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The Betrayed Series: The 1st Cycle Omnibus collection - with 3 full length novels + 4 short stories: Extremely controversial historical thrillers (Betrayed Series Boxed set) Kindle Edition

by Carolyn McCray (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,412 ratings
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The Betrayed 1st cycle collection is here!
Not only do you get all released books in the Betrayed series including Ambush, 30 Pieces of Silver, Targeted, Havoc, Covert, Shiva, and exclusively Mayhem the post-Shiva short story.

Get it for youself or give it as a gift to the thriller lover in your life!

The Omnibus collection is the only place to find out how married life is treating Rebecca and Brandt!

Praise for the Betrayed Series...
"Suspend all reality for a time and read this can't put down mystery adventure.Vince Brandt-Special Forces and Dr Rebecca Monroe a paleoarchaeoligist are dispatched with Brand's crew to track down missing fragments of the stone tablets of the Ten Commandants."
Ruth Ingram
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"I love this series, HAVOC the second book in this series and it is better than the first. All the characters that we love from the first book return in the sequel. This book has everything that a good religious thriller should:
Ancient Biblical Mysteries and Prophecies:
Secret Religious Fanatic Groups that will go to any length to keep their secrets,
Scientist and archeologists
Special Forces and lots of fighting,
Danger and thrills in many different locations."
Eclectic Bookworm

Overview:
This collection includes the 30 Pieces prequel: Ambush
30 Pieces of SIlver
The 30 Pieces/Havoc bridge short story: Targeted
Havoc
The Havoc/Shiva bridge short story: Covert
Shiva
The EXCLUSIVE post-Shiva short story: Mayhem

More praise for The Betrayed series...
"I usually skip short stories but I loved "30 Pieces of Silver" so much that I knew Ambush would be worth reading. I was right! It is a fantastic introduction to Brandt and his crew leading the reading straight into "30 Pieces of Silver". I am so in love with Carolyn McCray's writing. Move over Dan Brown, there is a new sheriff on town!"
B.Mjoen
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For anyone who can't get enough of James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and Brad Thor... The Missions is your next thrill fix!!!

**If you haven't read the first book in the Betrayed series, look for 30 Pieces of Silver but be forewarned it is EXTREMELY controversial.

**If you enjoy hard-pounding action you'll want to check out Carolyn's newest techno-thriller, Encrypted.

**If you were looking for near future action/adventure roller coaster, try Carolyn's MoonRush.

**If you were looking for Carolyn's #1 historical thriller set in ancient Rome, it is Fated. Beware though, there is a thread of paranormal romance that sneaks up on you like an asp in the night...

**If you were looking for Carolyn's #1 Hard Boiled/Police Procedural mystery, it is Plain Jane: A Patterson-style thriller with a dash of Hannibal
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AHRE74G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Off Our Meds MultiMedia (November 28, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 11607 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1549 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,412 ratings

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Carolyn has had a long and extremely interesting road to become a bestseller.

When she head to veterinary school those many years ago she had no idea decades later she would be writing controversial historical thrillers, gut wrenching mysteries and roller coaster-style action/adventure tales!

Born in San Francisco and raised in the beautiful Napa Valley, Carolyn always had an overactive imagination. As a child you could usually find her dragging the neighborhood children out to the haunted barn to make her Nancy Drew-style audio tapes. Oh and did she mention, there was an entire life-sized recreation of the nativity scene in the rafters? Yeah, that wasn't just a little creepy.

Which of course was great practice for writing such blockbusters as Plain Jane: A Patterson-style thriller with a dash of Hannibal and 30 Pieces of Silver: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller.

Carolyn is honored to have a seven book contract with Amazon's mystery and thriller imprint, Thomas & Mercer along with being one of the eight books during the inaugural launch of Amazon's new Serial program (9th Circle).

With nearly 700,00 books sold, Carolyn now lives on a beautiful lake in the Pacific Northwest where the fog rolls in over the water, snuffing out all signs of life around her. Yep, she still loves the creepy!

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SallySue
5.0 out of 5 stars The Betrayed Series all in ONE!!! (but I want more!)
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2013
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Below is my review of 30 Pieces of Silver, the first book in the series...

I just loved this book!! Yes it is controversial to Christian beliefs, but I personally love any story that offers an alternative story to the life of Jesus.

