I decided to read this sequel because it looked like an interesting continuation and I wanted to see if Hollywood could have made a good follow up movie with it. It was VERY good. I again think that if the screenwriters had stuck to some of the original plot lines in the book they would have had a much more successful box office turnout.
Our story picks up with Millie and Davy ten years later. They got married and are "commuting" between their condo in Oklahoma and the hide out that Davy created years earlier in Texas they call the Aerie. The couple is arguing once again about whether to have a child. Davy is against it, afraid of inflicing the abuse he once had to endure from his father. Mille is more optomistic that he is not his father and is not capable of that. Right in the heat of the argument, Davy pops away and leaves Millie frustrated. "I wish I could teleport, then he wouldn't escape from me so easily." I know rigtht away that this story was going to be more about her.
Well, Davy had leave because of a prearranged meeting he had in D.C. with a member of the NSA. The meeting goes all kinds of wrong ending up with the kidnapping of our hero, Davy. The chapters that follow are some of the worst yet most mezmorizing chapters I have ever read.
Millie was left in the Aerie, which, being some 200 feet up embedding into the face of a mountain, has no ground level exit. She waits for a day with no cell phone, no wallet and no Davy to take her out of there. Then she breaks out the emergency escape equipment, a climbing harness and nylon rope. As she is starting to decend the rock, one of the clamps comes loose, sending her plummeting 150 feet to the ground. That was the first time she jumped, ending up back in her condo in Oklahoma.
Davy is have a real rough time. He has been kidnapped and placed in a strange room with all white wall, a bed, a bathroom and a large window in one wall. He has been chained to the wall and can't jump out of there. Also, there's a really strange scar on his chest just over his heart. His captures inform him that he has been electronically restrained and will only remove the chains after they have "trained" him to come back when called. I hated to read about how they tried to break him, it was terrible and amazing all at the same time. The writing was so REAL that you just wanted to reach in the book and crush all those people who were forcing him to endure such humiliating experiences. Like I said, mezmorizing!
In the mean time, Millie is learning how to teleport and starts tracking down her husband. This woman could work for the CIA, she's good at getting information from people, and the fact that she can jump to anywhere in the world doesn't hurt either. Her side of the story is wonderful to read, I found myself rooting for her every step of the way.
Eventually, Millie discovers where Davy is; Davy outsmarts his captures so they decide they have to dispose of him; Mille gets there in time to save him and they get their revenge on almost all of them. However, they have no way of knowing who the actual boss is since the one they thought was in charge ended up committing suicide before the could get any information out of him.
I have to say, it was tough to get through the Davy chapters with the humiliation and all, but well worth the effort. It was a GREAT book, well written with emmense depth. 5 out of 5, a must read! Can't wait to read, Jumper - Griffin's Story.
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