddy, Bucky Franklin, who has been arrested as a suspect in the murder of environmental executive Ronnie Dalt. He believes that Bucky is innocent and he's determined to gather evidence to culminate Bucky's release. Also, there is interesting involvement with women (many women with Sam). There is no safe place as Sam also becomes a target of all police agencies. This novel includes political buy-outs and deception regarding wind farms which are destroying the environment in Maine. The story is good, but better proofing would make it easier to read at a faster pace. This author knows his stuff as he is an environmental expert who has been involved in saving several threatened areas in Maine. He is also president of several environmental groups.

To many unlikely situations for one man to survive too much unlikely sex too much corruption in business and government Pretty unbelievable.

Not quite as good as Book 1 which was very descriptive about HawaiNot as good as Book 1 which was a very evocative picture of Hawaii. Book 2 was the same story, different place.

Don't know haven't read it