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Hello, good people, and welcome to my very first ever Book Review. Most of you will know me as the Survivor guy, but I was lucky enough to be a Beta reader for an exciting new book series by an up and coming new author. So, check out the review and if it sounds like something you would be into, check it out. It's a lot of fun! And with that...

What would you do to improve your life? What lengths would you go to to help your children? Would you have surgery to "be prettier?" Would you give your child medicine to calm them down? Would you implant yourself or your child with a small micro-chip if the results were enhanced performance on the job or a cure for your child's Autism? And what would you do and what lengths would you go to if the controls of that micro-chip fell into the wrong hands?

These thoughts are the central story line for a fresh new book series by newcomer Chantay M. James. The book is titled Waivering Minds: A Brainwaiver Novel and no, those are not typos. One of the focal points of this novel is the Brainwaiver micro-chip and mobile app. With a quick outpatient procedure, you can receive a Brainwaiver chip in your brain and your future just opens up to you. Want to quit smoking? Pull up your Brainwiaver App on your phone and push a button. The chip will activate the part of your brain that helps cure addiction and tame withdrawal. With huge success rates in that as well as weight loss, athletic ability and the ability to help correct development issues and learning disabilities, one can see where technology such as this would be in high demand. The only problem with technology like this is someone, somewhere has the power to control it.

Our story centers around Celine Baltimore, a Social Worker from Alton who specializes in working with children. She is working with two sisters, one of whom is Autistic and has the Brainwaiver implant. The story really kicks in when Celine receives word that she has won a contest to receive a free Brainwaiver implant ( a contest she didn't enter) and the sisters come up missing. We come to find out that these things are related, and that the Brainwaiver chip and App are quite a bit more than advertised. As you would expect, if someone has written the program and has implanted the chip, chances are that they have some sort of control over your chip as well. As more kids come up missing, Celine joins forces with the father of one of the missing kids (Enoch 'Sam' Sampson) who happens to be a former Special Forces Marine on a quest to find the children and bring them home safe.

The story is told in the first person and jumps from character to character. What I find neat about it is that there is a distinct tone to each character. For instance, you can tell that Celine is funny, silly and a strong believer in God. Meanwhile, Enoch is a Marine. He's much more serious and believes more in "his guys" than anything else.

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