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Kirk McGarvey #15
Abyss
New York Times
bestselling author David Hagberg pits The Expediter's Kirk McGarvey against people who mean to destroy our future.
It's a pleasant summer afternoon off Florida's east coast, where NOAA scientist Dr. Eve Larsen is on the verge of a breakthrough. Not only does she have the answers to climate change, she also has the technology to stop killer storms across the planet.
At that moment, contract killer Brian DeCamp walks into the nearby Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station, aiming to cause a meltdown more devastating than Chernobyl. Luckily, former CIA director Kirk McGarvey manages to thwart the catastrophe. But the failed sabotage sets off a terrifying chain of events as McGarvey follows a trail of assassinations and dirty money that leads to power brokers who will stop at nothing to see Dr. Larsen's project fail—enemies far more ruthless than McGarvey could ever have imagined.
It's a pleasant summer afternoon off Florida's east coast, where NOAA scientist Dr. Eve Larsen is on the verge of a breakthrough. Not only does she have the answers to climate change, she also has the technology to stop killer storms across the planet.
At that moment, contract killer Brian DeCamp walks into the nearby Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station, aiming to cause a meltdown more devastating than Chernobyl. Luckily, former CIA director Kirk McGarvey manages to thwart the catastrophe. But the failed sabotage sets off a terrifying chain of events as McGarvey follows a trail of assassinations and dirty money that leads to power brokers who will stop at nothing to see Dr. Larsen's project fail—enemies far more ruthless than McGarvey could ever have imagined.
624 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 21, 2011
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David Hagberg
80 books137 followersaka David Bannerman, Sean Flannery, David James, Robert Pell, Eric Ramsey
David Hagberg is a former Air Force cryptographer who has traveled extensively in Europe, the Arctic, and the Caribbean and has spoken at CIA functions. He has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling High Flight, Assassin, and Joshua's Hammer.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/davidh...
David Hagberg is a former Air Force cryptographer who has traveled extensively in Europe, the Arctic, and the Caribbean and has spoken at CIA functions. He has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling High Flight, Assassin, and Joshua's Hammer.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/davidh...
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July 31, 2016
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 will need to suspend disbelief, especially at the end when McGarvey has to protect an oil rig against well-trained mercenaries.
April 9, 2015
If you can abide sentences like this:
“Yesterday they’d been slowly cruising east to Athens to pick up a few people she’d considered inviting aboard because she’d started out with just her crew and two bodyguards and she’d thought that some of her depression might be plain loneliness, but she’d been spooked for no good reason she could think of, and she’d ordered the captain to turn south toward the African coast where the weather might be a little warmer.” p.286 (Hardback)
Go for it.
“Yesterday they’d been slowly cruising east to Athens to pick up a few people she’d considered inviting aboard because she’d started out with just her crew and two bodyguards and she’d thought that some of her depression might be plain loneliness, but she’d been spooked for no good reason she could think of, and she’d ordered the captain to turn south toward the African coast where the weather might be a little warmer.” p.286 (Hardback)
Go for it.
September 4, 2022
David Hagberg wrote this book to make important and timely points regarding energy production hazards and our society's insatiable appetite for power: electrical and otherwise.
But "Abyss" stretched on for nearly an exhausting 500 pages, losing any propulsive sense necessary to make such urgent messages resonate. While Hagberg crafted a plot that spooled the questions of sustainability, environmental risks and the dark money that drives such planet-pivotal decisions, he failed to deliver the tautness necessary to imprint these perils lastingly on the reader's consciousness. Instead, the story conjures visions of a steamboat aimlessly floating down a long stretch of river and slowly fading into the horizon. By the end of this opus, the reader is quite content to say goodbye to the outsized fragile ego of researcher Eve Larsen and the emotionally fumbling, gun-toting protagonist Kirk McGarvey.
Good thing this series was well along because if this were an initial billboard to promote future installments, it would have sent most careening toward the nearest exit ramp.
Save yourself the fatigue, read the cover jacket and catch up with the green new deal instead.
But "Abyss" stretched on for nearly an exhausting 500 pages, losing any propulsive sense necessary to make such urgent messages resonate. While Hagberg crafted a plot that spooled the questions of sustainability, environmental risks and the dark money that drives such planet-pivotal decisions, he failed to deliver the tautness necessary to imprint these perils lastingly on the reader's consciousness. Instead, the story conjures visions of a steamboat aimlessly floating down a long stretch of river and slowly fading into the horizon. By the end of this opus, the reader is quite content to say goodbye to the outsized fragile ego of researcher Eve Larsen and the emotionally fumbling, gun-toting protagonist Kirk McGarvey.
