The Lightning Field, Mark James Montgomery
The Lightning Field, Mark James Montgomery
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The Lightning Field

Author: Mark James Montgomery

Narrator: Mike G (Mike Gordon)

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Stonehouse

Published: 06/06/2019


Synopsis


Thriller… Love Story… Sparks Will Fly
Recently paroled, heroic but rootless, Neal Carver is traveling the western states on a vintage motorcycle, a legacy from another drifter -- his father. But Neal Carver’s roadtrip goes spectacularly wrong when the bike is stolen by a murderous couple, and in his hellbent quest to regain it, he’s struck by lightning while crossing the badlands. He recovers more or less in one piece, but is now unexpectedly burdened with Jed, an autistic boy who has a strange and magical connection to electricity. With the terrifying couple in pursuit, Neal and Jed arrive at the ranch of Simone Smith, a solitary young woman obsessed with completing a monumental piece of land art, work that is both keeping her alive and killing her. 
Set against the vast, elemental landscape of New Mexico and the thunderstorms of late summer, these three outsiders will unite for survival and come to understand through the boy’s perceptions how the unseen current that runs through the world has wired their lives together. In fleeing the violent past, the future may hold second chances, the finding of family, the healing of wounds through the power of love. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on January 12, 2020

The Lightning Field reveals an uncommonly skilled and engaging storyteller. The three protagonists of the novel draw the reader’s interest and sympathy from the first. Jed Hark is an autistic nine-year-old with a genius for electricity; perceives things that no one else does, and the reader knows th......more

Goodreads review by Irene on January 12, 2020

Mark Montgomery’s debut book, The Lightning Field, offers the reader a taut thriller, but also a surprisingly moving love story. Neal Carver, a man with a hard past, is running from a deal gone bad and while crossing the badlands is struck by lightning. On recovery he finds himself involved with Jed......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 16, 2020

Have you ever started reading a novel and were quite sure you were going to hate it? So it was for me with Mark Montgomery's The Lightning Field. However, I pushed on, and fell in love (much to my surprise!). The range of characters -- good, bad, and ugly -- were dynamic, easy to love and just as ea......more

Goodreads review by Tenny on January 12, 2020

Last night at 10:30, I opened The Lightening Field by Mark Montgomery and stayed awake until I finished the book in one sitting. The book held me in its grip that long. What an amazing read. I’ve read every book I could in every genre since I was five years old and this is maybe the second book that......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on September 03, 2019

It was an ok read but not my type. It has popped up as a might like. not so much for me.......more