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Brainfire
When his brother, a political advisor, jumps from his Soviet Union hotel room, John Raynor searches for the truth behind his brother's death, and stumbles upon a Soviet plot involving mind control
414 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1979
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January 29, 2010
It took me a while to get through this book for a very good reason. I read when I have a little spare time or the book pulls me in. I picked up Brainfire at a garage sale years ago, so I figured I get around to reading it now rather than later.
I probably should have started with another book for my first thriller/government conspiracy theory. This book was set in sometime when Russia was still considered relatively evil because of their communist ways, thus the storyline revolved around a Russian plot to kill the US president with a psychic. This idea isn't all that original, or it could just be that I've heard about how the Cold War Era led the governments to be crazy about "getting the upper-hand in the War".
To me there was one really redeeming factor: there was an unpredicted twist at the end. I found the rest of the book fairly predictable for a thriller.
I'm going to guess that for anyone that really likes conspiracy theories, government plots of backstabbing one another and psychic abilities will find this book enjoyable.
I probably should have started with another book for my first thriller/government conspiracy theory. This book was set in sometime when Russia was still considered relatively evil because of their communist ways, thus the storyline revolved around a Russian plot to kill the US president with a psychic. This idea isn't all that original, or it could just be that I've heard about how the Cold War Era led the governments to be crazy about "getting the upper-hand in the War".
To me there was one really redeeming factor: there was an unpredicted twist at the end. I found the rest of the book fairly predictable for a thriller.
I'm going to guess that for anyone that really likes conspiracy theories, government plots of backstabbing one another and psychic abilities will find this book enjoyable.
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