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Summary: Hits the spot
Review: This book... this author... flawless. I can't begin to explain the fun I had reading this book. The plot, action, characters, setting. It is all perfect. This book definately ranks high on my top 10 book list. Along with this book, I reccomend reading The Fraternity of the Stone, and then reading The League of Night and Fog, both by David Morrell. Basically, if you do not have this book... stop reading these reviews and buy it, get it from the library, get it from a friend, steal it, whatever... JUST READ IT!
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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: This is a Saul Grisman novel (first book of trilogy), prequel to The Fraternity of the Stone (Drew MacLane novel), and The League of Night and Fog (sequel to Brotherhood and Fraternity novels).
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Summary: The best!
Review: This is aboslutely the best Morrell has done, ever! I read it and couldnt put it down. Once again I missed supper because of this book, all of his books seem to cause that.
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Summary: my fave book
Review: This is my favorite book...whenever i need something to read and i can't find anything new. I will always pick this one up. it never gets boring no matter how many times I read it. (going on 20 now)it is about two boys (Chris and Saul) who met in a school for boys(orphanage) and develop a friendship that would best be described as if they were twins. they are looked after by a government offical who trains them to be assassins, however now he is trying to find a way to have them killed. And the Chris and Saul have to find out why the man they thought of as a father is trying to kill them. this book is thrilling and fast, it plays with the idea of who is smarter the teacher or the student and what it is like to face the one you love and to decide to drestroy them.
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Summary: The book that started me reading
Review: This is one of the first adult books I ever started to read. It was so good that it has kept me reading others. I'm not sure how to describe the book without giving it away. The two brothers will grab you can make you care for them deeply. It is an easy and fun read. I read it in a few nights and I have read it again and again. It never bored you for one second.
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Summary: Morrell is synonomous with action
Review: This was the first book I had read of Mr. Morrell's, and one of his finest. It's plot was complex, and I enjoyed the way he built the charcters in the present, and showed how they got that way through the past. Flashbacks are usually boring to me, but Morrell did this first class. In a way this is the beginning of a trilogy of novels, all involving agents who are tring to get out but can't leave the game. The Fraternity of the Stone is next, here the agent is hunted and haunted by the vows he has taken. Finally The League of Night and Fog concludes the trilogy, where the characters of both novels come together. I recommend all three, as I do anything with Morrell as the author. He is the finest suspense writer of his time.
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Summary: Master vs. Pupils with a different twist
Review: To enjoy this book, you will need to accept the ridiculous concept of the Abelard Sanction. That is, the world's intelligence community got together (allies and enemies alike) and set up a system of safe houses where any operative could go and be protected from harm by any other operatives. Sure, it's hard to believe, but it is a key part of a very interesting story. It involves the familiar concept of teacher vs. student with some original twists thrown in. With each side trying to out-guess the other, you never know what is going to happen next.
Character development and dialog are not the strong points of this book. You do get a little background on how the characters became who they are, but the book is really all about action and intrigue. And it delivers on that.
One thing I didn't get is... what was the deal with the cryptonyms? Saul and Chris were also known as Romulus and Remus, but everyone, including foreign operatives, seemed to know their real names too. Chris and Saul also knew the names, not cryptonyms, of the other operatives from around the world. I guess it was just supposed to show they were like brothers, but in Roman mythology Romulus ended up killing Remus in a dispute over Rome. Now I'm just nit-picking. This is not great literature here, but it is a darn good spy novel.
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Summary: Master vs. Pupils with a different twist
Review: To enjoy this book, you will need to accept the ridiculous concept of the Abelard Sanction. That is, the world's intelligence community got together (allies and enemies alike) and set up a system of safe houses where any operative could go and be protected from harm by any other operatives. Sure, it's hard to believe, but it is a key part of a very interesting story. It involves the familiar concept of teacher vs. student with some original twists thrown in. With each side trying to out-guess the other, you never know what is going to happen next.
Character development and dialog are not the strong points of this book. You do get a little background on how the characters became who they are, but the book is really all about action and intrigue. And it delivers on that.
One thing I didn't get is... what was the deal with the cryptonyms? Saul and Chris were also known as Romulus and Remus, but everyone, including foreign operatives, seemed to know their real names too. Chris and Saul also knew the names, not cryptonyms, of the other operatives from around the world. I guess it was just supposed to show they were like brothers, but in Roman mythology Romulus ended up killing Remus in a dispute over Rome. Now I'm just nit-picking. This is not great literature here, but it is a darn good spy novel.
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Summary: Very exciting book
Review: What a great book...Morrell turned an otherwise completely unbelievable story with less believable characters into a truly exciting story, which I found myself completely immersed. Suddenly the story was not so unbelievable, and the characters became real also. This was non-stop action and I did not want to put it down.
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Summary: Melvin
Review: Why would Melvin want to give away the ending? That ruins the whole book.
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