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A wall has gone up and come down since the end of the Second world War, and Germany is once again united. As Berlin rebuilds, the German authorities ask the U.S. for help. Ex-Stasi Captain Helmut Speyer is wanted in his homeland for crimes committed in East Germany under the communist regime. And now Speyer and his group of commandos are up to something in their Montana compound--something that has Germany looking over its should in fear. Former National Security agent Bill Lane and his wife show more mount an operation to stop Speyer and his commandos. Racing him to the infamous bunker Reichsamt 17, the site of some of the Nazi's most horrific experiments, Speyer is after one of the deadliest weapons ever made. now, Bill Lane is in a race for time with Washington D.C. as the hostage. show lessTags
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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 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 show more 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
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 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 show more 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
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David Hagberg was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force and was trained as a cryptographer. During his career, he was stationed in Greenland and in Germany. He studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Maryland, Overseas Division and the University of Wisconsin. He show more worked as a cub reporter on the Duluth Herald and News-Tribune and as a news desk editor for the Associated Press. His first novel, Twister, was published in 1975. He has written over 70 suspense novels including The White House, Joshua's Hammer, Desert Fire, and High Flight. He won three Mystery Scene Magazine Best American Mystery awards for Countdown, Crossfire, and Critical Mass. His Sean Flannery novel, The Kremlin Letter, was also nominated for an American Book Award. David Hagberg passed away on September 8, 2019 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Eden's Gate
- Original publication date
- 2001
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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