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While looking for a full text version of the BH&G
article, I came across this book review:
Section: fiction
Morrell, David.
Scavenger.
Vanguard: Perseus. Mar. 2007. c.368p.
ISBN 1-59315-441-0
[ISBN 978-1-59315-441-7]. $24.95. F
Morrell introduced readers to the somewhat esoteric
concept of urban exploration with his Bram Stoker
Award-winning Creepers. With this sequel, he
tantalizes with a page-a-minute thriller on another
fairly obscure pastime, geocaching, which involves
hiding an object and then leaving a series of clues or
coordinates to follow so that object can be found.
Frank and Amanda, the only survivors of an incident at
the Paragon Hotel, are swept into a deadly situation
by a devious video game designer. Amanda is kidnapped,
and while Frank searches for her, she is forced to
search for a geocached time capsule in a Roanoke-like
town in Wyoming. Told in near real time, the novel is
fraught with tension and ever-ratcheting suspense; the
tight, fast-paced plot races along at breakneck speed.
As is typical of Morrell, not much internal character
thought or motivation is given; the characters are
developed mostly through their actions and
interactions with one another. Good for public
libraries, especially where suspense/thrillers are popular.
Carol Strawberry
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different
speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." (William James)
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