Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780091921057
Format: Import
ISBN number: 0091921058
Label: Hutchinson
Manufacturer: Hutchinson
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: March 06, 2008
Publishing house: Hutchinson
Sale Popularity Level: 687369
Studio: Hutchinson
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In my highly suspect, non-professional, amateur opinion this book is better than the very first Wells novel, The Faithful Spy. More in-depth and more characer development in addition to a more up-to-date and believable plot. I enjoyed it. The reason I give it only 3 stars is because it's a spy thriller, it ain't Dostoevsky. Many people seem to think Thor knows his stuff because he's always throwing in references to gear & weapons that his characters use (for which he probably gets paid; product placement) but Berenson shows he knows his stuff in a much more subtle and intelligent way. It reads more like a screenplay than a novel as the inner-dialogues, etc. are abbreviated & I wish there had been more foreign language in it (Russian, Chinese, Arabic) but he's writing mainly for yokel Republicans who barely speak English let alone any other language. Actual operators and field officers will enjoy this book, much more than the others out there as it's a lot less goofy. Better dialogue too. Berenson's maturing as a writer and his development can be seen quite clearly in this latest adventure.
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In Berenson's previous novel we met John Wells, a spy so deep that there were concerns he had gone native. In addition to being a very intelligent thriller, it had a hero who was a Muslem and was very clear that there are peaceful Muslems and those who are fanatics. This perspective made for a very absorbing novel.
Here we have Wells coping with the stress of his previous experience (and the fact he is now known to the general public for his deeds in Times Square towards the end of the previous novel). This does not stop him getting involved when things escalate with China as a result of a maverick Chinese senior officer.
Well,I think I have seen this plot in more then a few novels, but the author tells it well. Berenson has changed Wells slightly, he is less the man that does not fit into either culture, here he is just an all action spy. And now he is more sarcastic with some good one-liners - I don't recall that from the previous one.
This bordered on the Vince Flynn Rapp novels - no bad thing but it has taken away the originality of the very first novel.
So why four stars? Well I almost went three but then I realised that this had kept me turning the pages well into the night, and much as I may have seen this kind of thing before, it still kept my attention. Probably a 3.5 if I am honest. There is a third one in the pipeline and I'll be buying that so this means I must have liked it!
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