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Judgement
It started with a few isolated incidents. A mob shootout in Las Vegas, a firefight in the Central American jungles - one apparently unconnected event after the other, hinting at a worldwide conspiracy of unprecedented proportions. But before long CIA computer expert Bob Leith realises it's something much more than mere globalised terrorism, something literally not of this world ...
- GenresScience FictionFiction
300 pages, ebook
First published November 1, 2009
About the author
Fergus Bannon
6 books6 followersFergus Bannon writes fast paced thrillers which take a jaded and heretical view of what we think we know of science and technology.
Following graduation, he ran away to sea, his merchant shipping line taking him to some of the choicer trouble spots around the world. Rich though the seafaring life was, it could also be rather dangerous. After having a run-in with a death squad in South America (the basis of a key scene in his book 'Heretic'), and then nearly getting his throat slit in Jamaica, he began to harbour doubts about his long term prospects. A hurricane in the Atlantic, and a major fire on board ship in the Pacific, only reinforced this view.
Nursing an ambition to live until the age of forty, he therefore came ashore and eventually became a professor of physics. Fergus Bannon is a pen name for his fiction, but he has also published a non-fiction book called 'Science for Heretics' under his actual name of Barrie Condon.
Following graduation, he ran away to sea, his merchant shipping line taking him to some of the choicer trouble spots around the world. Rich though the seafaring life was, it could also be rather dangerous. After having a run-in with a death squad in South America (the basis of a key scene in his book 'Heretic'), and then nearly getting his throat slit in Jamaica, he began to harbour doubts about his long term prospects. A hurricane in the Atlantic, and a major fire on board ship in the Pacific, only reinforced this view.
Nursing an ambition to live until the age of forty, he therefore came ashore and eventually became a professor of physics. Fergus Bannon is a pen name for his fiction, but he has also published a non-fiction book called 'Science for Heretics' under his actual name of Barrie Condon.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
August 18, 2016
An enthralling story that begins in gripping thriller mode and then takes you into the realms of the sort of science fiction that makes you pause with astonishment. An electrifying debut novel.
January 2, 2019
Imaginative eco/spy/tech thriller
Fergus Bannon slowly creates a narrative piece by incremental piece that eventually make believable, a hypothesis one would never have bought on page one.
Very fertile imagination.
Fergus Bannon slowly creates a narrative piece by incremental piece that eventually make believable, a hypothesis one would never have bought on page one.
Very fertile imagination.
January 3, 2015
Great characters. Good pace. Very interesting concepts.
Sure, I only gave it 3 Stars but it is definitely worth a read.
Plotting/Flow/Action
I actually loved the first half, but didn't connect so well with the second half.
Minor Grumbles... (none related to plot/characters/story)
I imagine that the author has a gritty/real-world experience of life, but for me the graphic violence was unnecessarily gory. This is, after-all, a fairly cerebral philosophical look at life (with a nice dose of science). I probably understand that the author was underlining the horror of the attacks... it felt too much.
... and one more thing (maybe I'm a prude) but the sex scene at around 20% through the book ... really? a Thought-Provoking SciFi Thriller that suddenly veers into protrusions/rigidity ... it felt very out of place.
hey ho!
that's just me
as I said - read it - it's a good book
Sure, I only gave it 3 Stars but it is definitely worth a read.
Plotting/Flow/Action
I actually loved the first half, but didn't connect so well with the second half.
Minor Grumbles... (none related to plot/characters/story)
I imagine that the author has a gritty/real-world experience of life, but for me the graphic violence was unnecessarily gory. This is, after-all, a fairly cerebral philosophical look at life (with a nice dose of science). I probably understand that the author was underlining the horror of the attacks... it felt too much.
... and one more thing (maybe I'm a prude) but the sex scene at around 20% through the book ... really? a Thought-Provoking SciFi Thriller that suddenly veers into protrusions/rigidity ... it felt very out of place.
hey ho!
that's just me
as I said - read it - it's a good book
March 31, 2012
I finally finished the book - it took much longer than it should have - kept falling asleep after one page. In some ways the pacing and narrative style really created 3 different books in one, and not necessarily done well. Either way it was incredibly derivative (Star Trek, Dune, generic thriller, etc) though I did somewhat enjoy the 'judgement'/punishment aspect. I hate to give a negative review, but I wouldn't rush to put this at the top your to-read list, just get to it when you can. I suspect many of you picked this up, as I did, from b&n or amazon as one of their 'free' offerings. Given the price, it was readable.
January 16, 2012
Started out good but got confusing towards the end. In some ways,it got too technical or too intellectual at then, more so than it was during the first half of the story.
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