Riptide | A SILENT HORIZONS Military Thriller
Chad Robichaux is back with another Silent Horizons Series thriller, this one the second installment in Foster’s journey as a soldier, husband, and father.
Main Themes
Foster has another SILENT HORIZONS mission, but this time, the quest for personal revenge is pushing the boundaries of what’s legal. After suffering a terrifying panic attack, Foster thinks that if he can just kill the men who hurt him, everything will be okay.
But his personal traumas are not so easily fixed. And the deceptions and trickery of his new target might finally prove to be more than he can handle. He has to rely on his new friends, their infinitely deep pockets, and his own courage to survive the mission and make it back home. The riptides are just as strong at home, however. Life would be much easier if everything could be solved by bullets and guns, but Foster is slowly realizing that some problems are much more difficult to face.
Main themes include the danger of seeking personal revenge, the importance of prioritizing family, and the importance of standing up against evil while also not acting outside of the law.
Faith Elements
Foster isn’t on great terms with God or his family as the novel portrays the harsh reality of the strain of being in the army puts on a family. But even as Foster feels himself caught in the riptides of panic attacks he’s not willing to admit to anyone and personal revenge that clouds his judgement, Bible verses keep coming into his mind that try to deter him from the path he put himself on. Foster isn’t willing to go home and do the hard work of repairing his marriage and faith just yet, but seeds are still being planted in his heart. I’m excited to see where this series continues to take Foster.
Family Friendly Considerations
Riptide has as much violence as you would expect from a military novel, but Robichaux does a good job of not making it overly graphic or gory. If this gets turned into a movie, it would probably be rated R, but it felt more like a PG-13 read. Most of Foster’s mission overlaps with human traffickers, which might be triggering for certain audiences. The novel also had some political overtures that were distracting from the storyline. In short, I thought it was a great novel for adults.
Interested in Similar Reads?
If you enjoy military thrillers, you might also enjoy these novels!
- Silent Horizons by Chad Robichaux
- Gone Dark by Ryan Steck
- Dark Angel by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson
- The Libyan Diversion by Joel C. Rosenberg