What I personally liked more than Dan Brown is that Carolyn has created a smart, tough, totally likable female character that I couldn't get enough of! And Brandt is totally swoon worthy as her "hero" (because yeah a hot soldier is handy to have around, but Rebecca could totally hold her own in most situations!) From the jungles of the Amazon to modern day Europe and Middle East, the chase between the good guys and the bad to expose (or prevent from exposure) the crucifixion story, along with flashback to the life of Jesus keeps the reader immersed in the thrill ride that is 30 Pieces of Silver!

Now that I have read the entire omnibus collection let me add...

OMG!!!!

I read the entire series from start to finish in less than a week. I just couldn't stop reading!! I love the alternate Christain/Judaism/Muslim story that ties all three religions together in a way that is totally believable and FUN! A heart-pounding thrill to follow Rebecca and Brandt and their team around the world to discover the truth about religion and the stories from that bible that we all know. McCray takes theses stories that we know and turns them upside and around in a way that is not only believable, but actually makes you think about what is historically acurate and what isn't and makes you think about faith and science in a totally new way.

Any thing that makes people think, question, discuss history, faith, and science is a good thing. Reading this series is a good way to start that discussion.
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Cristina
4.0 out of 5 stars Action packed fare for the Da Vinci Code lovers, but over the top at times
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014
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If you liked the Da Vinci Code and other books like it, you'll really enjoy these books as well. They were just as "controversial" (more on this in a minute), and just as action packed. The characters were great, the plots were fine, but the books do have their flaws.

I have three big gripes:

1. The action was a little over the top. Okay, maybe a lot over the top. To the point where the action was even a little distracting, and I wanted to skip a few paragraphs ahead to get back to the story. Some of the action was good -- presented tense situations that were obstacles for the main characters. But most of it was more, "Time for another gunfight. Yawn!"

2. The wanton destruction was also pretty hard to swallow. I don't want to give away too much, but destroying or wrecking one national landmark after another was ridiculous. Suspension of belief is one thing, but this takes it to a ridiculous level. It really got to the point where I wondered why the author continually made the choice to blow up this monument or that temple. The destruction NEVER added anything to the story, and there was no reason for it that I could tell.

3. Being an amateur (read unpublished :-) ) author, I don't normally comment on typos and whatnot in the novels I read because you can never find them all. This is especially true in self-published works like these. But the number of typos in these books was distracting and really cut the flow of the story. The first book (30 Pieces of Silver) was pretty good. The last two (Havoc and Shiva) were atrocious. I got the impression that the author didn't proof-read them at all as you couldn't go a sentence or two without tripping over something.

All that being said, I did really enjoy the books and short stories, and, with some polish and some liberal rewrites, I think these would be fantastic novels to have published for "real" (that is, by a legitimate publishing house and not self-published).

A note on the "controversial" aspect of the books (spoilers be here, so stop reading if you don't like that sort of thing):

The controversial nature of the novels is that the author basically uses the Bible as a guideline, but not an authoritative text. She does some "creative rewriting" of the gospel story (in 30 Pieces of Silver) and the delivery of the 10 Commandments (in Havoc). If you are going to be offended by this, DO NOT READ THESE BOOKS. If you don't care about that or can separate your faith in the Bible from someone else "reimagining" the stories, then you'll probably enjoy these books.
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Char
5.0 out of 5 stars Not one dull moment!
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013
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This series is very hard to put down if you like blow them up bang bangs with an unusual historical spiritual underpinning. Rebecca and Brant are perfect stars in the series with fabulous support characters. I especially liked the sniper and fast fast Lopez. There were so many incredible get away scenes it amazes me how the author thinks these things up let alone how she masterfully links the m together with the stellar intelligence of Rebecca the anthropologist.

The whole series developed well and the writing was well done. I've read her hacker series and both are fine reads that will keep you from sleeping.
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TXLhunter
5.0 out of 5 stars Once, TWICE and I'll read it again for sure...
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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Truly - one of the BEST mystery, thriller, conspiracy, edge-of-your-seat-can't-put-it-down, and sometimes hilarious series out there. Even though it warns you "these novels are extremely controversial so please don't buy them if you were disturbed at all by the Da Vinci Code or Passion of Christ" - I personally believe that "extremely" is a bit extreme for a fictional story. Yes, the author uses the biblical writings as ground work for her story but I never got the feeling that she was "trying to sway" my own beliefs as a Christian. Carolyn McCray has conquered the art of transporting you to the secret tunnels of the pyramids, the treetops of African jungles, rivers swarming with crocodiles, and much, much more with her graphical writing style.

