Fallen (Daniel Briggs Book 2)

The characters and plots are very well written with attention paid to the technicals while unfolding action that keeps you turning pages and wanting more.

Daniel is such a great character. I love reading about the beginning of his journey. What a great book and series to read.

Another great read by Cooper. Spoiler Alert.This one has Daniel Briggs in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Daniel got off the AMTRAK train to just look around. He's still drinking and has loads of personal baggage.Daniel heads for a bar and once inside is approached by a woman named Tiffany. Tiffany isn't pleased when Daniel isn't interested in her dubious charms.Four men approach Daniel after Tiffany tells them Daniel grabbed her ass. Daniel realizes these four have done this before with Tiffany. The four men aren't impressed with Daniel but are in for the surprise of their lives when Daniel kicks their asses seven ways to Sunday.After the fight in the bar Daniel heads out looking for a cheap motel for the night and spots a priest/pastor loading a pick up. The priest/pastor tells him about a cheap motel and Daniel heads out to find it.Later the priest/pastor who is indeed a pastor approached Daniel and offers him a room at his church. Daniel isn't keen on it but finally agrees.The pastor is Ed Walker and his daughter is Anna. An Anna who's a beautiful sixteen year old. An Anna Daniel likes immediately.So begins another great read by Cooper.This one has Daniel, a Daniel who was known as Snake Eyes, a sniper par excellance, Ed, Anna, Ed's ex wife Natasha Verushkin, her father Georgy Verushkin who is a man of honor and head of The Pension, Ukranian women sold into the sex trade, a Daniel who finds this out, a Pastor Walker who appears to be a weak man a man who's being blackmailed, a Daniel who decides to help Walker, a Daniel who finds a building on the Church land, a building that has manacles and chains, a building that's being used to house those women, an Anna who takes a hand, an Anna who is kidnapped, A Natasha Verushkin who decides her Father must die, a man named Joe who will see this done, a fight at the Verushkin house, a Daniel who calls in some favors, a Julian Fogg with the CIA, a Rex Hazard who fought alongside Daniel in Iraq and Afghanista, a Hazerd who put Daniel in for the Congressional Medal of Honor, an honor Daniel declined, a meeting of The Pension at Ft. Kearny island, a Natasha with plans, a Pastor Walker who isn't what he appears to be and Daniel Briggs letting his monster loose to save lives, kill the bad guys and make sure those he knows are good people stay alive.One Awesome read. Five Stars.

From the Corps Justice Series, we have here the second installment involving former Marine SGT and Sniper, Daniel Briggs. And once again the adventure takes place prior to Daniel linking up with Cal Stokes. So, a prequel, I guess. And a great one it is too. Not long released from The Corps and the horrors of war in the Middle East, former USMC SGT Daniel Briggs is lost. He has no home. No family. No real friends to speak of. He's as listless as a man can be - and he likes it that way, mostly. As he finds himself in the northern NE area, Briggs gets into a bar fight with a group of redneck numb nuts who would prefer to fight rather than just mind their own business. Too bad for them. But Daniel's swift dispatch of the unruly group leads but to trouble on his hills, just as he finds shelter and anonymity with a local Paster and his daughter - willing to put him up for a bit for the good deed he did. But things are not what they seem. And everything goes sideways very quickly when Daniel gets involved in helping the Pastor out of a mess he created - and Daniel gets sucked deeper & deeper into the quagmire he never saw coming. All to aid and protect the innocence of the Pastor's 15-yr-old daughter. A noble cause as any in Daniel's eyes. Everyone else is just collateral damage.Another inciteful look into the mind of "Snake Eyes" Daniel Briggs, as he attempts to right his life by forgetting his wartime experiences - and letting fate take him where it may.

After time off from reading any of Cooper's books (due to time constraints and reading another genre), it was a very pleasant and welcome surprise to come back to them and find that not only were the stories good, but Cooper has continued to grow as an author. While I have enjoyed all of his books and seen him become a better author with each book, the amount he has grown, in the story, characters, descriptions and general story telling was very refreshing and enjoyable. I do like the fact, as I have written in previous reviews, that his books are not bogged down with unnecessary descriptions of places or details that are not relevant. There is enough detail to describe the scene, but not so much as to distract from the story that you lose track of what is happening.I also like the fact that Cooper is now writing stories about the characters that "supporting" characters in his other books. I look forward to reading the back stories on the other "supporting" characters from the Corp Justice novels.As usual, for this author, the book was a good, enjoyable read and was a very refreshing change from some of the other books I have read lately.If you like the types of books in this genre, you should definitely give this one a try.

Short length makes fast reading.Not too violent.Sometimes emotional.A little more details will help in enjoying the book

Great book loved reading all about Daniel, looking forward to starting the next book in the series. Can't wait to start.

Amazing read, it just flowed and was over too quick leaving me hooked and wanting more

really good insight into Daniel's journey

A good yarn and well constructed. Concise and crisp, the story moves with a pace although follows the usual hero wins all and a the expected ending.......still worth a read.