Great action adventure book

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I really enjoyed this one! I think Isaac Bell is becoming one of my favorite Cussler characters. As much as I enjoyed The Chase, I think I liked this one even more. Part of this was because some of the story took place in Ogden, Utah - my home town. Utah is a predominantly Mormon state, however, Ogden was a hub of the rail industry from when the golden spike was driven in 1869 to the 1940s and WWII. Railroad and military men gathered in Ogden and the result was a definite non-Mormon atmosphere of bars and brothels. This is detailed very well in The Wrecker. The story itself was a great actioner and quite enjoyable. The only complaint was that I didn't quite understand why Bell was unable to recognize the Wrecker from the drawing that had circulated when the Wrecker boarded the train in Ogden. Two other Van Horn agents did recognize him from the drawing and ended up dead in the Ogden back alleys. Otherwise, I enjoyed this one immensely and am looking forward to the next Isaac Bell story: The Spy, which will be published in June.

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Unlike the Chase (Bk 1) that covered early automobile travel at the time of the 1906 SF quake, I loved this story because it gives you a glimpse into early train travel. I like super-heros such Isaac Bell as they rise to bigger than life status as they triumph over evil and still gets the girl. Great read!

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An adventure drama in the Issac Bell series by Clive Cussler. It is a fast paced story with Issac Bell being hired to catch an antognist called the Wrecker. The Wrecker is sabatoging key points in a railroad being build to connect the West coast railroad. There are fast cars, railroads, people out to kill Issac Bell and a sabature who seems to know what is going on before the rest of the railroad people.

A great airplane book, but missing some depth it could have had to make it great.

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This book would make a great movie,unless the holly wonks foul it up

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This was a book chosen to be read by my book club. It was OK, not my favorite genre. My husband likes Clive, though, and will enjoy this book as he is a model train enthusiast.

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I like Cussler's new protaganist Issac Bell. The action starts right away and is fast paced until the last page. The bad guys are ruthless and very smart, but not as smart at Issac. It's a nice get a way book.

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