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Derrick Storm #0.75
A Bloody Storm
The final piece of the Derrick Storm trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Castle, available exclusively as an eBook short.
Derrick Storm is back-this time, with a crack team of ghost CIA operatives. These former agents have all faked their own deaths and now work for the CIA on a strictly secret basis, taking on dangerous and illegal jobs the agency may not officially carry out. They're headed to the Molguzar mountains to look for sixty-billion dollars worth of gold hidden by the KGB before the collapse of the Soviet Union, and taking a perilous detour to rescue FBI agent April Showers from a sociopath torturer. But Storm's loyalties are put to the test as the mission begins to unravel into a bloody mountaintop showdown, and he and Showers must find out the hard way that their assignment may not be what they thought it was.
Derrick Storm is back-this time, with a crack team of ghost CIA operatives. These former agents have all faked their own deaths and now work for the CIA on a strictly secret basis, taking on dangerous and illegal jobs the agency may not officially carry out. They're headed to the Molguzar mountains to look for sixty-billion dollars worth of gold hidden by the KGB before the collapse of the Soviet Union, and taking a perilous detour to rescue FBI agent April Showers from a sociopath torturer. But Storm's loyalties are put to the test as the mission begins to unravel into a bloody mountaintop showdown, and he and Showers must find out the hard way that their assignment may not be what they thought it was.
79 pages, ebook
First published August 7, 2012
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Richard Castle
58 books4,890 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed Derrick Storm series. His first novel, In a Hail of Bullets, published while he was still in college, received the Nom DePlume Society's prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature. Castle currently lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his life with humor and inspiration.
Note: Richard Castle is a fictional character from the ABC television show, Castle, played by Nathan Fillion. The biography is of this character. His name is being used as a pseudonym for tie-in novels to the TV show.
Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed Derrick Storm series. His first novel, In a Hail of Bullets, published while he was still in college, received the Nom DePlume Society's prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature. Castle currently lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his life with humor and inspiration.
Note: Richard Castle is a fictional character from the ABC television show, Castle, played by Nathan Fillion. The biography is of this character. His name is being used as a pseudonym for tie-in novels to the TV show.
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February 6, 2017
I tako priča završava, i opet referenca na Hrvatsku, pa se ne mogu oteti dojmu da ghost writer, tko god on bio, ima neke veze s ovim krajevima.
May 14, 2022
In this third Derrick Storm short, Storm is sent on a mission to put eyes on the $60B in gold bullion. Jedediah Jones sends Storm, along with three other D&Ds (disappeared or dead former CIA agents) to Uzbekistan where the bullion is hidden inside a mountain. Along the way, they’ll have to make a pit stop to rescue kidnapped April Showers. This one is the most adventurous of the three I have read and I am really enjoying them. They’re a fun, quick read! Now on to the fourth installment for the conclusion!
July 9, 2015
This last installment of the Derrick Storm novellas fell a little flat. There were some exciting action sequences and the story went in a different direction than I was expecting, but the writing style and characters were bland and boring.
July 2, 2020
A great ending to this little collection. Storm became bearable in this last one.
August 21, 2012
Trying to think of praise for A Bloody Storm and I'm drawing a blank, because, unfortunately, this is by far the worst thing purportedly authored by Richard Castle I've ever read. I mean, none of the books are particularly good, they're novelties meant to promote the show, but there's still a degree of wit and appeal to them. Except this, of course, this novella just feels like it was phoned it.
I wasn't expecting much, the Derek Storm and April Showers characters are already established in A Brewing Storm and the plot's a continuation of A Raging Storm, all A Bloody Storm had to do was bring it home. I guess it does, sort of, at least the ending, but the rest of the story is just mechanical and stilted and the writing feels like it's just solely to get the story over with. This one just wasn't fun, reading it felt like a chore, like the author's just tying up loose ends from the previous books without really thinking about plots or characters, so the majority of scenes, the Russian gold angle, something with Islamic terrorists, down to a torture by car battery scene thrown into the middle, all of it feels rather cliched, been there done that.
As for Storm and Showers, I really miss how they were from the first book, because the Derek Storm here isn't really witty, except for a few lines of dialogue with Showers now and then which unfortunately as a result felt forced. The new throwaway characters this around made an even weaker impression on me than the cast of A Raging Storm and their motivations and reasonings made even less sense; Tangiers seems to have been brought up just so the one thing haunting Storm at the beginning of this trilogy could be neatly resolved this time around, details and character be damned. And all of it just added to the sense that the author writing this thing was just going through the motions wrapping things up.
