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The Devil's Mirror
Computer whiz Eric Ivorsen must use his high-tech talents to stop David Tallant, a power-hungry, charismatic anchorman extending his control over the world with an innovative super-satellite
220 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 7, 1984
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April 11, 2025
I started into this series without reading any of the previous Viking Cipher books, but these don't seem like the type of novels that build on one another. And other than not having more backstory on the Cipher itself or the villainous organization, I don't feel I missed out on much. On the other hand, maybe starting with book five was bad form.
The cover gave PG-13 vibes, but the sexual content was not, and that made it weird and uncomfortable. Most of it was fine, though a specific scene was too graphic for what I expected or wanted from this book. The cover also promised death-defying action, and except for the book's ending, it was more boredom-inducing.
Mostly, though, everything felt generic. The characters were meh. The plot was okay. The super-genius-computer-expert-polymath lacked any fun technobabble and exuded more jock than geek. It's the 80s, and you have this supercomputer partially built with Albert Einstein, and they run it to just data mine a system. To be fair, this is the fifth book, so maybe all the really cool stuff happened in the first four, and at this point, the idea of the series and the Cipher itself are obsolete.
The cover gave PG-13 vibes, but the sexual content was not, and that made it weird and uncomfortable. Most of it was fine, though a specific scene was too graphic for what I expected or wanted from this book. The cover also promised death-defying action, and except for the book's ending, it was more boredom-inducing.
Mostly, though, everything felt generic. The characters were meh. The plot was okay. The super-genius-computer-expert-polymath lacked any fun technobabble and exuded more jock than geek. It's the 80s, and you have this supercomputer partially built with Albert Einstein, and they run it to just data mine a system. To be fair, this is the fifth book, so maybe all the really cool stuff happened in the first four, and at this point, the idea of the series and the Cipher itself are obsolete.
May 20, 2024
First off, I really like the goodreads site. It makes reading more enjoyable. Although, their I.T. department is poor at times. Like here. Book #5 in the "Viking Cipher" series is not called "Devil." It's "The Devils Mirror." It's 220 pages. I would try to load this book into their system, but last time I tried that all my books went away. So, I'll just work around them.
The last book of this short series was probably second best of the lot. Eric Ivorson is facing Croesus International for the third time running. He's up against TV personality David Tallant who wants to put his evil empire back on the map. He tries to come between Eric and his girlfriend, Maggie by making her an anchor on the world news program and getting her to say slanderous things about "The Viking Cipher" and Eric himself. He doesn't stop at murder either.
The last book of this short series was probably second best of the lot. Eric Ivorson is facing Croesus International for the third time running. He's up against TV personality David Tallant who wants to put his evil empire back on the map. He tries to come between Eric and his girlfriend, Maggie by making her an anchor on the world news program and getting her to say slanderous things about "The Viking Cipher" and Eric himself. He doesn't stop at murder either.
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