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Summary: found me a new one!!!
Review: What a writer. Was given the book from a friend and told it was pretty good. Well, it was more than pretty. Clancy,Sanford,and my favorite Clive Cussler would have to agree, he stands shoulder to shoulder with them. Only mistake I could see was on page 415 he refers to Marines as Soldiers, that of course is a no no. Ask any Marine. That is only kidding criticism on my part. I will certainly read all his books and recommend them if they are all equal to this one.
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Summary: The Medusa What?
Review: Where is the stone in this book? I know what the Medusa part refers to, but there is no single stone that plays any part in the plot of this story. Whoever thought up that title went a little overboard, and that typifies the problem with this book. Yes, it is fast-paced, entertaining, action-packed -- in short it's a real page-turner. But it sometimes tries too hard. Several times I found myself saying "yeah, right" in the wake of some over-the-top scene. For example, early in the story Mercer's buddy Harry is kidnapped in order to coerce Mercer into taking on a project that he has already turned down. Another of Mercer's friends, who in this case happens to be the head of the FBI, lets Mercer know that Harry and his captors have been seen at the airport. Mercer charges into a crowded metro airport and proceeds to get into a gunfight with the terrorists. Innocent bystanders are killed, but the story goes on as if nothing had happened. Sorry, but come ON. Can you say newspaper headlines, airport security, congressional investigations, public outrage, and FBI gets new chief? And the bad guys! The Italian industrialist, in particular, is just eviler than evil. He's like a caricature. The ending was a bit of an anti-climax as well. There is an artifact embedded in this story, just like in all of the Indiana Jones movies. The trouble is, those artifacts were ultimately dealt with in the Indy movies. In this book, the artifact is not dealt with at all. After all everybody went through to get to the end of the story, the end was simply weak.There was another problem here, too. This book had more errors in it than any other book I've ever read. And I've read a lot of books. I'm talking typos, syntax errors, that sort of thing. I can't blame the author for this. Publishers are supposed to employ people to read manuscripts and edit out these things. Somebody did a poor job with this. It may not sound like it, but basically I liked this book. It was an entertaining read. It was fun despite the frustrating aspects that I've mentioned. It could have been a lot better, though. It wasn't a five-star effort, in my opinion. Four stars, and perhaps a soft four stars at that.
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