The Legend of Banzai Maguire

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Summary: WOW!
Review: Mama, this is not the same Romance anymore. This book is more adventure. There is romance, but it takes backseat to some high-flying adventure. This is outstanding writing. You feel like you are in to cockpit and the g-force is hitting you write along with the character Banzai. Her nickname, real name Bree Maguire. She is high-flying pilot in a U.N. Peacekeeper force over troubled Korea. Starts out in the future 2 years from now, and then jumps to the year 2176, and the face of the world is much different.

It's a super story, that grabbed me and keep me turning page after page. So if you are looking for a tale that is fresh, that will carry you into a wild adventure then Banzai is your cup of tea.

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Summary: Not a stand-alone book
Review: Maybe this would be better if you could read all of the five books at once. Didn't fare well on its own. Not enough substance.

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Summary: A Fabulous Beginning To A Series!
Review: One normal day on a routine mission in the year 2000, Bree "Banzai" Maguire was captured along with her wingman Cam "Scarlet" Tucker in enemy territory. It was a capture that would change their lives. A mad scientist put them both in bio-stasis as experiments. It was suppose to be for a day - a week at most but it turned into one hundred and seventy-six years instead. When she awoke the world she knew was gone. The people she knew were dead. The things she held dear to her destroyed with wars that had gone on around her while she was lost. The year she awakened in was 2176.

She was awoke by one man and stolen by another. Who was she suppose to believe in? Who was she suppose to trust? Her world was gone and in its place a mockery of everything that had been built since the year 1776. "I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist." These were codes of conduct Bree had swore to uphold and uphold them she would - at any cost - until at the very least she found Cam's body and not until then.

Ty Armstrong was the man who rescued her. The man who had loved her since the very first time he had heard her name. He thought of her as his own and would fight with whatever means necessary to release her from her captor the Prince of Asia.

Banzai never wanted to be more than a soldier. She never wanted to be a legend but that wasn't to be. Destiny had something else in mind for her. A shadow voice pierced the world with talk of liberty and justice. It also pleaded for her help - her help to rise up and free those that could not free them selves. It said the old ways needed to be returned and she was the one to do that. Some was said and other left unsaid but Banzai and Ty both heard it anyway. The journey they started was to find the voice and to begin something bigger than both of them.

THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE was unexpected to say the least. Great writing and a sense of enticement was expected but not the thrill rush of adventure, love, passion, history, and a great love for something more. These two characters fought for something more than themselves - the beginning of freedom. Bree, as a character, is a astonishing with her blend of harder-than-nails attitude and her vulnerability as a woman. Her loyalty to the laws and codes of the country she once knew was profound if not medal worthy. Ty's infatuation for the legend his knew and then his love for the woman he found touched the heart in more ways than one. THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE was pure magic. I, for one, can not wait for the next book in the series. Ms. Grant, whose books are becoming more and more popular as well as entertaining, is saluted for yet another work of art in literary form.

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Summary: Fab, fab, FABulous book!!
Review: One of the things about being a writer is that it's very difficult to read fiction as the result of your career. Fortunately, I've found a few authors who really know how to write, and thus I find their books well-crafted, entertaining and just down right fun. Susan Grant is one of those authors.

Banzai was every bit as wonderful as I expected it to be. Part Star Wars, part Buck Rogers, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Action, adventure and mystery--this book has it all.

If you, like me, wanted Princess Lea to end up with Darth Vader, and if you like a battle of good versus evil, this is the book for you. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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Summary: rousing adventure that is breathtaking!
Review: Romance Readers, you should know going in romance is a secondary element in the plot line. I am not trying to spoil this, but want you to read the book with an open mind. This is a new exciting series, a little different, but very exciting. Also, know this is a series of books called "2176", Futuristic and OH SO Good! So if you are looking for something new and exiting, start with the first of five exciting adventure books.

This Futuristic tale centers heavily on the heroine for the majority of the book (and be warned this is PART 1 of the story! Part 2 comes in the Fall, so hang on and enjoy!). Susan Grant, a former Air Force and commercial pilot, gets to strut her stuff with this slam-bang adventure. The sequel "The Scarlet Empress" is the last of five in the "2176 series". "Day of Fire" by Kathleen Nance, one of the best books I have read all year is next in-line May 2004, so buckle up baby and don't pull that ripcord!). Dorchester is trying a wee bit different line and applause is due for giving some of their best writers a new path to blaze.

