Vertical Run

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Summary: Vertical Run
Review: Vertical Run is a pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller that leaves you hanging at the turn of every page. Joseph Garber has hit a grand slam with this book that I would consider one of the best fiction book I have ever read.
As the protagonist, David Perry Elliot is finding out, there is a reason as to why the mercinary Ransome would like him dead. After his boss tries to kill him and he survives a fire fight in the hallway of his executive suite at Sentrex Corp, he manages to make it to the second story dining hall. But that is where he meets Ramsome and this time is able to get a pot shot with a pistol he got from one of Ramsomes team to land in Ransome's leg. He is able to leave Sentrex after waiting until the cover of darkness and then proceeds to go to Marge's house. Marge is a lady he meets after his run in with Ransome in the dining hall and she does give him the utensils to make a disguise. But do you really think that Mr. Elliot, being an ex green beret, just left without preparing for a return? He does set up booby traps that help him when he eventually returns after finding out the truth.
There is one way that helps the reader tap into David's thought process and makes it possible to figure out why it is David is wanted dead. Flashback. Flashback is when an author will stray from current happenings of the book to go to an event in the past of a character. Not only does it go back for a few days, but it goes back all the way to his days as a Green Beret in the Vietnam war to help him survive.
If one is a careful, attentive reader, you may pick up on the little hints the author drops to hint the truth. These little hints are called foreshadowing. These hints did help me find the reason why he is wanted dead, but only one page before Mr. Elliot himself finds out.
I would suggest this book to anyone who likes a book that will leave you winded even five minutes after the book has been closed. If you want a book where by the end there are no secrets, this is the book for you. If you want a book that is dull, boring, poorly written, and a book to put you to sleep, this is not the book for you.

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Summary: Completely absurd.
Review: What happened in this book would never happen in real life. It was wrong on so many different levels. If you can completely suspend your disbelief perhaps you will like this book. There is a lot of action and the story keeps moving.