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Rating: Summary: Morrell at his best Review: Cavanaugh, ex-Delta Force operator, is in the protection business working for Global Protection Services, a firm that protects those in dire circumstances. Their newest client is biochemist, Daniel Prescott. Prescott has developed a hormone that induces fear to be used by the military on the enemy. He is now hunted for the secrets that he has developed. He needs to disappear and enlists Global Protection Services. Prescott is not quite as helpless as he seems. Just as the plan for him to disappear comes to fruition, Cavanaugh's entire team is killed. Now Cavanaugh with the help of his wife, Jamie, is on the hunt for Prescott. With the use of every facet of his training, he and Jaime create a masterful plan to find a man with a brilliant mind trained by Cavanaugh himself in the art of disappearance.
In a myriad of plot twists and turns there is non-stop action. The plot is fast-paced and so riveting it is hard to put down. Cavanaugh and Jamie are well-drawn sympathetic characters that you can really care about.
David Morrell seems to fly a bit under the radar, but to me he is one of the best in his genre. If you are a first time reader, Morrell has a wonderful backlist of books. I would rank this one as one of his best.
Highly recommended.
Rating: Summary: Your average Morrell Review: If you're a morrell fan, the action, suspense, and plot twists is no surprise. In fact, that's basically the downside for this book, the little to no surprises if you've read many of the other Morrell titles. It's very reminiscent of every other gun toting, tactical, master of espionage character he's created. The precautions Cavanaugh (the main character) takes like hating elevators and mentioning the smell of cordite is used several times in the book. Yes, it's nothing new. Yet the fact remains, this is Morrell's work and defintely a good read no matter how familiar.
Rating: Summary: A action hero with a future Review: It's hard to believe that books like "First Blood" (inspiration for Rambo) and "Brotherhood of the Rose" were written twenty years ago or more, with "Brotherhood" written in 1984. It's even harder to believe that David Morrell has kept up the frantic pace of his novels for this many years without slowing down or missing a beat. The main character of THE PROTECTOR is essentially a super-bodyguard in the same mold of the main character of Morrell's best-selling novel ever, THE FIFTH PROFESSION (whose protagonist, Savage, is an 'executive protector'). Like most of Morrell's books, THE PROTECTOR gets off to a fast start and absolutely flies by. As technology has progressed over the years, so has Morrell's writing material, always incorporating the newest trends in electronic gadgets and spy tradecraft into his storylines and his characters. An early twist will securely lock you into the plot, and will keep you from putting the book down for very long. With one action scene after another, this has motion picture written all over it. The years haven't affected David Morrell's writing. He's as good as ever, and THE PROTECTOR is proof positive.
Rating: Summary: Morrell delivers another solid action novel! Review: Morrell is a very skilled author and one of the best. I've read Assumed Identity, Desperate Measures, and The Totem. My favorite is still Assumed Identity which is one of the most exciting books I've come across. The Protector is my second best from Morrell and it is well worth the read. As other reviewers have stated it could easily be a movie. It keeps you enthralled with his writing style and the action scenes. The plot builds up climatic events quickly and the book is hard to put down. I especially enjoyed the ending which was set in a perfect location. I look forward to Morrell's next novel.
Rating: Summary: Action Packed Book! Review: The hero of this book is named Cavanaugh.He is a former Delta Force soldier who is now in the business of being a protector. His new client is named Daniel Prescott.Prescott is a bio-chemist who has invented a hormone that provokes fear.The company that employs Cavanaugh is going to take Prescott and provide him with a new identity and make him dissapear.Cavanaugh and his other employees of the company take Prescott to a secret hiding place.Once there they are invaded and everyone but Cavanaugh is killed.He joins up with his wife and begins a search for Prescott.Prescott proves to be a worthy advesary employing many tactics to escape Cavanaugh.This turned out to be an action packed book that I enjoyed reading.A definite must read.
Rating: Summary: A Lightning Fast Read Review: This book is typical Morrell: A lone-wolf hero, pursued by government and criminal types alike. Cavanaugh is the hero, working for an organization that provides protection for individuals who want to disappear for whatever reason (except criminal types). After being double-crossed by a client, costing him co-workers, he sets out for revenge, involving his wife, who to this point was uninvolved in his work. Is it predictable? Yes. Is it entertaining and informative? Yes, again.
Rating: Summary: Addicting Review: This is the first time I've read a book by David Morrell and now I'm going to have to go back and read all of them. I couldn't put the book down, it was intense and exciting all the way through. I especially loved the insight on the tactics and weapons of the special forces.
Rating: Summary: Addicting Review: This is the first time I've read a book by David Morrell and now I'm going to have to go back and read all of them. I couldn't put the book down, it was intense and exciting all the way through. I especially loved the insight on the tactics and weapons of the special forces.
Rating: Summary: Non-stop suspense and action, but hard to believe ! Review: We have to admit that Morrell's novel "Protector" rarely pauses for breath -- so the pages turn pretty fast as we are soon caught up in the hero's thrills and chills. The protagonist is Cavanaugh, an ex-Delta Force specialist who works for a protective custody firm. In quite a twist, we soon start wondering whether the current client, bio-chemist genius Daniel Prescott, is the one needing protection or a horrific villain in his own right who turns the tables on good guys and bad guys alike. Eventually Cavanaugh breaks all the rules and collaborates with his wife (who actually seems to have no other qualifications than desire and propinquity, but learns fast!) to chase the real bad guy to a satisfying conclusion. Violence and double crosses leave bodies strewn all along the way. We've never read Morrell before, but gather from both his ratings and his extensive bibliography that fans of Rambo-style action come away more than entertained with his offerings. Our problem is that the good guy escapes death so many different times, and continues to fight injured when most mortals we know would be long out of commission, that credibility and plausibility extend beyond the breaking point. Despite the clever plot complexity, stories this violent are not exactly our favorite, reflected in our 3-star synopsis despite a book exhibiting skill and craft. And were it a movie (and we could see it being one!), most women would have walked out long before mid-point.
Rating: Summary: Non-stop suspense and action, but hard to believe ! Review: We have to admit that Morrell's novel "Protector" rarely pauses for breath -- so the pages turn pretty fast as we are soon caught up in the hero's thrills and chills. The protagonist is Cavanaugh, an ex-Delta Force specialist who works for a protective custody firm. In quite a twist, we soon start wondering whether the current client, bio-chemist genius Daniel Prescott, is the one needing protection or a horrific villain in his own right who turns the tables on good guys and bad guys alike. Eventually Cavanaugh breaks all the rules and collaborates with his wife (who actually seems to have no other qualifications than desire and propinquity, but learns fast!) to chase the real bad guy to a satisfying conclusion. Violence and double crosses leave bodies strewn all along the way. We've never read Morrell before, but gather from both his ratings and his extensive bibliography that fans of Rambo-style action come away more than entertained with his offerings. Our problem is that the good guy escapes death so many different times, and continues to fight injured when most mortals we know would be long out of commission, that credibility and plausibility extend beyond the breaking point. Despite the clever plot complexity, stories this violent are not exactly our favorite, reflected in our 3-star synopsis despite a book exhibiting skill and craft. And were it a movie (and we could see it being one!), most women would have walked out long before mid-point.
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