Archive for the ‘Action’ Category

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Book Review: Polar Quest – Tom Grace

Part of the Nolan Kilkenny series I welcomed the action and adventure I knew would be contained within. What strikes me about Tom Grace’s character other than ability is the humility, which coupled with his stories, has brought me back to read another adventure. There is a certain Dan Brown feel to the stories, issues [...]

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Book Review: The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code was a massive best selling book and the movie did well. I’ve read all Dan Brown books since and ‘The Lost Symbol’  is his latest Robert Langdon adventure. There is no doubt Dan Brown can create fast paced easy to follow literature for the masses. Though by now you could be [...]

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Book Review: The Tenth Chamber – Glenn Cooper

Upon picking up this book I thought it was the sequel to Glenn Cooper’s ‘Library of the Dead’, which I hugely enjoyed reading. Alas it wasn’t a sequel, not even related, but another good story written by Glenn. A word of warning, this book is purely for adults. ‘The Tenth Chamber’ is about archeology, religion, [...]

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Book Review: The Assassins Gallery – David L. Robbins

Mikhal Lammeck is an historian, writer and a teacher in Scotland, oh and he trains the military to work behind enemy lines. I’m reading another second world war novel, but this one has a twist. An assassin has landed in America and she has a contract to assassinate the president, FDR. Mikhal is rushed to [...]

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Book Review: Digital Fortress – Dan Brown

My second time around reading this book, which the first time around I enjoyed. Did the second reading change my impression? The book at it’s core is about codes, unbreakable codes and the U.S. agency, the NSA wants to keep breaking them. Unfortunately it looks like an ex-NSA employee has created an unbreakable algorithm and [...]