THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE

Author: Susan Grant ISBN: 0505525429 4/2004 ACTION ROMANCE Publisher: Love Spell
Time Period: Present 2006 - to Future 2176

The year: 2006. The mission: routine. Or so U.S.A.F. pilot Bree "Banzai" Maguire thinks. Then she's shot down over enemy airspace, captured and put in bio-stasis. When she wakes, everything's changed. It's one hundred and seventy years later— 2176— the world is in crisis, and she's a hotly contested prize. Once, Banzai's job was to protect democracy; now a mysterious voice claims she must bring it back. But who will help? Two men vie for her heart. Kyber, her captor, the rich, ruthless Emperor Prince of Asia, has all a man could desire...except her love. Then there's U.C.E. SEAL commander and would-be rescuer Ty Armstrong. He has all the right moves—but are they enough to keep up with a woman on a mission? With two such choices, Banzai regrets she has but one heart to give for her country.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Like a lot of action with your romance? Then pick up THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE, by Susan Grant. Most of this one is action and speculation as the romance takes a backseat. Since this is the beginning book in a four-part series written by three different authors, I am hopeful there will be more action in the bedroom in the next one!

Bree "Banzai" Maguire is your typical heroine, if you like strong fighter pilot chicks. She and her best friend, Cam, are captured over enemy territory and put to "sleep" by an experimenting scientist. When she awakens, she finds her friend missing and the world too different to describe. Suffice it to say, her main mission in life now is to find her wingman friend, Cam, and to figure out where she fits into the strange new world.

Ty Armstrong is the hero who tries to save Bree from her unnatural slumber, only to have her stolen from him. He then ends up a prisoner of the dictator Emperor Prince of Asia, Kyber. Kyber has a thing for Bree, and she relies on his knowledge and doctors, much to Ty's dismay. However, when Bree finds out Ty is from the area formally know as the USA, she rescues him from the dungeon and escapes with herself.

There is so much going on in this book that I am surprised Ty and Bree hit the sheets at all. Most of the story revolves around the many people and associations that want to use Bree for political reasons. Ty has an agenda too, but apparently his agenda is the only one that seems to be political and personal. Though one could argue that Kyber isn't really that bad.

If nothing else, the intriguing thought of the US being a history footnote will have me picking up the next one in the series.

Shannon Johnson