A Wilderness of Mirrors

Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: From the beginning I found the story line weak and a little confusing but I was determined to "push" though to the end. About ¾ of the way through the book the true story line was finally laid out. I found the idea that due to their generally accepted special psychological ties twins can "transmit" volumes of information to each other just too weak to enjoy. There is lots of blood and guts killing to raise the excitement, but all done by a woman who has never had any experience in field activities. We are asked to believe that at her father's knee she learned all the skills a first class terrorist ever needed "just in case" she ever needed them. A tribe of women warriors, a house wife that plans an attack on a fortified facility and kills dozens of terrorist, a student pilot flying a DC-3, mysterious voices communicating to the characters; it is just all too too hokey and disjointed for me.

PS; If you are looking for insight into the CIA, this is NOT the book for you.

Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: From the beginning I found the story line weak and a little confusing but I was determined to "push" though to the end. About ¾ of the way through the book the true story line was finally laid out. I found the idea that due to their generally accepted special psychological ties twins can "transmit" volumes of information to each other just too weak to enjoy. There is lots of blood and guts killing to raise the excitement, but all done by a woman who has never had any experience in field activities. We are asked to believe that at her father's knee she learned all the skills a first class terrorist ever needed "just in case" she ever needed them. A tribe of women warriors, a house wife that plans an attack on a fortified facility and kills dozens of terrorist, a student pilot flying a DC-3, mysterious voices communicating to the characters; it is just all too too hokey and disjointed for me.

PS; If you are looking for insight into the CIA, this is NOT the book for you.

Rating:
Summary: A good read
Review: The insidious plan to take control of America without shedding one drop of blood is brilliant, though costly in terms of time and money, but expected to pay monster dividends. The plot is simply to abduct one identical twin as a child. Patiently brainwash and train that child by raising them into what you want them to become. Though some investments will fail, nurture them for years, so as adults they can replace the sibling left behind once that twin attains positions of importance in the government.

The conspiracy is successfully working until a minor glitch occurs. Amelia Pierce and her husband Burt Sergeant rescues an unconscious boy lying on the sands of the Caribbean's Isla Santa Vittoria. Shockingly, the lad turns out to be Matt Conrad of Dearborn, Michigan. Soon, Amelia, daughter of two deceased CIA operatives, begins to investigate how Matt ended up on the Sergeant family island. This leads her into the center of the plot to end America, as we now know it.

The third Amelia Pierce espionage thriller, A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, is an exciting tale that never allows the reader a moment of rest. The story line is filled with action, modern mind control theories, and multiple twists that will stun the audience with its ease and enjoyment. Amelia is a wonderful eccentric character, whose offbeat inner thoughts enhance the tale though it does slow the pace down at times. Still, Amelia,s attempts as an amateur spy with the proper genes makes this a clever tale its predecessors (see DEATHRIGHT and END GAME) a must read for genre fans.

Harriet Klausner