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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425155721
ISBN number: 0425155722
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: December 01, 1996
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 67539
Studio: Berkley
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Corporate con games from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author.
On the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare, two state-of-the-art con artists find the noose tightening--when their ultimate con turns against them.
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I love John Sandford but this book simply missed the mark. Just to the point, there is no one in it I could care about or like(important, if one is devoting hours to a book). Please, don't waste too much time on these Kidd novels, John. I'm out of books to read. Can't wait for Heat Lightning to get here in September.
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This book was origionally published in 1989. The information in it is hopelessly out of date now (2007). For example, he talks about a 2400 baud modem as if it were cutting technology!
At one time it probably made a good read when the technology was accurate and up to date. However, it's not current. I suggest that you skip this book for something with technology newer than 20 years old!
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I finally got around to read one of my favorite author's early novels, The Fool's Run, by John Sandford. The Fool's Run introduces Kidd (no very first name is ever given). Kidd has been featured in four Sandford novels and this is the very first (the Empress File is second). He's an artist by day and a computer hacker by night.
Anshiser Corporation has problems. They are developing a new fighter jet for the US Defense Department. Their corporate rival, Whitemark, is also developing a new jet. Whitemark has stolen some technology from Anshiser that threatens to destroy the company. The beautiful Maggie Kahn finds Kidd painting on the riverbanks of the Mississippi and gives him an offer he can't refuse. It seems that Maggie knows all about Kidd's abilities with computers. She offers him a job to destroy Whitemark and reap the rewards of a big payday.
Obviously, the technology in this computer related thriller will be outdated, but that doesn't take away from the fun of reading one of Sandford's very first novels. The very first thing I noticed is the high quality. Sandford started out great and has remained that way. I enjoyed learning how Kidd and friend LuEllen (full-time thief met). We're also introduced to Bobby, Kidd's hacker friend that gives him some much needed assistance. Fans of Sandford and the Davenport series will love this book. Those of you who have read Dead Watch will have deja vu reading an ambush scene located in the deep woods of West Virginia.
This is a traditional Sandford novel, with a lot of suspense, bad language and sex. Kidd and LuEllen are interesting characters. They are, after all, thiefs, and LuEllen does have a drug habit. Still, you'll find yourself rooting for them as they try and outwit Whitemark and live happily ever after.
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I have been reading John Sandford's Lucas Davenport series for years and find them generally to be excellent, but I had avoided the Kidd series as I had heard that they were lighter in nature and content.
I should have listened to the advice.
The book concerns company sabotage where a company owner hires Kidd and his team to infiltrate and sabotage the computer workings of a rival company.
Now, I am not a computer person so I don't know how much of this hacking business was factual or fanciful so I concentrated on the actual story. I found it pretty dull stuff and maintaining my solidarity behind John Sandford, I skimmed the last 100 pages just to say that I had finished the book, no matter how disinterested I was. I couldn't summon up any interest in the characters or the storylines at all.
One distasteful moment is when the lead characters kill a watchdog. Didn't want to read about the killing at all and left a bad taste in the mouth.
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Can't go wrong with a Sandford book.... Love the Kidd series hope to see more.
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