Good thing this series was well along because if this were an initial billboard to promote future installments, it would have sent most careening toward the nearest exit ramp.
Save yourself the fatigue, read the cover jacket and catch up with the green new deal instead.
August 8, 2011
David Hagberg (Hackberg) is the literary equivalent of Kristin Hannah's and Dan Brown's lovechild: a writer for the masses with unrealistic plot lines and zero talent. I could not finish this book because I'm not a third-grade boy; I have a bit higher a standard when it comes to reading and I prefer reading books written for my level, not that of an eight-year old.
The painful prose turned my stomach. Has this author ever heard of "show, don't tell?" I'm not certain he's even taken a writing course. If he did, Danielle Steel taught it and rubber-stamped him. Hagberg's sentences are packed with exposition, so much so that the dialogue becomes distracting when it does appear. (Of course, after reading a bit of the dialogue, I wanted him to return to the exposition).
The characters are smart, athletic, tanned, witty, etc. - an slew of gods and goddesses. How is anyone supposed to relate to that?
Better title: Abysmal.
The painful prose turned my stomach. Has this author ever heard of "show, don't tell?" I'm not certain he's even taken a writing course. If he did, Danielle Steel taught it and rubber-stamped him. Hagberg's sentences are packed with exposition, so much so that the dialogue becomes distracting when it does appear. (Of course, after reading a bit of the dialogue, I wanted him to return to the exposition).
The characters are smart, athletic, tanned, witty, etc. - an slew of gods and goddesses. How is anyone supposed to relate to that?
Better title: Abysmal.
March 24, 2018
This book started out so well. I liked the big overarching theme of developing a way to generate all of the power the world needs for free with no adverse effects. And the insights into the Nobel Prize and how oil rigs work was fascinating.
But this is a very long book, as is its list of flaws.
- The dialogue is atrocious. The author records the most mundane and uninteresting interactions between the characters. He's got to skip through those.
- There are far too many convenient things that happen at just the right moment to aid the heroes.
- The scene where Anne Marie and Wolfhardt were killed by DeCamp, despite his walking right into their carefully laid trap, made absolutely no sense.
- This book had the most anti-climactic climax of any book I've ever read.
- The book was full of some very shallow and stereotypical characters. There is no real reason given for why Don would betray Eve. Gail was way too overly emotional for a person with her training and background. And the jealousy between Eve and Gail over Kirk was very high school-like.
- Finally, Kirk McGarvey is way too shallow to be the hero of a book, much less a series. He has the requisite death in his family that drives him, but other than that background we know little about him. The author shares none of Kirk's thoughts in the book, so he appears to operate like a machine. Most of his dialogue is formulaic. I never really came to identify with the hero of this book. Frankly, I wouldn't have cared if he lived or died.
But this is a very long book, as is its list of flaws.
- The dialogue is atrocious. The author records the most mundane and uninteresting interactions between the characters. He's got to skip through those.
- There are far too many convenient things that happen at just the right moment to aid the heroes.
- The scene where Anne Marie and Wolfhardt were killed by DeCamp, despite his walking right into their carefully laid trap, made absolutely no sense.
- This book had the most anti-climactic climax of any book I've ever read.
- The book was full of some very shallow and stereotypical characters. There is no real reason given for why Don would betray Eve. Gail was way too overly emotional for a person with her training and background. And the jealousy between Eve and Gail over Kirk was very high school-like.
- Finally, Kirk McGarvey is way too shallow to be the hero of a book, much less a series. He has the requisite death in his family that drives him, but other than that background we know little about him. The author shares none of Kirk's thoughts in the book, so he appears to operate like a machine. Most of his dialogue is formulaic. I never really came to identify with the hero of this book. Frankly, I wouldn't have cared if he lived or died.
May 4, 2022
Everyone else has already summed up what I think, but here's an extra point:
If you're going to write a story about a real topic or science, please, PLEASE do the bare minimum or research into the topic. Even though the book largely glosses over the alternative energy project and the nuclear plant defenses, it's clear that the author has zero understanding of either.
