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 #Bookreview of The Sedona Rift

By: Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.

Publisher: Soaring High Publishing

Publication Date: September 21, 2026

ISBN: 978-1959354512

Reviewed by: Diana Coyle

Review Date: November 9, 2026

In The Sedona Rift by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr., Griffin Knight is called in on another missing person investigation, this time to search for Mikhail, Lena Petrova's brother.

Lena has been informed that a witness was pretty certain they saw Mikhail in Cathedral Rock in Arizona right around the time he went missing. Lena decides to go to Cathedral Rock herself in hopes of either finding him or some traces of his belongings. Since their last conversation together didn’t end very well, she owed it to herself and Mikhail to find answers as to what really happened to him. While taking pictures in Cathedral Rock, which is also known to be a vortex site, things take a turn for the worse for Lena. She experiences strange occurrences that not only paralyze her with fear but also cause her to question the true situation she is witnessing with her own eyes. When the investigation leads to no certain answers, Lena asks Griffin personally to take on this investigation. If anyone is going to find the answers of what happened to her brother, it will be Griffin, since the deputy’s department seems to have washed their hands clean of this very weird case. What does Griffin discover and how does he deal with the situation?

This is another fantastic book written by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. that had me feverishly turning the pages to see what would happen next. When Lena witnesses a strange being, similar to an alien, appearing before her eyes, I found myself holding my breath as if the alien was right in front of me as well. My heart was pounding in my chest, and I could feel the fear as real as if I was in the scene with Lena experiencing this otherworldly being standing right before me. Hernandez has such a descriptive way of writing about not only his characters, but also their surroundings, which creates such a full-bodied story for his readers to absorb from start to finish.

The surroundings of the Cathedral Rock scene were so well scripted I felt that I was standing right alongside Lena refusing to move in fear that the alien would kill both of us. When Griffin stepped into the investigation and started seeing things others didn’t see, I knew he was the right person to be handling this case so Lena could hopefully get some answers as to what happened to her brother. The author has a way of creating his surroundings to be almost like another character in each of his stories. You step into the surrounding, feeling as if it has its own pulse and is fully believable that you are living in that setting yourself. This is a true talent the author pulls off seamlessly within his books.

This storyline felt more personal for Griffin since he was asked by Lena to help find out what happened to her brother, Mikhail. Readers will be hoping that as they get deeper into the story, Griffin finds the answers to what happened to Lena’s brother and will even hope there is a remote possibility he could still be alive somewhere, even though skeletal bones were found not too far from where Mikhail had disappeared.

Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. is an award-winning mystery and thriller author. He writes fast-paced mysteries and thrillers that feel like you are watching a movie unfold as you turn the pages. This is book 6 in the Griffin Knight Universe and can be read as a stand-alone story if you didn’t read the stories in sequence.

Quill says: The Sedona Rift is another of Hernandez’s stories that will entertain readers who love suspense, mystery and sci-fi storylines. This book has great characters, an entertaining storyline, and believable surroundings you feel you are living in yourself as you turn the pages.

For more information about The Sedona Rift, please visit the author's website at: iammahjr.com/