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A political thriller on a conflict between the federal government and a rightwing militia. Lawyer Val Martin of Chicago, specially appointed by the president, uses every trick in the book to destroy it. What follows are bombings, killings and a shootout between militiamen and the FBI.Tags
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this is the third in the primal fear trilogy, and it is *so* much better than the second one was. this is mostly a story about terrorism, but not from today's perspective; it focuses on in-country hate groups. how could i resist liking a story that's basically about oppression, one of my favorite things to bring to light for people? so that might be the only reason i found it more engaging than the second book, but that's good enough for me.
This book took forever to read. I was disappointed that the story jumped all over the place. I would've rathered the story about Vail and Stampler. The ending was pretty good.
I have read the first one, Primal Fear, and foud that compelling. This novel is intense and great reading. I intend to grab the second one Show of evil, which will join everything up nicely. The end of Stampler was a true bonus. Thoroughly good reading.
There's a problem with ongoing characters - how to keep what happens to them interesting and plausible. For a particularly implausible, overdramatic 'whatever happened to', see Tom Clancy and where Jack Ryan ended up.
This one's much the same. Not great to read, kinda like Jack Ryan becoming president.
This one's much the same. Not great to read, kinda like Jack Ryan becoming president.
I've included this book in a review of several similar books here: http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/mysterious-opening-lines-le-carre-lu...
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William Francis Diehl was born in Jamaica, New York on December 4, 1924. During World War II, he served as a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator where he flew 24 missions over Germany. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He received a B.A. in creative writing and show more history from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1949. He began his writing career in 1949 at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he served as a writer, photojournalist and editor. Additionally, he worked as a freelance photographer and an actor. His articles have appeared in Esquire, Life, Look, and New York. He started writing his first novel, Sharky's Machine, while serving as a juror. The novel was published in 1978 and was later made into a movie. His other works include Chameleon, Hooligans, The Horse, Show of Evil, Reign in Hell, and Eureka. His novel, Primal Fear, also became a movie. He died of aortic embolism on November 24, 2006. His last work, Seven Ways to Die, was completed by Kenneth Atchity and published in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Reign in Hell
- Original title
- Reign in Hell
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Martin Vail; Aaron Stampler
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- Reviews
- 6
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- (3.13)
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- 5 — English, French, Hungarian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish
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- Paper, Audiobook
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- 18
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- 5