If you're going to write a story about a real topic or science, please, PLEASE do the bare minimum or research into the topic. Even though the book largely glosses over the alternative energy project and the nuclear plant defenses, it's clear that the author has zero understanding of either.
December 14, 2023
Good in places, really bad in places, awful dialogue, plotting I could barely follow, a choice villaness who gets rubbed out too easily, and a sneaky mercenary [DeCampo] who I turn out liking. Go figure. Read it if you must.
February 26, 2020
didn't finish. quit reading at chapter 30. basic premise not bad but story needs heavy editing. "a rugby player's physique" "still good looking in her mid-forties" pleeze spare me the filler -
February 6, 2023
Cool story.
Not quite the McGarvey of old, but even in "retirement" he kicks ass.
Not quite the McGarvey of old, but even in "retirement" he kicks ass.
September 3, 2025
Interesting look at the politics and actions of the various energy companies to increase profits illegally
April 21, 2013
I'd probably give this 2.5 stars if that were an option. This is a decent enough thriller about a plot (funded by Big Oil, of course) to prevent an alternative energy experiment from succeeding. Dr. Eve Larsen has come up with a method that might allow for using ocean currents to generate huge amounts of clean energy; all she needs is an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf to test her theory (she gets one, of course, from Big Oil, just one of many plot stretches). A multi-billionaire in bed with the Saudis hires a mercenary to sink the rig and kill everyone on board. Good thing former CIA Director and all-round superhero Krik McGarvey is around to save the day. The writing is mediocre, further marred by an amazing array of compositional infelicities that should have been caught at the editing/proof-reading stage; this book was edited with a spatula. It wears its point of view on its sleeve; the third-person narrator nevertheless talks about "us" and "our" side, a telling indication of the book's assumptions about its audience. The plot is plodding, the action not always particularly logical or well-motivated. Cliches abound (the fundemantalist preacher gearing up for a White House run in fact being corrupt, the "clever" [it's not really] trick to make him expose himself, the sociopathic mercenary, the emotionally distant male hero, the competent chick with a chip on her shoulder, the traitorous insider--who is so obviously the traitorous insider he might as well be wearing a big neon hat saying "I'm the one!"--etc.) On the other hand, Hagberg's more than willing to show his protagonists making mistakes and missing things that lead to a lot of death, so at least his superhero is not failure-proof. Nevertheless, it fails to catch fire. Mildly diverting, but I doubt I'll be seeking out further Kirk McGarvey adventures.
July 9, 2012
This is a good solid contemporary thriller about what is happening right now in the energy field - the power players, and would-be brokers, and what is at stake. Dr. Eve Larson has developed a project, for which she is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that will use the gulf stream, through giant impellers, and harness it's energy and pump it back to the mainland through cables, to serve the eastern seaboard. She believes that when the research is complete, she will be able to change some of the violent weather happening now, and even control it in the future. But big oil, and OPEC, and the big oil bank in Dubai, as well as a hedge fund oil derivatives manager, don't share that vision. They want to get rid of nuclear power plants,wind and solar energy, and make the world dependent on oil reserves to make the electricity that everyone knows is what is really gong to drive America and other nations - electric cars, but it's the source of the electricity that's at stake. Oil, where billions are invested, or this new clean, free energy. So they hire a team of mercenaries and terrorists to help slow down and eventually stop her project, using a revivalist preacher with presidential leanings to whip the country up against the nuclear power plant danger, and her "God Project," in thinking she can control the weather. With Kirk McGarvey, ex CIA director, now with NNSA, and his assistant, Gail, also with NNSA, they set out to thwart the plans anywhere they can, forcing the other party to raise the stakes even higher. A good taut thriller, with strong characters in the personage of Kirk and his fellow computer geeks, showing the politicalization of energy, and how we may not be able to stop oil, even if we wanted to.
April 15, 2013
In addition to the Abyss' main character, former CIA director Kirk McGarvey, David Hagberg created strong female characters. Eve Larsen is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning scientist who is working on solving the world's energy solution by using the Gulf Stream currents. Gail Newby is the head of security at the Hutchinson Island nuclear power plant when contract-killer Brian DeCamp tries to destroy the facility. I found it annoying and perhaps a little cliche that Hagberg has the two women vying for Kirk's affection. A third female character, Anne Marie Marinaccio, is the villain who hires DeCamp.
