What if you could see the future? Would you try to effect a change or let fate take it,s course? What kind of influence do you think it would have on your everyday life? One of my ever-favorite authors, Sherri L. King, has a new story out and these are the questions that Luna Boone faces in Ride the Lightning. Part of the same world as the Horde Wars books, it is about a new group of Shikar warriors.

In her short life Luna Boone had seen more tragedy than most people experience. Luna is a precognitive of immense power, a power that allows her to see the future. The only thing is that the future she sees always involves death. No matter how hard she tries she is never able to change the outcome of the future she has seen.

So here she is, trying to prevent another senseless death, when she sees him. Tall, dark--easily the most gorgeous man she has ever seen, but is he a man or something else? There is some indescribable difference about him that attracts her to him and she knows that he is the one to help her change the future.

Pulse is not only a Shikar warrior of immense skill, he is a leader among his people: a leader that sends warriors out to fight the demon horde in the effort to save mankind. But is mankind worth saving? Pulse has seen more than a little of man’s inhumanity to man. So he has his doubts of the worthiness of mankind, especially when his own people die. In an effort to reconnect to the Shikar purpose, Pulse decides to take a trip to the human world.

In Luna, Pulse finds the true reason the Shikar fight the demon horde, a person willing to sacrifice everything even her own life for her fellow man. He also finds the love that he has lacked in his life. For the first time Luna finds that one person that she can share her life with. Even though she knows when she is to die and knows that it is to be soon, she wants to spend her remaining time with Pulse. But the demons have other plans. As always, they have a way of tracking those humans with special gifts and Luna is in their sights. Will Pulse be able to save Luna from the demon horde? Or will he lose the one person that gives meaning to his life?

The very first ebook I ever read was Sherri L. King’s Moonlust. That thirty-six-page story drew me into the world of ebooks, something I had never heard of before, and more importantly, into the many worlds of Sherri L King. From there I explored the worlds of her werewolves, Shikar warriors, and vampires, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. Through her I've discovered so many other talented authors and their many books. So my sincere thanks to Ms. King for being the influence that she was.

Like every other Sherri L. King book I have ever read, I devoured Ride the Lightning the moment I got it. I loved that this story had the twist of Pulse being disillusioned with the Shikar purpose of saving mankind. Truly, sometimes when listening to the news, you wonder if mankind is worth saving. Then you hear of those special people that let you know that there is hope for mankind after all. For Pulse, Luna was that special person, a person who knew what it was to sacrifice for her fellow man. The dynamics between Pulse and Luna were electric and sweet at the same time. This is one of those books that when you read it, it will make you search for the rest of the series if you haven’t read them already. Ride the Lightning is a DEFINITE keeper but then again, all of Ms. King’s books are.

Reviewed By Theresa
© December 2006