But nothing annoyed me more than Uzbekistan being used as an adjective over and over again, Uzbekistan bakeries, Uzbekistan authorities, the works. I guess it's too much for me to expect the author of a spy thriller to know when to use Uzbek and when to use Uzbekistan, but I’ll just take it as a sign of all the phoning in that’s lead to this utterly mediocre novella.
I wasn't expecting much, the Derek Storm and April Showers characters are already established in A Brewing Storm and the plot's a continuation of A Raging Storm, all A Bloody Storm had to do was bring it home. I guess it does, sort of, at least the ending, but the rest of the story is just mechanical and stilted and the writing feels like it's just solely to get the story over with. This one just wasn't fun, reading it felt like a chore, like the author's just tying up loose ends from the previous books without really thinking about plots or characters, so the majority of scenes, the Russian gold angle, something with Islamic terrorists, down to a torture by car battery scene thrown into the middle, all of it feels rather cliched, been there done that.
As for Storm and Showers, I really miss how they were from the first book, because the Derek Storm here isn't really witty, except for a few lines of dialogue with Showers now and then which unfortunately as a result felt forced. The new throwaway characters this around made an even weaker impression on me than the cast of A Raging Storm and their motivations and reasonings made even less sense; Tangiers seems to have been brought up just so the one thing haunting Storm at the beginning of this trilogy could be neatly resolved this time around, details and character be damned. And all of it just added to the sense that the author writing this thing was just going through the motions wrapping things up.
But nothing annoyed me more than Uzbekistan being used as an adjective over and over again, Uzbekistan bakeries, Uzbekistan authorities, the works. I guess it's too much for me to expect the author of a spy thriller to know when to use Uzbek and when to use Uzbekistan, but I’ll just take it as a sign of all the phoning in that’s lead to this utterly mediocre novella.
May 16, 2018
Stars: 3.5 / 5
Recommendation: A quick and easy read for anyone who wants to pick up murder mysteries but want to avoid the gorier and grittier parts.
A Bloody Storm is the third book published in August of 2012 by fictional author Richard Castle from the TV series Castle (portrayed by Nathan Fillion) (My review of the TV series here: http://inspirethoughts.livejournal.co...). This forms the third and the last book in a trilogy within the series.
As we see in the previous books A Brewing Storm (My review of the book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...) and A Raging Storm (My review of the book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...), Derrick Storm had been resurrected and brought out of his retirement to work on a high profile kidnapping. However nothing seems as simple for Storm and FBI Special Agent April Showers with whom he is working.
While striving to bring justice to the deaths of Matthew Dull - the step-son of Senator Thurston Windslow - and the Senator, Storm and April find themselves pulled into the maze of Russian spies and the treasure hunters behind the huge mass of gold belonging to Russian Communist Party that was hidden somewhere in Russia. Their lives also come in jeopardy however they come out though injured.
With Ivan Petrov's location details of the gold, Jedidiah Jones sends Derrick Storm along with a team of ghost CIA operatives - all presumed dead but resurrecting them for the purpose of this mission - to the Molguzar Mountains in Uzbekistan.
Well, again nothing comes as a simple task from Jedidiah Jones. So Storm is now tasked to rescue FBI Special Agent April Showers from a crazy torturer and also to find out who was the mole in Jedidiah's team who had screwed up his last mission - Tangiers, the mission after which he went into retirement faking his death.
Although the second novella A Raging Storm, felt like a mere extension, with this final book in the trilogy, Richard Castle has definitely picked up the pace and added a lot of meat for the readers. Between the Russian spies, Gold, Identifying the Mole and rescuing of April Showers, the author keeps Derrick Storm certainly busy and always on his heels.
He also increases the element of romance between them a notch slightly higher leaving the readers the feeling that they would definitely become a pair once the mission is completed.
Finally Richard Castle gives color to Storm's eyes - brown eyes. Phew! Now my imagination of Derrick Storm's character is complete.
Thick with conspiracies, filled with surprising turns and unexpected twists, A Bloody Storm, is truly bloody without the gorier part though. Keeps the reader gripped to the edge but not on thorns at the same time. Thoroughly entertaining till the end.
