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Review Date: 7/19/2006
Helpful Score: 1
The terrorist El Cabecilla ("the conductor") has exploited the full abilities of his plastic surgeon in an attempt to avoid the Mossad. But the Russians have caught up with him, and the price of their silence is for him to capture a wealthy American on the verge of making a successful bid for Russian oil. This thriller by the author of the Nick Polo mystery series is a perfectly enjoyable action-filled summer read?as long as you don't set your sights too high. The characters are familiar cliches: El Cabecilla is a psychopath (he was raped by priests at school); his sidekick, a vicious lesbian; the hero, a borderline alcoholic cop still recovering from the death of his family. The body count is enormously high, which tends to emphasize the villains' nastiness even as it undermines their credibility as brilliant criminal minds.
Review Date: 6/27/2006
Final book in Grail Quest triology.
Review Date: 7/7/2006
Helpful Score: 3
The Luxor Dance Hall has seen a lot over the past hundred years.From Vaudeville, through the big bands and up to the hottest rock acts , the Luxor had them all.It's closed now , a boarded-up relic, standing alone in run-down industrial part of town.But the old dance hall isn't empty. A hideous presence lives there ,a monstrous evil that has the ability to invade people's fantasies and nightmares ...and bring them to life .Three strangers will soon learn the extent of the dance hall's power.As their lives become more and more entangled in its inescapable web , they will come to see that what haunts the Luxor is far worse than any ghost.
Review Date: 6/27/2006
Scot Harvath thriller.
Review Date: 7/2/2006
A vampire book.
Review Date: 6/27/2006
Victor Renquist novel.
Review Date: 7/15/2006
Imagine: You are a woman with two children, traveling to Rome, with a stopover at an old abbey in the Italian Alps. What you do not know is that ancient evils--and an ancient hero--are about to clash in a cataclysmic way within the abbey's storm-battered walls.
Huggins knows how to tell a fast-paced tale. He's proven that in books such as "Cain" and "Leviathan." In his best book, "Rora," he mixed history, spirituality, and suspense seamlessly. Along the way, though, his increasingly gritty style has alienated some of his readers of faith.
"Nightbringer" is a return to Huggins' earlier, cleaner style, while bringing with it all the great storytelling he has honed. Although the childrens' personalities are never explored, and the mother's career is conveniently apropos and unexplained, the book is a wonderful thriller based on a spiritual battle. Huggins throws in his military tactics and knowledge. But he also leads up to a satisfying exploration of faith in the face of overwhelming odds.
If you like atmospheric stories and bone-crunching verbs, you'll love "Nightbringer." It's Huggins at his best.
Huggins knows how to tell a fast-paced tale. He's proven that in books such as "Cain" and "Leviathan." In his best book, "Rora," he mixed history, spirituality, and suspense seamlessly. Along the way, though, his increasingly gritty style has alienated some of his readers of faith.
"Nightbringer" is a return to Huggins' earlier, cleaner style, while bringing with it all the great storytelling he has honed. Although the childrens' personalities are never explored, and the mother's career is conveniently apropos and unexplained, the book is a wonderful thriller based on a spiritual battle. Huggins throws in his military tactics and knowledge. But he also leads up to a satisfying exploration of faith in the face of overwhelming odds.
If you like atmospheric stories and bone-crunching verbs, you'll love "Nightbringer." It's Huggins at his best.
Review Date: 6/27/2006
Not a very good horror story.
Review Date: 6/27/2006
Second in series.
Review Date: 6/30/2006
Helpful Score: 1
Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle solve a mystery in 1903 London.
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