Random Acts

By: Franklin Horton

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's Summary

When social media becomes the ultimate tool of terror....

Teenager Amanda Castle was like a lot of people, posting pictures of her everyday life to a variety of social media sites. Not everyone who viewed her pictures was there to share in her experiences. One was there to steal her profile pictures.

A terrorist in Frankfurt was desperate to please his leadership. He planned the perfect attack, one in which vulnerable people would be invited through social media to participate in a flash mob. There, the unwitting participants, thinking they were taking part in a random act of kindness, would find themselves engaged in a random act of terror.

His ultimate plan: take the attack to America.

Using Amanda's pictures and the name CamaroChick19, the terrorist attempts to manipulate an unstable and socially-isolated young man named Victor into a position where he will be blamed for the attack. When the friendless Victor becomes obsessed with CamaroChick19, his tenuous grip on reality snaps and his life begins to violently unravel. Before the world closes in on him, Victor is determined to track down Amanda Castle and make her pay for everything that has gone sideways in his life.

©2018 Franklin Horton (P)2018 Franklin Horton

Riviting Book

Random Acts" had me from the very beginning. It's a fast-paced story of how social media is manipulated to ensnare users in dangerous situations they simply weren't looking for. The cautionary tale shines a light on the dangers of oversharing, terrorism, and getting too close to online-only friends you've never actually seen or met. I really enjoyed how Horton created sympathy in the reader for even the worst people in the story, the most unsympathetic of characters. His attention to individual feelings and the cause & effect relationship between feelings and events in the story adds a human element to this thriller that thoroughly develops the characters and send the story over the top.
I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
Excellent book with a lot of reality, scary as it could really happen to any of us. Highly recommend!

Kevin Pierce was outstanding with the delivery of the story

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Yet Another Excellent Franklin Horton Book!

Typically I lean towards reading Post Apocalyptic stories as I enjoy the genre, but when I saw Franklin Horton had written a new book I was immediately interested.

Random Acts is a really great story with lots of plot twists and action. The character development is well done and you really start caring for them as you get further into the story. Tying Terrorists - Gamers - Social Media Addicts - and Parents together provided enough intriguing situations to keep me engrossed straight through till the end.

Kevin Pierce did an amazing job as the narrator. He sets the bar so high that other narrators can't even begin to keep up.

I recommend this book highly as a great listen!

This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

While I was given this book in exchange for a review, I have reviewed the book honestly to the best of my ability. I would never recommend a book to someone else if I would not purchase it myself

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Thought Provoking Listen!

This book was great! I was impressed with both the author and narrator on this story. Typically I listen to contemporary romance with some mystery and thriller mixed in. This book was said to be geared for teens. I did not think it was only for teens. The story really pulled me in and made me think about identity theft from social media and terrorism. I wasn't expecting all of the twists and turns this book had. I was very impressed with both author and narrator. I will definitely listen to more books by them. I had requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. Without giving away spoilers, I loved the ending of this book.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Another amazing book from Franklin Horton.

What a great book. Love the way he writes and with Kevin Pierce reading it. If you haven't gotten the Borrowed World series I highly suggest those.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Scary to think about

I'm not really into books about terrorism but I do like a good thriller which this book was. It definitely gives the reader something to think about. I know social media isn't perfect but I never thought about it being used in an act of terrorism like that, yet the whole story seemed like something that could actually happen in this day and age. The characters were well developed, and the plot was intriguing. Kevin Pierce did a very good job bringing this story to life. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Surprisingly good!

I was iffy on this book since I'm not really into books with terrorists. But I was plenenty surprised at how good this book is. And frighten that any of this could actually come to life.

Kevin Pierce does an amazing job narrating.

I was given a copy of this audible free of cost and am happy to give my honest unbiased review

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Grabs you from the beginning!

What did you like best about this story?

I really enjoyed how Horton created sympathy in the reader for even the worst people in the story, the most unsympathetic of characters. His attention to individual feelings and the cause & effect relationship between feelings and events in the story adds a human element to this thriller that thoroughly develops the characters and send the story over the top.

Any additional comments?

"Random Acts" had me from the very beginning. It's a fast-paced story of how social media is manipulated to ensnare users in dangerous situations they simply weren't looking for. The cautionary tale shines a light on the dangers of oversharing, terrorism, and getting too close to online-only friends you've never actually seen or met. Excellent book with a lot of reality, scary as it could really happen to any of us. Highly recommend! ***This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.***

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Great story! Nice change for KH

Franklin Horton has created another great book! This is different from his other books I’ve listened to but just as exciting of a listen and kept me entertained for a long car ride.
Kevin Pierce is always a great narrator and delivers the story perfectly.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Riveting

Franklin Horton graps you from the first paragraph and keeps you on the edge all the way to the end. Perfect story for the big screen...I would definitely watch this as a movie.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Off the beaten path, but oh so good!

Franklin hasn't gone this route before....well, that I know of. Terrorism through a bizarre way of forcing the hand of crazy people to commit acts of terrorism. Prepper theories are in the background of the story, plus a plot that keeps you guessing until the last chapter. What's not to love.

Another brilliant episode

Personally I can’t put these down once they begin. Epic is the only way to describe the whole series. Don’t think this can’t happen, it can.