My first book by this author and I liked it. Three and a half stars. I was intrigued by the premise of the plot though I did get a bit tangled up in it at times. The action was fast and exciting. I don't know how realistic that last part was with Cameron (not going to spoil it) but I was on the edge of my seat to know it would turn out okay. I liked the character of the young man from Saudi and all that part of the story was very interesting but I felt there were too many threads at times and it was hard to keep track of what was happening. Probably just me... but I'd definitely read another by this author. A tight, fast paced thriller that moves around the world weaving a deadly terrorist attack with an American family's dark, twisted secrets. The novel focuses on Megan Reynolds who has returned to her mother's home near San Diego after a failed relationship as well as a set back to her career. Megan's relationship with her mother is strained from issues in the past when their father walked out on the family. She barely settles in before her flight attendant brother is implicated in the bombing of a posh hotel in Hong Kong that kills sixty people. She soon learns her brother was involved with a powerful Saudi family and as she probes deeper into her brother's relations to the Saudis she begins to uncover dark secrets about her own family as well. Once she receives a text from her brothers phone asking for her help she is off on a global race against time to save her brother and prove his innocence.Rice is the son of novelist Ann Rice but he inherited none of her longwindedness. The Moonlit Earth is a fast read and the story moves quickly. The characters are interesting and while their family issues are not unique it is fun to see how Rice entwines a family's drama with events of more far-reaching and fatal consequences. Megan's journey is naturally external as well as internal (she is saving her brother's life and her family's bond) and while that is a familiar theme Rice makes you care about her and her brother. The ending is tense and has a few nice twists. Looking forward to his next work.
I'm about 2/3 of the way thru this book, and so far it's really interesting.
—vishnu
Another Christopher Rice that I loved
—euyuohz
Good book, easy to read
—marq12
Brilliant
—Macca
