David Hagberg

Wow, 879 pages of murder and mayhem! International espionage and spies! A fun read, though probably a bit long, this was one of the better genre books I've read. The author is good at weaving multiple related threads using scores of characters. Not terribly deep and of course another macho TOR book, but entertaining adventure stuff! I will probably pick up another of his books in the future when I need an easy adrenaline rush...

The first of a short lived attempt to get a modern (1980s) paperback franchise out of a 1930s character by discarding just about everything from the original apart from the central characters' names.

Not badly written - though the writer* does forget from time to time the geography of the giant space ship that plays a central part of the book. There's lots of 'up' and 'down' and people throwing themselves to the floor of areas which were, on the previous page, weightless.

* (whoever they show more were, there is not an author's name credited anywhere that I can find on the book) show less

All the action of a Clive Cussler novel, with none of the fun.

The first chapter was great. If the rest of the book was like the first chapter, I would have loved the whole thing. The book's description draws you in with the promise of secret Nazi experiments that are about to be unleashed on the modern world. Sounds great! I love adventure novels with historical twists. But not this one.

There were too many characters. The author likes to jump from scene to scene, and I couldn't keep track show more of the various characters that kept popping in. If you're going to introduce a lot of characters, at least INTRODUCE them so we know why they are in the story.

Most frustratingly, after the Nazi threat is revealed, the background of it is never discussed again. Are you effing kidding me? It made no sense and it wasn't ever explained properly. I finished this, hoping it would be explained in the end. Nope. Will I read anything else by this author? Nope. show less

Longer than his usual high octane, Kirk McGarvey thrillers, Book #15 centers on a new green energy project by Dr. Eve Larsen that will use the warm current of the Gulfstream to generate energy and entrenched opponents with deep pockets or agendas out to stop her. Following an attack on a nuclear power plant, McGarvey is turned loose to stop the rogue force or forces, and is joined by the power plant's security director, who is trying to make amends for her failure to prevent the attack. You show more will need to suspend disbelief, especially at the end when McGarvey has to protect an oil rig against well-trained mercenaries. show less