This is fast-paced thriller involving the oil industry's attempt to sabotage nuclear and coal power plants in hopes of increasing demand and profit for oil. When Eve Larsen develops an alternate solution to oil-based power generation, the oil industry hires Brian DeCamp to destroy her and her experiments. They also encourage Rev. Schalgel to use his ministry to stir up antagonism and fear among his following. Calling Eve's experiment The God Project, Schalgel riles his followers such they destroy her lab and are accused of trying to assassinate her.
The story and characters are plausible, especially within the current world politics. Though I would not call this book a page-turner, the fast-paced action keeps you wanting to read. I would recommend this book for anyone who likes techno-thrillers.
This is fast-paced thriller involving the oil industry's attempt to sabotage nuclear and coal power plants in hopes of increasing demand and profit for oil. When Eve Larsen develops an alternate solution to oil-based power generation, the oil industry hires Brian DeCamp to destroy her and her experiments. They also encourage Rev. Schalgel to use his ministry to stir up antagonism and fear among his following. Calling Eve's experiment The God Project, Schalgel riles his followers such they destroy her lab and are accused of trying to assassinate her.
The story and characters are plausible, especially within the current world politics. Though I would not call this book a page-turner, the fast-paced action keeps you wanting to read. I would recommend this book for anyone who likes techno-thrillers.
July 18, 2016
Abyss is a longer and just a bit more complicated or involved than all previous Hagberg thrillers; BUT, it is still an engrossing, thrilling read! And, Kirk McGarvey doesn't enter the picture until page 83!
This is the story of a brilliant female scientist who is trying to get funding for a project that will provide energy for the entire eastern US, thus ending dependency on fossil fuels. Obviously, she faces opposition from countries and people who are dependent on oil for their income. Prominent among this diverse group is a man who wants to be President of the US and has convinced millions of Americans that anything involving nuclear power is anti-God. He preaches regularly on radio and TV. Is he tied in with others who are pro-oil. Arab governments? Oil millionaires? Assassins? Enter Kirk McGarvey and the excitement created by all he does. The assassination of his wife, daughter, and son-in-law had occurred many months before, but still haunts him even though their killers had met Kirk's justice! The female scientist in this story, as well as the female head of security at a nuclear plant just off the coast of Florida both play romantic interests for Kirk.
Again, if you enjoy Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novels, you will enjoy Hagberg's Kirk McGarvey's adventures. Sure, each one is bigger than life; but, realizing that, you just sit back and enjoy the ride.
This is the story of a brilliant female scientist who is trying to get funding for a project that will provide energy for the entire eastern US, thus ending dependency on fossil fuels. Obviously, she faces opposition from countries and people who are dependent on oil for their income. Prominent among this diverse group is a man who wants to be President of the US and has convinced millions of Americans that anything involving nuclear power is anti-God. He preaches regularly on radio and TV. Is he tied in with others who are pro-oil. Arab governments? Oil millionaires? Assassins? Enter Kirk McGarvey and the excitement created by all he does. The assassination of his wife, daughter, and son-in-law had occurred many months before, but still haunts him even though their killers had met Kirk's justice! The female scientist in this story, as well as the female head of security at a nuclear plant just off the coast of Florida both play romantic interests for Kirk.
Again, if you enjoy Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novels, you will enjoy Hagberg's Kirk McGarvey's adventures. Sure, each one is bigger than life; but, realizing that, you just sit back and enjoy the ride.
September 18, 2011
This is one of those books that I just happened to grab because it was on the new book shelf at the library; I wasn't expecting the story I read!
This book is about espionage, terrorists and big oil money versus renewable energy; now doesn't that sound a bit boring? Well, it's definately not a boring book!
It begins with a project aboard a ship in the gulf of Mexico to produce power using he gulf current. "The damn thing works!" becomes the teams mantra, even though sabotage kills one of the deck hands; after which a nuclear power plant in Florida is sabataged. Eve, the lead scientist of the gulf stream, impeller project happens to be at the nuclear facility when its sabataged.
From here the lives of the scientific team, the first response team to the nuclear disaster and the security staff at the facility will entwine into a twinting, turning thriller that becomes a must read!
This book is about espionage, terrorists and big oil money versus renewable energy; now doesn't that sound a bit boring? Well, it's definately not a boring book!