Spoiler Alerts:
1) Plot Reveals:
a. In the plot, the Russian torturer, Hasan Sadikov, mentions that he likes to read. And one of the book he felt important was titled One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The story is about one day of Ivan who is in a Soviet prison in 1950s. How appropriate for the torturer to pick such a book as his favorite.
b. Hasan also mentions about Kinbaku and Sokubaku - Japanese sexual bondage using ropes. More about that bondage can be read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes.... However what it reminded me of was a novel by Christine Feehan, Shadow Reaper - second book in the Shadow Series - in which Shibari - art of Japanese sexual bondage - plays a key role for the lead characters Ricco Ferraro and Marika Majo. (My review of that book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...).
c. The plot ends with Jedidiah Jones solely having the actual location of the Russian Gold. Or so he thought. It is revealed that Derrick Storm had forwarded those coordinates to one of his burner phone. Now he has the coordinates too. Will Richard Castle set the next plot for Derrick Storm on hunting this gold? One has to wait and see.
d. Will April Showers and the romantic angle also retain in the next book for Derrick Storm?
2) Sub Plots:
a. In the eighth Nikki Heat book, High Heat (https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...), Richard Castle shows the reader as having Nikki Heat met Derrick Storm as a suspect in a case she had caught a few years earlier, a brutal murder of a currency trader. I was wondering what case was that since I hadn't come across any such case in all of her eight books. However, on Wikipedia it is mentioned in the character bios of Detective Nikki Heat and her husband and Pulitzer prize winning journalist Jameson Rook that they had made cameo appearances in the Derrick Storm novel Storm Front which was published in May of 2013. I am yet to read that book and come across that scenario.
b. Richard Castle introduces Derrick Storm at the end of the book, High Heat, giving a segue that his next book would be a Heat and Storm combo. Naturally there would be a next book considering the reappearance of Cynthia Heat has to be solved. However bringing in Derrick Storm – even though I distinctly remember that he was killed off by Castle when he was introduced in Season I of the TV Series – adds another layer of strength and power. It would be interesting to see how the two strong alpha characters fare in the next book.
c. National Clandestine Services is a division of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) that recruits spies who are sent to clandestine operations across the world working for United States. Richard Castle mentions Derrick Storm belongs to this organization and I wasn’t sure if it even existed. Looks like it does. Check here: https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/cl....
d. We see frequent mention of another agent, Clara Strike, who also worked for Jedidiah Jones at NCS. There definitely seems to be some kind of romantic link between Derrick Storm and Clara Strike; that Clara also faked her death and had retired similar to Storm. Will she be resurrected in a future book by Richard Castle is something one will have to wait and see.
3) It’s still a mystery as to who wrote truly wrote these books, be it Nikki Heat series or Derrick Storm series. Obviously not the fictional character Richard Castle or Nathan Fillion the actor who portrayed the role. Unlike Murder, She Wrote books (Check my reviews of this series here: http://inspirethoughts.livejournal.co...), the actual author of these books is really hidden deep.
4) Grammatical / Historical / Geographical / Character / Mythological / Plot Errors:
a. On Pg. 238, April Showers is introduced to two agents at the hospital from the American Embassy in London. One of them is introduced as Thomas Goodman from State Department. But immediately afterwards in the following pages and the remaining plot he is addressed as Gordon. A definite lapse in representing the characters by the author.
b. On Pg. 274, line 8, I should be "..Your girlfriend…"
c. On Pg. 301, line 17, it should be "…to spend the night in his hotel room…"
Recommendation: A quick and easy read for anyone who wants to pick up murder mysteries but want to avoid the gorier and grittier parts.
A Bloody Storm is the third book published in August of 2012 by fictional author Richard Castle from the TV series Castle (portrayed by Nathan Fillion) (My review of the TV series here: http://inspirethoughts.livejournal.co...). This forms the third and the last book in a trilogy within the series.
As we see in the previous books A Brewing Storm (My review of the book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...) and A Raging Storm (My review of the book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...), Derrick Storm had been resurrected and brought out of his retirement to work on a high profile kidnapping. However nothing seems as simple for Storm and FBI Special Agent April Showers with whom he is working.
While striving to bring justice to the deaths of Matthew Dull - the step-son of Senator Thurston Windslow - and the Senator, Storm and April find themselves pulled into the maze of Russian spies and the treasure hunters behind the huge mass of gold belonging to Russian Communist Party that was hidden somewhere in Russia. Their lives also come in jeopardy however they come out though injured.
With Ivan Petrov's location details of the gold, Jedidiah Jones sends Derrick Storm along with a team of ghost CIA operatives - all presumed dead but resurrecting them for the purpose of this mission - to the Molguzar Mountains in Uzbekistan.
Well, again nothing comes as a simple task from Jedidiah Jones. So Storm is now tasked to rescue FBI Special Agent April Showers from a crazy torturer and also to find out who was the mole in Jedidiah's team who had screwed up his last mission - Tangiers, the mission after which he went into retirement faking his death.