She fully develops her characters enabling you to visualize their emotions - passion, fear, love, peace, terror.....

If you love suspense, mystery, thrillers - you WILL love this series and will be anxious to continue on with Brandt and Rebecca to series 2 & 3 - BUT start here first to KNOW and LOVE them!
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li cran
4.0 out of 5 stars Spoiler alert. Some spoilers in this review
Reviewed in Italy on July 19, 2018
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An interesting change of view, based on the three major monotheistic religions of today's world.
If course, this is NOT anything like a new religion, as it is fiction. Very much fiction.
Full of action. Lots of improbable, video game style action with protagonists executing maneuvers no real person, even highly trained military personnel, would survive, through incredible fantasy-based scenarios.

Spoilers following...
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The continuous destruction of every relic, article of infinite historical interest, architectural wonder, or religious revelation becomes rather cliché, but the verve and vigor the protagonists put into this fun are almost comical relief.
The impossible survival after devastating wounds and subsequent incredible physical activities that the pounded on group of main characters goes way beyond credible, even though there are some mortal wounds that are actually portrayed as fatal, both to villains and heroes.
The ease with which translations of antique texts flow even though the scholarly adventurers are geniuses is absolutely not real.
Good and Evil may or may not be very different.
However, for anyone who likes RPG (games) where life points can be shaved down without bringing on death, and isn't expecting to be "converted" to a new look at the old religions, this could be an interesting read.
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Jean-Sébastien Monty
5.0 out of 5 stars Love the story, thinking & action
Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2013
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Great story. A lot of thinking went into the plot(s), but there is still PLENTY of action! Well written, but the editing could use some work :-/ there are a bunch of typos and spelling mistakes. HOWEVER, the ride more than totally make up for it. I'm glad my friend recommended the books.
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Carol Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling Rollercoaster Ride!
Reviewed in France on February 23, 2014
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This series of 7 books is simply great. Ms. McCray writing is sharp, well paced and a lot of research has gone into making these stories. The characters are complexed and one really gets to know them, love them, hate them, empathize with them The stories have you traveling the world and, if like me you are willing to suspend your personal belief when reading fiction, then, you'll have a mighty great time reading pages after pages and like me, even after over 1300 of them, you'll hate having to part with this great group of people.

I can't wait for the follow-up Betrayed series to be released and in the meantime, I'll check out more books from Carolyn McCray!
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Sarah Hague
5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking action and adventure
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2013
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What a set of books this is! Prepare to be taken on a rollercoaster of thrills and spills, explosions, crazy exits, mad Christian fanatics from ancient sects who pursue to destruction on a massive scale Brandt and his Special Ops team as they try and complete their missions.

Some of the books have a taste of the Dan Brown religious controversy, but they are novels, so no harm done... plus a nod at Indiana Jones crazy adventures and Die Hard action. The characters are a big hit: Brandt the toughie leader, Lopez the adrenalin freak crazy transport guy, Davidson the super cool sniper, Rebecca, the intellectual academician expert in ancient civilisations, and a host of other characters.

They get themselves into the most unimaginable situations, and have to find an exit plan which usually means life-threatening in a number of different ways - being blown up, shot down, crushed under falling masonry, drowned, burned to death, plunging from a burning aeroplane, besieged... you get the idea.

The action takes the reader across the world, from South Carolina to Bangkok, Jordan, the Congo, Ecuador, England, India, Turkey, Rome and so on as the team visit some of the major religious and ancient sites in their quest for answers. They do not often leave them quite as they found them however, as they are always being pursued by the crazies who have one aim and one aim only, whatever it takes.

So you get suspense, adventure, action, history, excellent dialogue, loads of humour, likeable characters and brilliant story after brilliant story. If you want a breathtaking read, you should definitely get this wonderful set!
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Louis Weinmann
4.0 out of 5 stars The Missions
Reviewed in Germany on December 25, 2012
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Totally disappointing. No story. It starts in the middle of nowhere and it ends in the middle of nowhere. In between a lot of shooting with all kinds of weapons. I stopped reading after the third story(???) and I understood the very low pricing.
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