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Summary: Wonderful! A thriller not to be missed!
Review: Mr. Weber's, DARK PROTOCOLS, is fast paced, exciting, thrilling, and awfully chilling. What I loved most about this novel were the characters and the mysterious plot. They both kept me guessing throughout the entire novel, and I must admit I never guessed right. My favorite character is THE OTHER, a combination of bad & good, but I'll not tell who or what the other is. Best to read it. Josey and Sam, of course, were wonderful. And I'd say they're perfect for each other, smart a**'s the both of them. Very enjoyable! I also loved hating the bad guy (s). Can't wait to read the next one...I'm thinking maybe something to do with Turin, Joesy, and Sam. Overall, a fine, entertaining read that I'm glad I didn't miss.
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Summary: Prepare Your Awareness To Scare Yourself
Review: Mysteriously educating and extremely suspenseful, with dizzying description and hypnotic detail. A variegated yarn for mature fans of all genre. Spiced with ambigrams providing a backdrop for the mystique, and with some of the best writing I've read, this book belongs in a well-read library.
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Summary: Madness and murder meet the NightStalker!, May 5, 2003
Review: Reviewer: A reader from Chicago
Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the dark!
This scared the hell out of me!... and that takes some doing. Being a Chicago native I enjoyed the noir feel on the back alleyways and mean streets of Chi-town that the author used.
Remember Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby and the Exorcist? Well now combine them with Koontz's Dark Rivers of the Heart and King's the Shinning and throw in a splash of The DaVinci Code and then, brace yourself for a journey into the darkest regions of your subconscious fear factor.
Intellectual thriller but entertaining as hell. And most of the action takes place in Chicago my kinda town.
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Summary: Solid Historical Backdrop and Gibbering Terror!
Review: Sephra Giron Leisure Books author.
Fans of Dan Brown's "DaVinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" will love this tightly plotted potboiler.
Like Brown, Weber laces his novel with just enough real esoteric history on secret societies and the occult to add a rich backdrop to this fast-paced thriller. But unlike Brown--Weber's characters come alive and leap off the page. No cardboard here.
And the terror is nothing short of gibbering. His blend of euro-thriller, gritty cop-shop, and Gothic noir make this an entertaining yet highly enlightening suspense novel. Together a detective and beautiful Mossad agent--battle evil in the form of a secret cabal. A twelve-year-old boy, his aunt--Susie Q, and a reluctant Rabbi hold the key to good's battle against the powers of darkness.
The settings range from the Vatican to the dark back alleyways of Chicago. This cross-genre thrill ride will make you laugh out loud in places, cry in others, and make you run from your easy chair at the slightest sound to bolt the door, grab your rosary and shotgun, and huddle in the darkness. Pulse-pounding terror! 5 stars."Secret societies, an ancient book that renders people mad, deadly games of erotica and murder...all are woven together for a page turning journey into the ultimate evil."
"Weber leads his readers down a treacherous path of conspiracy and debauchery with a firm hand and engaging prose."
--Sephera Giron, CURSE (Leisure 2004) THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
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Summary: Solid Historical Backdrop and Gibbering Terror!
Review: Sephra Giron Leisure Books author.
Fans of Dan Brown's "DaVinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" will love this tightly plotted potboiler.
Like Brown, Weber laces his novel with just enough real esoteric history on secret societies and the occult to add a rich backdrop to this fast-paced thriller. But unlike Brown--Weber's characters come alive and leap off the page. No cardboard here.
And the terror is nothing short of gibbering. His blend of euro-thriller, gritty cop-shop, and Gothic noir make this an entertaining yet highly enlightening suspense novel. Together a detective and beautiful Mossad agent--battle evil in the form of a secret cabal. A twelve-year-old boy, his aunt--Susie Q, and a reluctant Rabbi hold the key to good's battle against the powers of darkness.
The settings range from the Vatican to the dark back alleyways of Chicago. This cross-genre thrill ride will make you laugh out loud in places, cry in others, and make you run from your easy chair at the slightest sound to bolt the door, grab your rosary and shotgun, and huddle in the darkness. Pulse-pounding terror! 5 stars. "Secret societies, an ancient book that renders people mad, deadly games of erotica and murder...all are woven together for a page turning journey into the ultimate evil."
"Weber leads his readers down a treacherous path of conspiracy and debauchery with a firm hand and engaging prose."
--Sephera Giron, CURSE (Leisure 2004) THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
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Summary: Intellectual Thriller but a page-turner. Eco-Lite!!
Review: Terror never takes a holiday!!, May 5, 2003
Reviewer: A reader from CA
I stubbled upon this book, but to my surprise it was a great fast-paced read. I haven't been scared and shocked with true visceral terror since I first discovered the late Dick Laymon's work. This guy knows how to pry under you fingernails and twist until you scream with agony. I've been looking for a new horror writer that could take me to places in my imagination that most fear to tread. This author took me there--and then some. He combined an in-your-face police procedural and euro-thriller with a quiet, brooding horror novel. You've got a ball-busting, femme fatale Mossad agent, a Shape Shifter, a golem, and a cross-dressing villain that makes Hannibal look like a kindergarten teacher.
What more would you want in a cross-genre thriller?
The action ratchets between scenes with one cliffhanger after another. A bit of the DaVinci Code but with rich prose and far more action.
I'm waiting for a sequel ... hopefully not too long!
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Summary: Well written thriller ...
Review: Terry North a reader and author.
That says it all. I have to disagree, in that I didn't find anything the least bit amateurish about the author's writing or command of the language. Can't say the same for some of the "vendetta reviewer's comments."
Must be some hacked off writer...
Anyway, the story flows quickly, the characters are credible and so is the plot. Just good reading and in-your-face writing.
It somewhat reminded me of Angels and Demons but without the lack of prose and character development. This novel has some to die for passages and well fleshed out characterization.
Check this one out for yourself. I'm glad that I did.
I'd read a sequel. Oh, and I'm not a friend of the author, please !!
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Summary: U.K. Author Shaun Jeffrey: intellectual thriller!
Review: U.K. author Shaun Jeffrey: intellectual thrill ride!
Reviewer: A reader from London, U.K.
Shaun Jeffrey, author of Evilution (Invisible College Press)
If you like conspiracy theories and intellectual thrillers, you cannot afford to miss Dark Protocols. Richard Weber writes with panache and an eye for detail that shows in the meticulous research he must have undertaken to write this book. Taking us from the Vatican to the mean streets of Chicago, the reader is transported on a terrifying odyssey, but is also left with a strange sense of, 'What if ...?'
The characters leap out from the page; they are people you care about or fear: A gritty detective in the form of Sam Goldstein; Josey Schulman, a beautiful Mossad agent, and the terror that is The Other. The author keeps a tight hold of the reins, letting the dark prose run at just the right speed, relinquishing control only to heighten the breathtaking excitement. A cultural excursion through the dark side of life. Read it at your peril. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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