The Sirius Crossing

Jack Valentine #1

by John Creed

Jack Valentine has been in the intelligence game too long and it is starting to show, but he accepts one more mission. He always does. It seems like a simple task but it starts to throw up questions and he doesn't know the answers. What were American Special Forces doing in Ireland twenty-five years ago and why does it matter now? What is the thread that leads from a deserted mountainside to the offices of the White House? Suddenly Valentine has information that everybody wants and he finds himself the quarry in a pitiless chase. To complicate matters he is joined by an old friend who is staying just ahead of his own deadly pursuit. And he draws an old flame into danger, because it seems that wherever Jack Valentine goes, innocence seems to suffer. Valentine no longer know which threatens him most - the dark alliance of men who want to kill him, the terrible storm crossing he is forced to undertake in a battered, converted trawler, or his own dangerous cynicism.

Genres: Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

John Creed is a pseudonym of Eoin McNamee.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather boring, despite the amount of action. There is a disconnect between the events and how much I cared about them. Stuff happens, quickly, and there are shootouts etc., but it was like there were no stakes or it did not matter. Maybe the writing style is to blame here, as it seems rather plain (not bad). Many side characters are nebulous and so I didn’t really know who is what. Jack Valentine doesn’t seem to be a great main character either. Liam might have made a better protagonist. Jack also has a crazy drinking problem, but this probably just a cliché of the genre—anytime there is downtime it’s time to take a swig.

Only really the near the end, when four different characters are battling a storm on a boat, does it become more than mediocre. But the finale is also very unsatisfying and so this will be the first and last time I’ll be reading about Jack Valentine.

[Lynne Block · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m not a war/spy fan

[Morgan Bardon]

Great read for a first time author. Well worth picking it up.