I truly enjoyed this book, it's exciting, it's original, but have concerns many Romance Readers will be puzzled a bit, until they catch the meter. The Hero in the book shows up only sporadically until the last third, but if you know that going in, you can sit back and enjoy this roller-coaster ride.

Bree "Bonzai" Maguire is a pilot on UN Peacekeeping force in the year 2006. Shot down along with her wingman - wingwoman? - Scarlet, they are taken hostage by a mercenary scientist. Using as them lab rats, he places them in suspended animation, with the parting words he would release them at the end of a week. Instead, Bree wakes up in 2176 and the whole world has changed.

Grant's background serves her well in this story, giving Bree a solid foundation. I have read the second in the series by Kathleen Nance, "Day of Fire". If you loved Grants book, you will adore Nance's, too! They are fresh, engaging. Kudos to the writers and publisher for this series. Hats of to Grant for the whole concept! After reading Grant's and Nance's, I cannot wait for the rest in the series.

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Summary: Book One of a fabulous new series...
Review: Shot down over enemy territory, Bree "Banzai" Maguire is placed in stasis for one hundred and seventy years, waking to find herself in a new world. Everyone she knew is dead and the world is totally different. She is now a legend, kept as an honored guest by Prince Kyber, the ruler of Asia. Or is she a prisoner? Although Kyber is attractive, it's another man who wins Bree's heart. Ty Armstrong has dreamed of Banzai since he was a boy. Rescuing her and joining her cause seems only natural. However, Kyber might not agree.

**** The premise of this series has been used before, but never has its execution seemed so logical or possible. It is easy to imagine the world becoming as pictured in this new series. The love triangle has just enough tension, and there is a fair amount of action to keep the pace moving. ****

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Summary: Book One of a fabulous new series...
Review: Shot down over enemy territory, Bree "Banzai" Maguire is placed in stasis for one hundred and seventy years, waking to find herself in a new world. Everyone she knew is dead and the world is totally different. She is now a legend, kept as an honored guest by Prince Kyber, the ruler of Asia. Or is she a prisoner? Although Kyber is attractive, it's another man who wins Bree's heart. Ty Armstrong has dreamed of Banzai since he was a boy. Rescuing her and joining her cause seems only natural. However, Kyber might not agree.

**** The premise of this series has been used before, but never has its execution seemed so logical or possible. It is easy to imagine the world becoming as pictured in this new series. The love triangle has just enough tension, and there is a fair amount of action to keep the pace moving. ****

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Summary: Wow!
Review: That's all I can say about Banzai Maguire - wow!!!! I thought Susan Grant's Contact was great -- this book is even faster, hotter, and more action packed. I can't wait for the next books in the series...

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Summary: High-Action Winner
Review: The first book in the series, The Legend of Banzai Maguire, kicks the series off in high-fashion. I didn't want to put it down.
Bree 'Banzai'Maguire (US Air Force) is shot down with her wingwoman, captured, and wakes up 170 years in the future to a world that has drastically changed. Who can she trust? Two men vie for her, but with different motives.
High action, great detail, and a story you don't want to end. What more can you ask for? It's a great start to a new series of 5 books & I'm anxiously waiting to read more (especially Ms. Grant's next book, #5 in the series). While not strictly a romance series, this book is a super mix of high-action, futuristic, and romance. Recommended!

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Summary: INTERESTING PREMISE, AVERAGE EXECUTION
Review: THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE is a story about a strong woman; a fighter pilot and warrior, Rip Van Winkled two hundred years into the future. Found by a Special Ops commando and stolen by a powerful dictator she is torn by her need to find her wingman/friend who was brought forward in time with her, and following her heart.

While I initially found the premise to be interesting the actual story as it unfolded left something to be desired.

First it was entirely predictable. Almost as soon as characters are introduced you can guess, with great accuracy, exactly what they are going to do and how they will relate to each other. Made for a quick read but not a particularly exciting one.

Additionally the characters are fairly shallow and stereotypical. There is very little discussion of what motivates many of these characters to do what they do. Why does the Prince of one of the most powerful nations on earth have this overwhelming desire for Banzai? For that matter why is Ty (what a cute name for your leading man) the SEAL commando driven to find her and have her for himself. The explanations are flimsy and difficult to swallow. The action sequences were fair but the romance seemed forced and unexciting.

All in all I have to say this one just didn?t grab me, not only did I lose interest in this volume but really don?t have any desire to read any that follow. I remain NEUTRAL on this one.