From the first page, I couldn't put this down. Suspenseful, fast-moving, action packed, it has it all. Wise-cracking John Corey is always welcome!
New target, the Rooskies, a UN spy with evil plans to blow up a nuke in NY harbor. Lots of sneaking, interception, misdirection and chases. Not the most powerful of DeMille's books but definitely a great 'save the world from armegeddon" scenario, with all the alphabet agencies involved. Droll and intense both. Good read.
Good book. Did not disappoint!
Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) -
I typically hate jumping into a series in the middle. Books, television shows, movies, comics, and others all assume that you've read or viewed the earlier episodes; most take short-cuts to save time/space by short-changing the reader on introductions to characters and scenarios.
"Radiant Angel" does allude to earlier books in Nelson DeMille's John Corey series, but with exception of some sort of incident involving our protagonist and one of the supporting characters in Yeman (and perhaps to the lead character's romantic/marital history), it was a fine introduction to the writings of author Nelson DeMille. In fact, with those limited exceptions and actually, despite them the book stands alone as an effective espionage thriller.
I admit by the time I was done with the book, I was STILL not comfortable with the motivations of the Powers (no spoliers) behind the scheme in the book. The antagonists yeah, I pretty much know what drove each of them to their actions. The physical and political goals of the action yeah, that too. BUT WHY they would take such a risk in the first place when failure could change the entire world order? No, never clear to me. SO WHAT?? I picked this book up for action, and I got it!!
Rating: 4 stars.
DISCLOSURE: I received a free copy of this book in a random draw. An honest review was requested, with an implied hope of promptness, but this was neither mandated nor agreed to as a condition of acceptance.
"Radiant Angel" does allude to earlier books in Nelson DeMille's John Corey series, but with exception of some sort of incident involving our protagonist and one of the supporting characters in Yeman (and perhaps to the lead character's romantic/marital history), it was a fine introduction to the writings of author Nelson DeMille. In fact, with those limited exceptions and actually, despite them the book stands alone as an effective espionage thriller.
I admit by the time I was done with the book, I was STILL not comfortable with the motivations of the Powers (no spoliers) behind the scheme in the book. The antagonists yeah, I pretty much know what drove each of them to their actions. The physical and political goals of the action yeah, that too. BUT WHY they would take such a risk in the first place when failure could change the entire world order? No, never clear to me. SO WHAT?? I picked this book up for action, and I got it!!
Rating: 4 stars.
DISCLOSURE: I received a free copy of this book in a random draw. An honest review was requested, with an implied hope of promptness, but this was neither mandated nor agreed to as a condition of acceptance.
I love Nelson DeMille's books and I especially love the John Corey series/ character. He is funny and sarcastic and doesn't take himself too seriously. This book was good too, but there wasn't much of the usual spark of John Corey in it.