It begins with a project aboard a ship in the gulf of Mexico to produce power using he gulf current. "The damn thing works!" becomes the teams mantra, even though sabotage kills one of the deck hands; after which a nuclear power plant in Florida is sabataged. Eve, the lead scientist of the gulf stream, impeller project happens to be at the nuclear facility when its sabataged.
From here the lives of the scientific team, the first response team to the nuclear disaster and the security staff at the facility will entwine into a twinting, turning thriller that becomes a must read!
September 7, 2011
Hagberg's hero, Kirk McGarvey, is too late to stop a terrorist from sabotaging the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station, and while a true meltdown doesn't occur, this sets the plot rolling. Kirk rescues Dr. Eve Larsen from the power station, just after she's presented her theory as to what might combat global warming and provide a source of power for the eastern seaboard of the United States.
There's a lot of exposition in this novel, maybe a little too much for an action-adventure novel. Kirk discovers connections between the terrorist, Brian DeCamp, a wealthy Wall Street financier, Anna Marie Marinaccio, big oil, and a televangelist with designs on the White House. Seeing how the connections are made was, for me, one of the better parts of the novel. It was a fun, easy read.
There's a lot of exposition in this novel, maybe a little too much for an action-adventure novel. Kirk discovers connections between the terrorist, Brian DeCamp, a wealthy Wall Street financier, Anna Marie Marinaccio, big oil, and a televangelist with designs on the White House. Seeing how the connections are made was, for me, one of the better parts of the novel. It was a fun, easy read.
September 27, 2011
What happens when big oil is threatened by a new alternative energy source? Find out in this slow starting thriller. Dr. Eve Larson is testing her new energy source - the Gulf Stream - when a cable snaps and kills a crew member. Eve suspects sabatoge, but can't prove it. Soon after, Even is seekign support when the nuclear plant she is visiting is sabatoged. Who is trying to stop Eve and how far will they go?
The pace picks up after the numerous characters, some of whom never surface again, are introduced and pasts explored. Various characters become puppets of a ruthless hedge fund swindler who hurls deadly obstacles in Eve's way. Will she survive? Will her invention work or will the world turn against it before it is even a reality?
The pace picks up after the numerous characters, some of whom never surface again, are introduced and pasts explored. Various characters become puppets of a ruthless hedge fund swindler who hurls deadly obstacles in Eve's way. Will she survive? Will her invention work or will the world turn against it before it is even a reality?
November 25, 2011
I should've known just from the cover and flyleaf that this particular bit if genre fiction was going to be a train wreck. And yet, like a train wreck, once I started I couldn't look away.
Ridiculous plot premise, unbelievable protagonist (former CIA director turned bodyguard?!?), uninspired prose and underdeveloped characters fill the 400+ pages of this tome. The author seems contractually obligated to describe each female character in terms of breast size, but mishandles the interpersonal scenes so badly that you wonder if he's actually ever had an interpersonal relationship.
The cover of the book proclaims it to be "A Kirk McGarvey Novel", leading me to believe that there are more books out there starring this ridiculous character. My advice: avoid them. Avoid this one, too.
Ridiculous plot premise, unbelievable protagonist (former CIA director turned bodyguard?!?), uninspired prose and underdeveloped characters fill the 400+ pages of this tome. The author seems contractually obligated to describe each female character in terms of breast size, but mishandles the interpersonal scenes so badly that you wonder if he's actually ever had an interpersonal relationship.
The cover of the book proclaims it to be "A Kirk McGarvey Novel", leading me to believe that there are more books out there starring this ridiculous character. My advice: avoid them. Avoid this one, too.
May 17, 2012
If this was the first McGarvey novel I read, I probably wouldn't have finished or if I did finish, I certainly wouldn't be reading more of his books. This is not my first McGavery novel, so even though I thought it was below Hagberg's normal standards I wouldn't say I hated it. I found the last 100 pages fast paced and very interesting. It is just too bad the first 400 pages dragged on and on. Also the "traitor" was way to obvious, and didn't leave much to the imagination. I would recommend reading some of the earlier McGarvey novels versus this one. I will be giving Hagberg another chance with the new McGarvey novel out this summer, Castro's Daughter, but if it fails as this one did.......I might have to looking at ending my reading of this series
July 1, 2011
I got this book from Goodreads First Reads!
I really did not like this book because it was really boring.
This book is the 15th one in the Kirk McGravey series. It is about how a guy walks into the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station to cause a meltdown that he hopes is even bigger than Chernobly. But former CIA directer Kirk McGravey sees this on security footage and stops the attack.
