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Summary: WARNING: ACTION WITH DETAILS
Review: Jack DuBrul has produce a good one in this thriller. You might say it has romance, violence, and technology. But the story has too many subpolts for the average reader to follow through until the end. A good reader or a constant reader would probably enjoy this type of writing. I found this story somewhat difficult to follow with all its characters. Each chapter jumps back and forth among the story line. It make a good story a slow story in my opinion. In J.D. first book, Vulcan's Forge, the villian was Ivan Kerikov. I am here to tell ya, Kerikov is back in this installment in Alaska. Kerikov joins forces with a renegade Arab oil minister to control the supply of oil. The Main character as we know, Phillip Mercer, saves the day and again get the girl, Aggie Johnson. Kerikov's fate was......well I can't tell ya here. I recommend this book, even if I say its a difficult read, you must read it for yourself. This is pure adventure like the famous Dirk Pitt character in Cussler's novels. Overall with its difficult writing style flaws, I give it a 4 1/2 to 5 stars. I do plan to get his next book "THE MEDUSA STONE". I understand the Stone has better reviews.
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Summary: He's Back and villians beware
Review: Phillip Mercer, a combination geologist, James Bond, Superman, Shaft, Dirk Pitt, John Ryan and others, is back and ready for action. I enjoyed the entire concept of the tale and found that the Middle East, Alaskan pipelin and oil scenario all too frightening. We may be giving terrorists ideas, but I really hope not.
I have noticed that either the reviewer loves Jack DuBrul or hates him. I see no middle ground in any of the other on line reviews and you won't see it here.
I like his style and the plots and how he interweaves various subplots to one grand finale, or series of finals. Excitement abounds in the telling of the tale and it was a book that I found myself making time to read, rather than picking it up for a few minutes each day.
Is this book real, no. Could it be, I hope not. But the facts as he writes them make you wonder.
I can't wait till I read another of his page turners.
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Summary: Oils well that ends well
Review: The indomitable geologist/mining engineer Philip Mercer has just finished conducting tests on a revolutionary rock boring machine invented by UCLA professor Howard Small. The two men are kicking back on a fishing excursion in the frigid waters off of Homer, Alaska with Small's two cousins. They happen upon a mysteriously fire charred boat bobbing in the water serving as the coffin for two bodies burnt beyond recognition. Within days Small and his two cousins are found murdered and so begins the adventure of Charon's Landing. The President of the U.S. in his new Energy Direction Policy was pushing for the country to end its reliance on foreign oil within a ten year period. This initiative had pushed the countries of the Middle East and the large oil companies into a tizzy, laying the fertile ground for an all encompassing international plot. Previous Mercer adversary, Ivan Kerikov, the cagey and lethal ex-KGB spymaster had initiated a plot to upset the President's plans while lining his pockets and actually changing the face of world's power hierarchy. In concert with Hasaan bin-Rufti, corpulent oil minister of Ajman, a small country and part of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), Charon's Landing was hatched. Mercer aided by Aggie Johnston, green eyed beauty and member of PEAL, a radical environmental group rushed to Alaska to thwart Kerikov's plans. Johnston happens to be the daughter of Max Johnston head of Petromax, one of the biggest oil companies in the world. Together and with the help of Khalid al-Khuddari, petroleum minister of OPEC, a plan was formulated to combat the world wide threat that Charon's Landing posed. Du Brul as is his custom, crafts a fast paced and well conceived adventure tale that puts him near the top as an author in this genre.
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