Although the second novella A Raging Storm, felt like a mere extension, with this final book in the trilogy, Richard Castle has definitely picked up the pace and added a lot of meat for the readers. Between the Russian spies, Gold, Identifying the Mole and rescuing of April Showers, the author keeps Derrick Storm certainly busy and always on his heels.
He also increases the element of romance between them a notch slightly higher leaving the readers the feeling that they would definitely become a pair once the mission is completed.
Finally Richard Castle gives color to Storm's eyes - brown eyes. Phew! Now my imagination of Derrick Storm's character is complete.
Thick with conspiracies, filled with surprising turns and unexpected twists, A Bloody Storm, is truly bloody without the gorier part though. Keeps the reader gripped to the edge but not on thorns at the same time. Thoroughly entertaining till the end.
Spoiler Alerts:
1) Plot Reveals:
a. In the plot, the Russian torturer, Hasan Sadikov, mentions that he likes to read. And one of the book he felt important was titled One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The story is about one day of Ivan who is in a Soviet prison in 1950s. How appropriate for the torturer to pick such a book as his favorite.
b. Hasan also mentions about Kinbaku and Sokubaku - Japanese sexual bondage using ropes. More about that bondage can be read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes.... However what it reminded me of was a novel by Christine Feehan, Shadow Reaper - second book in the Shadow Series - in which Shibari - art of Japanese sexual bondage - plays a key role for the lead characters Ricco Ferraro and Marika Majo. (My review of that book here: https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...).
c. The plot ends with Jedidiah Jones solely having the actual location of the Russian Gold. Or so he thought. It is revealed that Derrick Storm had forwarded those coordinates to one of his burner phone. Now he has the coordinates too. Will Richard Castle set the next plot for Derrick Storm on hunting this gold? One has to wait and see.
d. Will April Showers and the romantic angle also retain in the next book for Derrick Storm?
2) Sub Plots:
a. In the eighth Nikki Heat book, High Heat (https://inspirethoughts.livejournal.c...), Richard Castle shows the reader as having Nikki Heat met Derrick Storm as a suspect in a case she had caught a few years earlier, a brutal murder of a currency trader. I was wondering what case was that since I hadn't come across any such case in all of her eight books. However, on Wikipedia it is mentioned in the character bios of Detective Nikki Heat and her husband and Pulitzer prize winning journalist Jameson Rook that they had made cameo appearances in the Derrick Storm novel Storm Front which was published in May of 2013. I am yet to read that book and come across that scenario.
b. Richard Castle introduces Derrick Storm at the end of the book, High Heat, giving a segue that his next book would be a Heat and Storm combo. Naturally there would be a next book considering the reappearance of Cynthia Heat has to be solved. However bringing in Derrick Storm – even though I distinctly remember that he was killed off by Castle when he was introduced in Season I of the TV Series – adds another layer of strength and power. It would be interesting to see how the two strong alpha characters fare in the next book.
c. National Clandestine Services is a division of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) that recruits spies who are sent to clandestine operations across the world working for United States. Richard Castle mentions Derrick Storm belongs to this organization and I wasn’t sure if it even existed. Looks like it does. Check here: https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/cl....
d. We see frequent mention of another agent, Clara Strike, who also worked for Jedidiah Jones at NCS. There definitely seems to be some kind of romantic link between Derrick Storm and Clara Strike; that Clara also faked her death and had retired similar to Storm. Will she be resurrected in a future book by Richard Castle is something one will have to wait and see.
3) It’s still a mystery as to who wrote truly wrote these books, be it Nikki Heat series or Derrick Storm series. Obviously not the fictional character Richard Castle or Nathan Fillion the actor who portrayed the role. Unlike Murder, She Wrote books (Check my reviews of this series here: http://inspirethoughts.livejournal.co...), the actual author of these books is really hidden deep.
4) Grammatical / Historical / Geographical / Character / Mythological / Plot Errors:
a. On Pg. 238, April Showers is introduced to two agents at the hospital from the American Embassy in London. One of them is introduced as Thomas Goodman from State Department. But immediately afterwards in the following pages and the remaining plot he is addressed as Gordon. A definite lapse in representing the characters by the author.
b. On Pg. 274, line 8, I should be "..Your girlfriend…"
c. On Pg. 301, line 17, it should be "…to spend the night in his hotel room…"
August 13, 2012
The third and final installment in this series is just as action-packed and well-written as the previous ones.
