A lifetime risking her life as a spy is taking its toll.Īubrey’s husband is dead, and her kids see her as a bad mom, which she was, but don’t know the reasons. Her brain is not working right, she keeps forgetting names of people she works with, events and appointments. Synopsis:Īubrey Sentro knows something is wrong. Sentro’s secrets are now out in the open. The book is marketed as first of a series (Aubrey Sentro #1), so I wonder where the author will go from here since Ms.

I don’t think the marketing for this book did it justice by promising a fast-paced story. The narrative is not fast paced, however there is a lot of inner monologue, very descriptive language, and flashbacks which certainly flesh out the story, which I found sometimes helpful, sometimes distracting. The actions sequences are very well written, suspenseful, and as I mentioned, twists and turns galore. Sentro feels when her brain fails her is, sadly, starting to be familiar. Subsequently she hides that from her co-workers and family, a family, by the way, who doesn’t know what she’s been doing for a living the past few decades.Īside from these very unlikely scenarios, Water Memory by Daniel Pyne works very well. Aubrey’s memory is damaged from a lifetime of physical abuse because of her work.

She is now working for a company specializing in ransom/rescue efforts. The protagonist of the book is a widow, mother, as well as a combat veteran (did they have women in combat 30 years ago?). Water Memory by Daniel Pyne, however, is more of a black-ops story for the middle-age folks who can relate to the struggles of Aubrey Sentro, while piling on top outrageous events with twists around every corner. I’m a sucker for espionage books, as a bonus my wife wanted to read this book as well. Pyne is an author, educator and screenwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles. Water Memory by Daniel Pyne is a thriller following Aubrey Sentro, a black ops specialist, with brain damage, trying to survive a pirate attack on a ship, while contemplating her life, motherhood, and career.

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