Anthem

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Summary: Anthem must read
Review: After establishing respect for the Lakota Nation and their culture, the author advances that heritage to the 22nd Century through the leading force of the novel. The author successfully uses that force to combat the South American drug trade (pushed by Americans high in our government). The book involves the American Embassy, foreign generals, diplomats, sabotage, military might, heart breaking romance, large scale murders, plane crashes and much more! Anthem is a fast moving adventure. An especially strong must read for American minorities so they might better understand their role in re-establishing America as their, and our friend, to all nations striving for freedom.

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Summary: Anthem
Review: Anthem is a terrific read about our on-going drug war and its failure. This big (740 pages) novel tells how one cadre of a U.S. government group plans to eliminate illegal drug addicts and users forever. The fascinating characters and the authentic story line are very unique and creative. The aircraft crash scenario and investigation are enough to make one stay off commercial airlines! Its gory and done thruough the eyes of crash investigators and leads the reader to a core story line that is one-of-a kind. This a movie in a book! I most highly recommend this exciting read for non-Sunday School. I want another book from this author! Better yet,how about another novel and the movie!

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Summary: Anthem: the All-American Holocaust War on Drugs!
Review: At first, Anthem just shocked my senses. Then, as each chapter unfolded (31 chapters of emotional rollorcoaster rides) I was stunned to learn of how the characters in Anthem intended to finally Win the U. S. War on Drugs. Kill all the illegal drug users! The descriptive narratives in the book made me feel as as though I had just seen the movie and was reading the book. The character voices in the book and their roles, made me feel as as though I was right there. Even though the author uses a lot of aviation terms at first, I got the messages loud and clear. For a man to write dialogue for the womens' voices here, he must know something most of our men don't. His male character voices are tough, mean and cruel. His main characters will blow you away. The plot bothers me since it goes beyond a what if scenario. I asked myself, did this actually happen or is it about to happen! Highly recommended reading for our War on Drugs politicians and bureaucrats. If they are into really evil stuff, that is.

Julie Stone

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Summary: Anthem, Jerry Loeb
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It was full of suspense down to the last page. It amazed me to learn that it was published BEFORE 9/11. The characters amost jump out of the pages and I couldn't help thinking what a great movie thriller this would make. The scary part is when one wonders whether this plot could really happen. Also, I learned a vast number of 21st Century acronyms having to do with aviation and the military. Great book.

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Summary: You have to put the book down to eat and sleep
Review: Mr. Loeb has done a wonderful job of weaving aviation, foreign intrigue and the evil side of the illegal drug industry. It is all possible and even more believable after 9/11, even the descriptions of the B-727 being flown like a fighter. It is obvious that Mr. Loeb has some time in that aircraft. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has lived on the edge or wishes they could. But it is not for the faint of heart, it's real, though fiction, it can happen, though it hasn't, and it is told in a story line of an aircraft accident investigator's viewpoint, which gives it a uniqueness of its own. Don't wait for the movie, although, I am, now that I read the book.

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Summary: Great!
Review: This new novel was recommneded by a fast paced reader friend of mine. She said it was good. She didn't wnat to tell me just how good this novel really is - and its stunning plot line as in war against drugs and how to wipe out the "problem". The descriptive narrative and the characters are all too real and I had to stop several times and cry with them, and laugh with them and feel the sharp cuts of pain and loneliness and despair. That was before I realized the author was taking me on a journey of human redemption in the space of the cruel plot line. I really loved this novel and I have highly recommended it to others this week. Forget about the new anti-drug (?) movies Traffic and Blow. They are junior league stuff compared to this new novel. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever been involved with the illegal drug problems in this country. And that just about means all of us in some fashion. Excellent reading. A very different novel that is serious, very dark and thought provoking to anyone out there.