It all begins in Oxford, England, when Derrick Storm and FBI agent April Showers escape barely alive after a car chase and a confrontation, with a man and a woman, who were supposed to be the faithful friends and allies of oligarch Ivan Petrov, but who were actually under the payroll of Russian president Barkovsky.
Storm checks Showers, who’s injured into a hospital, before heading straight back to Washington to meet his ex -and now temporary- boss, Jedidiah Jones, director of the National Clandestine Service. There he finds out that he’s not to remain in the city for long, since he needs to find the 60 billions’ worth of gold, that all the fuss was all about, before it falls into the hands of Barkovsky. For this reason he needs to oversee a team consisting of another “dead” agent called Casper, a Russian geologist that goes by the name of Oscar, and Dilya, an Uzbekistani woman and CIA asset.
In the meantime Showers, though wounded, has not yet left all her trouble behind, since as she’s driven towards a military base from which she’s supposed to fly to the U.S. she’s abducted by the Russians.
From the very beginning until the very end of this story, all the protagonists seem to be playing a game of cat and mouse with each other. Everyone is suspicious of everyone else, nothing is for granted, and there’s definitely a traitor on the loose, whose identity we’ll only come to find out just before the end.
But the surprises don’t stop there. Castle likes to keep the reader guessing and he does that very well. The pace is fast, the twists and turns plentiful and there’s some romance lurking in the shadows as well.
I would say that, in the end, these three volumes make a very good, though kind of short novel, which will undoubtedly leave his fans satisfied.
It all begins in Oxford, England, when Derrick Storm and FBI agent April Showers escape barely alive after a car chase and a confrontation, with a man and a woman, who were supposed to be the faithful friends and allies of oligarch Ivan Petrov, but who were actually under the payroll of Russian president Barkovsky.
Storm checks Showers, who’s injured into a hospital, before heading straight back to Washington to meet his ex -and now temporary- boss, Jedidiah Jones, director of the National Clandestine Service. There he finds out that he’s not to remain in the city for long, since he needs to find the 60 billions’ worth of gold, that all the fuss was all about, before it falls into the hands of Barkovsky. For this reason he needs to oversee a team consisting of another “dead” agent called Casper, a Russian geologist that goes by the name of Oscar, and Dilya, an Uzbekistani woman and CIA asset.
In the meantime Showers, though wounded, has not yet left all her trouble behind, since as she’s driven towards a military base from which she’s supposed to fly to the U.S. she’s abducted by the Russians.
From the very beginning until the very end of this story, all the protagonists seem to be playing a game of cat and mouse with each other. Everyone is suspicious of everyone else, nothing is for granted, and there’s definitely a traitor on the loose, whose identity we’ll only come to find out just before the end.
But the surprises don’t stop there. Castle likes to keep the reader guessing and he does that very well. The pace is fast, the twists and turns plentiful and there’s some romance lurking in the shadows as well.
I would say that, in the end, these three volumes make a very good, though kind of short novel, which will undoubtedly leave his fans satisfied.
April 10, 2020
I bumbled up in this series and started from the 3rd book and although the story kinda picked up from the previous books it didn't matter as the story moved up couple a chapters. And these are very small books barely a novella. So they go up very quickly too but it had lot of action and it looked like that on these books the Castle team didn't work too much. I mean they did work to create a story but they didn't elaborate too much on the story to make it 300 or more pages so they were happy breaking up a story in 3 parts of 75 to 90 pages each.
Well since they are very small do give them a chance may be you will like them too and then just Keep on Reading.
People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while. I read almost all the genre but YA, Fantasy, Biographies are the most. My favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore. I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review, so remember I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
Well since they are very small do give them a chance may be you will like them too and then just Keep on Reading.
People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while. I read almost all the genre but YA, Fantasy, Biographies are the most. My favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore. I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review, so remember I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
February 16, 2014
There are two main reasons for the two star review...aside from the overall thrown-togetherness of the writing and apparent non-editing.
First, when the climax of all three stories finally comes together in this third installment, the answer to the mole in questioning is so out of nowhere, and not in a good twist kind of way, but in a confused, I didn't see that coming because it wasn't brought up ever before kind of way. Something that I think the real, non-television star author thought would be an exciting twist. But it obviously didn't work for me.
Second, since these novellas were exclusively released on ebook, it seems the publishers didn't think it was important to edit them. Or at least edit them well. There were more mistakes in this third story, than possibly I have ever seen in a publication. Ever. Words missing. A lot. Characters mixed up. Storm talking to Storm when he had just been talking to Showers. Showers being called Flowers. It was disastrous and highly frustrating.
