Spiral

Spiral #1

by Andy Remic

On an Earth where conventional armies are powerless to defend against the devastation wrought by single assassins, the secret organization known as SPIRAL exists to fight a shadow war against fanatics and rogue states of every creed and political persuasion. Remorseless, unstoppable, of every country and of none, SPIRAL conducts its covert operations throughout the world in a never-ending battle for humanity's survival. But now SPIRAL itself is under attack, and if it falls the world falls with it.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

531 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Andy Remic lives in Lincoln, UK, although his heart and viking soul belong to the Scottish mountains. Married with two children, Andy has a variety of esoteric and sometimes contrasting loves, including sword fighting, climbing, mountain biking, kick-boxing, Ducati motorcycles and retro-gaming. He recently wrote the computer version of his novel Biohell for the 48K Spectrum, in which many people are still stuck. He writes in both SF and fantasy fields, and is sometimes accused of literature. Current novels include: Spiral, Quake, Warhead, War Machine, Biohell, Hardcore and the upcoming Cloneworld, Theme Planet and TOX for Solaris Books, and the Kell’s Legend trilogy, Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers and Vampire Warlords for Angry Robot Books.

Reviews

[Geoff Battle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spiral, the team that defends the world of the future comes under attack in this gun-toting, helicopter flying, tank firing, assassin sniping, explosive action novel. Amidst the non-stop action is our schizophrenic expletive-uttering hero whose efforts are inexplicably superhuman, a subplot that is bound to carry on in to further Spiral novels. However this underlying storyline does make the central character somewhat unlikeable; he is definitely no Dirk Pitt, or James Bond - Spiral's characters are far more brutal. On top of this, there is an unnecessary use of the harshest of expletives and this does detract from the narrative somewhat. The overall feeling of Spiral is that it is aimed at the lowest common denominator - very easy to read, a fair amount of dialogue and a vocabulary that won't challenge any regular reader. All said, Spiral is a captivating read since it never lets up. An enjoyable read for any rainy day.

[John Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, this book was brilliant! It was so technically detailed, and I absolutely loved the final battle. The relationship between Carter and Kade was great, and so interesting! Can't wait to see this as a movie!

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[Anurag Panda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read wen I was a kid...nice book though...

[Kyle Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be this book had a distinct Tom Clancy aura to it, though England is the homestead. The novels covers many places on Earth and deals with the attempted coup of an organization the average person has no idea exists. The characters are highly trained agents who seem to accurately plan their actions strategically. The story isn't without it's superhuman elements as a new enemy has emerged to seize power from Spiral, but the bad guys didn't think Carter, an ex-agent would be so hard to kill. This book was good enough for me to read onto the next books in the series.