Carter, Daniel L. The Unwanted: The G-6
Chronicles (Volume 1). CreateSpace (May 10, 2010). ISBN-10: 1477479724 (sc) ISBN-13:
978-1477479728 (e)
In Chicago, FBI Agent Nick Catlin
spent months setting up a sting on Damon Hannah’s business, INYO Industries, that
supposedly focuses on high-end medical equipment. It is clear there is a leak
in the FBI team. Twice an enormous explosion
has obliterated all traces of genetic manipulation and murdered five babies and
ten or more adults. Each time Hannah has moved his operation to a new city.
Now, fourteen months after the
Chicago murders, Catlin has traced Hannah’s operation to Poughkeepsie, New
York. This time, as the explosions begin just ahead of Catlin’s raid, nurses
Janet Renard and Michele Townsend manage to get the five infants under their
care into the backseat of Janet’s jeep. Running just ahead of Hannah and
Catlin, Janet and Michele transport the children to Oklahoma. Janet’s uncle,
Leigh Barrus, her only living relative, has a vast ranch there. They fix up a cabin, far removed from any roads
or houses, and Janet and Michele take on the seemingly insurmountable task of
mothering five unwanted children.
Because of genetic manipulation the
babies grow at an abnormal rate, at twenty-four days they need solid food, at
nine weeks all can roll over in their cribs, and at four months, they speak
their first words. Each child begins exhibiting extraordinary gifts. Uncle
Leigh teaches Mama, Aunt Shelley and each of the children to keep their eyes on
God not on the concerns their gifts cause or on their fear of discovery.
The back of the book says in part: “Born
out of vengeance, five discarded children must fight to keep their family safe.
Millions of lives stand in the balance as sacrifices are made. This family will
never be the same as heroes rise and fall.”* A book where the bad guys are bad
and the good guys try really, really hard to be good.
The
cover will draw the reader into the manipulation of the DNA of innocent
children, the power, the love, and the anger that carries this book.Written as Janet’s
journal, here X-men for Christian readers begins. Mystery, science fiction,
adventure, romance: something for every tween, teen and adult that has ever
felt helpless, unwanted, or alone. Carter has incorporated his love of fantasy
and science fiction with his fascination with the spiritual principalities of
the Bible and given us a new paranormal fantasy. He gives us a book where the
bad guys are bad, and the good guys try really, really hard to be good.
Carter has penned a story that will
keep readers up at night wondering what will happen next. The tone is consistent
and reasoned, exciting and compelling, the reader will gladly suspend their
disbelief. Contemporary social, economic, ethical, and political issues are
incorporated while conforming to the reader’s expectations of an adventure in
the near future. There are enough unanswered questions and partial
possibilities to make the reader look forward to the trilogy and the series to
follow.
* The G-6 Chronicles: The Unwanted Trilogy,
http://www.theunwantedtrilogy.com/ (accessed September 8, 2012)