But alas, I will probably still read the next Castle release. At least they are super fast and easy reads.
First, when the climax of all three stories finally comes together in this third installment, the answer to the mole in questioning is so out of nowhere, and not in a good twist kind of way, but in a confused, I didn't see that coming because it wasn't brought up ever before kind of way. Something that I think the real, non-television star author thought would be an exciting twist. But it obviously didn't work for me.
Second, since these novellas were exclusively released on ebook, it seems the publishers didn't think it was important to edit them. Or at least edit them well. There were more mistakes in this third story, than possibly I have ever seen in a publication. Ever. Words missing. A lot. Characters mixed up. Storm talking to Storm when he had just been talking to Showers. Showers being called Flowers. It was disastrous and highly frustrating.
But alas, I will probably still read the next Castle release. At least they are super fast and easy reads.
July 5, 2015
This was definitely my favorite of the three e-novels! It wrapped up the story perfectly of Storm and Showers! It made me want to read Storm Front right away and I was surprised by how many loose ends less than a hundred pages tied up. I really want Showers to continue on in the series and I'm hoping she does!!! Overall A Bloody Storm not only made the others completely worthwhile but it was enjoyable and fun as well!!! :D <3
August 8, 2012
Loved! But I do hope there is more. Storm and Showers (groan) are almost as much fun as Nikki and Rook (and Castle and Beckett, Oy.)
May 3, 2025
Cykl powieściowy „Derrick Storm” jest dziełem amerykańskiego autora Richarda Castle, który jest postacią fikcyjną znaną z serialu „Castle” stacji ABC. W Polsce jako trylogię wydano 0.25 „A Brewing Storm”, 0.50 „A Raging Storm” i 0.75 „A Bloody Storm” (odpowiednio pod tytułami 1 „Nadchodzący sztorm”, 2 „Wściekły sztorm” i 3 „Krwawy sztorm”). No i tu polska mania nadawania tytułów innych niż wszyscy odbiła się czkawką. Bohater nazywa się Storm więc tytuł oryginalny jest logiczny. W polskim wydaniu nazwisko protagonisty pozostawiono (Storm), ale tytuł przetłumaczono i teraz nijak ma się do powieści.
W mojej ocenie, właściwie, biorąc pod uwagę konstrukcję fabuły, nie jest to trylogia, cykl powieściowy, lecz powieść w trzech odcinkach (tomach), w dodatku niezbyt długich. To jednak tylko taka dygresja formalna.
Jeśli lubicie klimaty kryminalne i sensacyjne w których dominuje akcja, to jest to rzecz dla Was. Mnie się podobało, nawet bardzo, choć nieco brakowało mi głębi tła i interesującego drugiego planu z ukrytymi w nim ciekawymi tematami, które można wypatrzyć w dobrych nowoczesnych dziełach z tego i podobnych gatunków. Jestem pewien, że szybko zapomnę o „Derricku Stormie” (już teraz fabułę niemal zapomniałem). Na czym polega intryga nie będę zdradzać, ale trzeba przyznać, że choć szybko znika z pamięci, w momencie czytania (lub słuchania) jest spójna, logiczna, w miarę realistyczna. Wyraźnie jednak zaznaczam, że pomimo jednorazowości skutkującej tym, że o tej lekturze pewnie każdy szybko zapomni, słucha się tego (wybrałem wersję audio w interpretacji Filipa Kosiora) bardzo fajnie. To takie coś pomiędzy Kennem Folletem i Ianem Lancasterem Flemingiem, ale na szczęście bez bondowskich gadżetów i całej tej bajery. Jeśli lubicie kryminały, sensację oraz klimaty CIA i macie chęć na lżejszą, bardziej dynamiczną odmianę gatunku, to jest to pozycja, którą mogę gorąco polecić.
Pierwszy tom jest niemal genialny (w swoim kanonie oczywiście), ale potem widać minimalny spadek, aż do wtop w tomie trzecim. Kilka kwiatków:
♦ Komando Storma udaje się w góry, w dzikie rejony SUV-em. Sorry, na takie zabawy bierze się terenówkę – SUV to całkiem co innego.
♦ Kula z glocka podrywa faceta do góry – malina za takie bzdury.
♦ W trzecim tomie niezręczności gramatyczne.
♦ „Kropki z broni laserowej” – ta fraza chyba się przekleiła z powieści SF (LOL).
No, ale całość, zwłaszcza w formie audiobooka z głosem Filipa Kosiora, super. Gorąco polecam
W mojej ocenie, właściwie, biorąc pod uwagę konstrukcję fabuły, nie jest to trylogia, cykl powieściowy, lecz powieść w trzech odcinkach (tomach), w dodatku niezbyt długich. To jednak tylko taka dygresja formalna.
