From first impressions, Michael Collins is a stereotypical
college professor, but from another standpoint, he is a
Vietnam veteran, a highly trained intelligence officer,
angel to some, slayer to others. He is a regular killing
machine.
Collins, otherwise known as Cain, trained several skilled
men in Vietnam War tactics, teaching and leading them on
missions to kill the enemy and rescue any comrades, or just
kill the enemy if needed. It was inevitable that this group
of men would form a bond of brotherhood. After the war
ended, when they returned to their lives at home, some kept
in touch, some chose to forget.
Cain's commanding officer and close family friend contacts
him and asks him to hunt down one of his own men. Seneca
was always a little different from the other men on the
team. Whereas they learned to kill to perform their duties,
Seneca always loved the act of killing. The more he killed,
the happier he was. Cain was the original killer, the best
of his group, able to install fear in all who crossed his
path. He didn't enjoy killing, he just didn't feel anything
while doing so. Even Seneca is afraid of Cain, a man who
never missed and never showed emotion while killing
people.
Now Seneca has gone rogue and killed one of his team
members and the tally is growing. Using his information
network, Cain stays right behind Seneca's bloody path. Cain
learns that Seneca is on someone's payroll, ready to
execute a grand scheme, which will result in a high-profile
death. A military person has a set of rules, loyalty to the
United States the highest of priorities. Even a soldier's
bond to his teammate is not enough when the line is crossed.
Tom Wallace captures the essence of what some
soldiers experienced in the Vietnam War; the psychological
baggage that must have tortured so many men upon their
return. Wallace superbly presents Michael Collins (Cain),
who has been able to compartmentalize that vicious part of
his life and assume more steadfast duties as a professor,
while secretly wondering if he still has what it takes.
HEIRS OF CAIN is graphic, chilling, exciting and thoroughly
worth the time to read. For those who are daring enough to
step out of their typical reading genre, I invite you to
check out HEIRS OF CAIN. For all others who would regularly
read this genre, enjoy!
Among the former prized
military elite of the Vietnam War is a psychopathic killer,
Seneca. A highly trained warrior with the finely honed
tactics of a commando and a genuine thirst for blood, he's
been hired to eliminate the president of the United States
and three top Middle Eastern leaders. Only the mysterious
Cain, a brilliant and lethal former assassin, can track down
his one-time comrade and stop him. Against a ticking clock,
Cain must hunt this deranged slayer and destroy him before
he ruthlessly murders again.
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