Warhead

Spiral #3

by Andy Remic

The earth has been devastated by a nuclear holocaust, and humanity is trapped under the iron fist of a new world government. But the promises of salvation are lies, and a fate even more terrible awaits mankind. The secret organization known as SPIRAL, the last line of defense against global chaos, has been forced underground. They are powerless, it seems, against the might and propaganda of the military. And now, it appears that SPIRAL has been betrayed by one of its own. Only Carter, their toughest agent, might prevent their most guarded secret from falling into the hands of the enemy. But not even Carter has faced an enemy who is prepared to destroy the entire planet.

Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Fiction

576 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

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]

I've learned something about Andy Remic's work - you seriously need to suspend your disbelief. After an interesting concept in Spiral and what seemed a cashcow sequel with Quake, I was unsure about Warhead. About two hundred pages in I was still unimpressed. It seemed that Warhead had the same characters, with the same issues, fighting the same enemy, with the same arch-nemesis and the same level of expletives that the previous books featured. Then, Remic must have had a spark of imagination. The plot gets tighter and (finally!) offers twist after twist with some great banter between the Spiral team members. It continues to offer the absolute non-stop action of the previous novels, but Warhead delivers on many threads which have been left untied in the first two entries. There is closure amongst this futuristic tale and it makes for far better reading. A simple yet entertaining yarn.

[Swati · Rating 2 out of 5]

I forget when I abandoned reading a book last. Must have been years ago. I always give something a chance, unless it really is too much for me, and this book, for some reason, really threw me off. The writing is terrible in parts and the sentences are too coarsely structured. Not one for me.