Jeśli lubicie klimaty kryminalne i sensacyjne w których dominuje akcja, to jest to rzecz dla Was. Mnie się podobało, nawet bardzo, choć nieco brakowało mi głębi tła i interesującego drugiego planu z ukrytymi w nim ciekawymi tematami, które można wypatrzyć w dobrych nowoczesnych dziełach z tego i podobnych gatunków. Jestem pewien, że szybko zapomnę o „Derricku Stormie” (już teraz fabułę niemal zapomniałem). Na czym polega intryga nie będę zdradzać, ale trzeba przyznać, że choć szybko znika z pamięci, w momencie czytania (lub słuchania) jest spójna, logiczna, w miarę realistyczna. Wyraźnie jednak zaznaczam, że pomimo jednorazowości skutkującej tym, że o tej lekturze pewnie każdy szybko zapomni, słucha się tego (wybrałem wersję audio w interpretacji Filipa Kosiora) bardzo fajnie. To takie coś pomiędzy Kennem Folletem i Ianem Lancasterem Flemingiem, ale na szczęście bez bondowskich gadżetów i całej tej bajery. Jeśli lubicie kryminały, sensację oraz klimaty CIA i macie chęć na lżejszą, bardziej dynamiczną odmianę gatunku, to jest to pozycja, którą mogę gorąco polecić.
Pierwszy tom jest niemal genialny (w swoim kanonie oczywiście), ale potem widać minimalny spadek, aż do wtop w tomie trzecim. Kilka kwiatków:
♦ Komando Storma udaje się w góry, w dzikie rejony SUV-em. Sorry, na takie zabawy bierze się terenówkę – SUV to całkiem co innego.
♦ Kula z glocka podrywa faceta do góry – malina za takie bzdury.
♦ W trzecim tomie niezręczności gramatyczne.
♦ „Kropki z broni laserowej” – ta fraza chyba się przekleiła z powieści SF (LOL).
No, ale całość, zwłaszcza w formie audiobooka z głosem Filipa Kosiora, super. Gorąco polecam
January 16, 2019
What is it about?
This is a collection of 3 short stories featuring Derrick Storm. The Storm novels are Richard Castles’ claim to fame in the TV show Castle.
In the first of these stories, Storm is called upon to help figure out who kidnapped a powerful senator’s son. The next two stories follow directly from the first story which quickly develops international tension.
Was it good?
I have read most of the Nikki Heat novels by Richard Castle, which are also mentioned in the show, and I watched the show to completion. (I apparently have failed to write any reviews for the books but I would describe them as “entertaining”.)
While I enjoyed the Nikki Heat books because I was familiar with the character from watching the show, I felt nothing for Storm and felt that all the characters were flat and unrealistic. Storm acted like an ass the whole time, and I don’t understand why he’s so special. I’m not one to notice a lack of character development, but in these stories it was painfully obvious: there was no background, no middle, and no future.
The story was predictable and contained all of the usual spy novel gimmicks.
These are short stories. If they had been full blown books I would have been more likely to DNF the books, but I powered through it. Honestly, I’m not sure that this “Richard Castle” is the same “Richard Castle” from the Nikki Heat books.
This is a collection of 3 short stories featuring Derrick Storm. The Storm novels are Richard Castles’ claim to fame in the TV show Castle.
In the first of these stories, Storm is called upon to help figure out who kidnapped a powerful senator’s son. The next two stories follow directly from the first story which quickly develops international tension.
Was it good?
I have read most of the Nikki Heat novels by Richard Castle, which are also mentioned in the show, and I watched the show to completion. (I apparently have failed to write any reviews for the books but I would describe them as “entertaining”.)
While I enjoyed the Nikki Heat books because I was familiar with the character from watching the show, I felt nothing for Storm and felt that all the characters were flat and unrealistic. Storm acted like an ass the whole time, and I don’t understand why he’s so special. I’m not one to notice a lack of character development, but in these stories it was painfully obvious: there was no background, no middle, and no future.
The story was predictable and contained all of the usual spy novel gimmicks.
These are short stories. If they had been full blown books I would have been more likely to DNF the books, but I powered through it. Honestly, I’m not sure that this “Richard Castle” is the same “Richard Castle” from the Nikki Heat books.