After he stops this a whole bunch of other things start to happen that are more terrifying than anything thet Kirk can even imagine.
I think that I really didn't like this book because I am a teenager and the stuff that happens in this book is more for adults anyway, so ya.
I really did not like this book because it was really boring.
This book is the 15th one in the Kirk McGravey series. It is about how a guy walks into the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station to cause a meltdown that he hopes is even bigger than Chernobly. But former CIA directer Kirk McGravey sees this on security footage and stops the attack.
After he stops this a whole bunch of other things start to happen that are more terrifying than anything thet Kirk can even imagine.
I think that I really didn't like this book because I am a teenager and the stuff that happens in this book is more for adults anyway, so ya.
January 12, 2012
I received this as an advanced reader copy, and it took me a long time to read the book.I liked the concept of the story, a new science to create energy that might also positively impact the environment, and that big oil might take drastic steps to make sure that it never happened. For some reason, however, I didn't find the characters compelling enough to keep me engrossed in the story until the real action started. I would put the book down and then pick it up again between other books. I'm not sorry I read the book, I'm just not certain exactly why I wasn't drawn in the way I normally am.
August 13, 2011
Actually, a pretty good read. A little over the top on the "oil" thing though and once again, the bad guys always seem to be the ones with religion ... LOL ... seems to be a common theme nowadays. Unfortunately, I read this book to try out the author, not realizing that this is the 10th or 11th book in the series ... no I need to start all the way back at the beginning to fill in all the gaps ... but I already know a bunch of spoilers that will probably be "surprises" in the earlier books ... oh well ... I'm still going to read them. I did enjoy the book, good pace throughout.
August 28, 2011
I believe that this is book 15 in the Kirk McGarvey series and they just keep
getting better. This time Kirk a former CIA director comes to the rescue of
Dr Eve Larsen who believes she has the answer to global warming. Naturally the big
oil cartels and some religious groups don't like this especially when she wins a
nobel piece prize. From here on you'll probably want to stay up and finish this.
I rated this book at a 5 only because that's as high as they go.
getting better. This time Kirk a former CIA director comes to the rescue of
Dr Eve Larsen who believes she has the answer to global warming. Naturally the big
oil cartels and some religious groups don't like this especially when she wins a
nobel piece prize. From here on you'll probably want to stay up and finish this.
I rated this book at a 5 only because that's as high as they go.
September 19, 2011
Loved this McGarvey book, they seem to get better and better.. The style to this one took the focus off of Kirk and let some of the other characters shine... Very well written, I am definitely a Hagberg fan, keep up the great writing... My advice to any new Hagberg readers would be to start the series from the beginning so everything makes sense.. The Kirk McGarvey series is truly a guilty pleasure you should not miss.
January 10, 2013
I won the book on Goodreads firstreads! I am so glad to win it. Thank you!
One good thriller! A little too long though. Some things could have been cut from the story. Then again I was reading the advance proof readers copy.
I like a happy ending. I like that most of the bad guys get killed and some of them by other bad guy. I want to read more McGarvey novels. He is one cool character.
One good thriller! A little too long though. Some things could have been cut from the story. Then again I was reading the advance proof readers copy.
I like a happy ending. I like that most of the bad guys get killed and some of them by other bad guy. I want to read more McGarvey novels. He is one cool character.
August 21, 2011
Picked this book up at random from the library. It's well into an ongoing series. Didn't like this as much as Vince Flynn and some others. Many of the characters were flat, one-dimensional. I knew who the "insider" was from early on, no surprise. I may give the first book in the series a try...maybe.
April 4, 2012
The book just barely made it across the 3 line. I hadn't read any of Hagbergs stuff since The Capsule and well, it might be another 20 years before I read another. It was largely ho hum. The story was ok, but the drama was mostly pretty dumb, the bad guys incompetent, the good guys too Superman, blah blah
July 8, 2011
Definitely a book designed with a lot of twists and turns - a page turner you will want to keep reading - there is no really good spot to stop reading - LOL - so when the summer is calling you to chill at the beach - bring this along and enjoy your read - it is worth it!
March 10, 2012
I don't know why but I just couldn't really get into this. Maybe because many books came before it in the series and I haven't read them. The main character is Reacher-esque, but just not as interesting.
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