May 21, 2024
From D.C. to London to the wilds of Uzbekistan, Storm pursues his kidnapped partner and a gaggle of conspirators to find billions in missing Soviet gold. With a team assembled from the CIA's files of "officially dead" (and therefore deniable) operatives, the action definitely ramps up in this final installment, and the body count escalates rapidly. All in all, it's a satisfying conclusion that is "of a piece" with the previous two volumes. Characters are a little on the two-dimensional side, but the actual conspiracy plot has some clever twists and turns in the end. It's been a fun read, and I'll likely dive into some more of Castle's work in the future.
June 28, 2025
*3,75
Melhor livro dessa trilogia prequel.
O Casper foi insuportável durante todo o tempo que ele apareceu.
Esse livro solidificou minha vontade de seguir com a série do Storm. Só não sei se a April Showers vai seguir sendo uma personagem que vamos acompanhar. E não sei como me sinto either way.
Melhor livro dessa trilogia prequel.
O Casper foi insuportável durante todo o tempo que ele apareceu.
Esse livro solidificou minha vontade de seguir com a série do Storm. Só não sei se a April Showers vai seguir sendo uma personagem que vamos acompanhar. E não sei como me sinto either way.
September 6, 2023
Action packed
I like the fact that this was another fast paced action packed story with a good plot. It was also witty. I would recommend this book to just about anyone especially for those who love the FBI, secret agent type of books. I gave it a five star because it was not pack with too much technicalities. Simple enough language where you can easily follow the story and it keeps you wanting to know what next.
I like the fact that this was another fast paced action packed story with a good plot. It was also witty. I would recommend this book to just about anyone especially for those who love the FBI, secret agent type of books. I gave it a five star because it was not pack with too much technicalities. Simple enough language where you can easily follow the story and it keeps you wanting to know what next.
August 28, 2017
Another short, if strange installment to the story of Derrick Storm. A lot of death, betrayal, injuries, and apparently some lady issues if his dreams and interactions regarding Clara and April are any indication. All of these books should really just be one book. It is annoying and aggravating to have such a short, split story to read as a "book."
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 26, 2018
Another amusing installment of the spy romp, but oh my, what typos! When the enhanced interrogation included "excoriating" pain and the hero "peed" over the boulder to see beyond it, that was a whole different sort of comic relief.
May 1, 2022
No big holes or cliffhangers, but it was short enough to read in a few hours, almost like watching a whole half hour episode on TV. Not much time to develop background or fill out side stories. Still, well executed.
November 2, 2025
bad writing or bad editing?
Great books and great story but either the author does not understand the English language or the worst editor in the world was hired to edited all of these books. Still, they were pretty good.
Great books and great story but either the author does not understand the English language or the worst editor in the world was hired to edited all of these books. Still, they were pretty good.
August 4, 2017
# 3 in US/Soviet spy series
August 30, 2017
Worth reading
It keeps you in suspense and wondering if the main characters will ever get together romantically. Keeps you guessing what next
It keeps you in suspense and wondering if the main characters will ever get together romantically. Keeps you guessing what next
December 21, 2017
Out of the trilogy this was definitely the most exciting. Lots of action. A bit of snappy dialogue.
January 26, 2018
Great Read
Another awesome Derrick Storm!!! Cannot wait to read the next one!!! I am so Addicted to Derrick Storm I swear!!!
Another awesome Derrick Storm!!! Cannot wait to read the next one!!! I am so Addicted to Derrick Storm I swear!!!
February 16, 2018
The third in the trilogy.
Finally no cliffhanger! This would have been a good book, one. Dividing it into three short stories that were not stand alones did it a disservice.
Finally no cliffhanger! This would have been a good book, one. Dividing it into three short stories that were not stand alones did it a disservice.
May 16, 2018
Short read, very entertaining
Being a fan of the TV show helps. One can imagine Richard Castle writing this story. Action, intrigue, betrayal, and a little flirting.
Being a fan of the TV show helps. One can imagine Richard Castle writing this story. Action, intrigue, betrayal, and a little flirting.
October 2, 2018
An entertaining read, but the typos are killing me!
“peed” instead of “peered”
“Agent Flowers” instead of “Agent Showers”
Multiple your/you’re mixups... the publishing company should be ashamed!
“peed” instead of “peered”
“Agent Flowers” instead of “Agent Showers”
Multiple your/you’re mixups... the publishing company should be ashamed!
January 14, 2020
Awesome
January 1, 2021
The three novellas make a nice diversion from life. There are a few surprises and a couple of Easter Eggs from Castle. I'll read them again sometime.
August 28, 2021
This definitely was a thrilling read. And with a good ending. I hope Storm and Showers have a nice dinner tomorrow.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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