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Dead Simple

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Once again Jon Land has outdone himself. Dead Simple is full of fast hard hitting action and in depth charactar relationships. Blaine and the Indian once again go up against a totally evil, larger than life villian, with a powerful weapon and an even more powerful past! The assortment of fellow bad guys leaves little to be desired. The government bads guys shine in this one also. And Blaine gets hurt pretty bad for the first time. As an avid Jon Land fan, this book does what all of his books do, they force you to keep on reading on the edge of your seat to the very finalle. And Dead Simple has a wopper of a finalle! Enjoy, people, enjoy.

This was a very good book written by Land. The book starts with Blaine McCracken being wounded severely by a terrorist. He has to go to Florida to recover from his wounds. He is ran through a recovery program by his old sergeant. In the meantime "Jackie Terror" and his gang of psychos has hilacked a truckfull of Devil's Brew(A dangerous explosive).Blaine's old sergeaent has to leave and go help his daughter and is promptly Kidnapped.The bad guys.led by Jackie Terror and his gang also a[[ear. McCracken gathers his old troops(7 foot tall Johnny Wareagle) in order to do battle with Jackie Terror and his gang.This book is action packed from beginning to end. You will find it hard to put down. Another good book from Jon Land.

Perhaps Mr. Land was feeling tired after writing an outstanding book like The Walls of Jericho, or maybe Blaine McCracken is just getting "too old for this s--t." In any case, Land's latest doesn't even come close to matching his earlier books. Maybe he should go back to Jerusalem and create a new series with the characters from The Walls of Jericho. Good book, but not his best.

Mr.Land keeps up the traditon of a established author by keeping us entertained with favorite characters with a story that starts out great and keeps you reading until the predictable end, which while not leaving you disappointed, does leave you a little flat on the story. Hopefully Mr. Lands next story will combine the characters of "Dead Simple" and "The Walls of Jericho" into a true story of international suspense. To those who read the reviews Mr Land does pay attention to his readers

This is a superb box! Jon Land has outdone himself! Dead Simple it like riding a thrill ride in an amusement park...It DEFINITLY is a "can't put it down" read..I sure am glad he's still turning out the McCraken books with the entire cast will intact!! I forwarded this on to my 83 yr old father in Oregon who told me "Hey, this book should be made into a movie!" Jon Land is simply the BEST!! WE are looking forward to his next! - Don Vaupel, Jr. DVAUPEL@AOL.com

Classic Land all the way ! McCracken and gang are back (with some new characters to boot). Thanks Mr. Land for the great story...great beginning and a classic ending (Hey Harriet..sounds like The Bridges of Madison County is more your speed !)...this is a must read for Land fans !

Although Walls of Jericho was a terrific and interesting read, I was ecstatic at the return of Blaine McCracken, Johnny Wareagle and Sal Belamo. Even though we did see a fallible side to "Blainey" at first, which was a first for this character, he recovers most dramatically. A bit less intriguing than other McCracken adventures, reading this book was still time well spent.

Twenty-five years ago, Jack Tyrell was better known as Jackie Terror as he led a terrorist group that used bombs to kill and maim people. He is back in action, stealing 50,000 gallons of a deadly explosive. His new vision of Manhattan makes his previous life as a Weatherman seem more like that of a meteorologist than a cold blooded killer.

At the same time that Jackie's heist in Pennsylvania is taking place, Buck Torrey disappears. His daughter Liz Halprin and a former "student" Blaine McCracken seek to rescue him from his kidnappers. This pits them against Jackie, who demands $15 billion dollars or Manhattan island will no longer exist as we know it.

Simply put, DEAD SIMPLE starts off great, but quickly turns into a poor version of the DIE HARD trilogy. That is too bad because halfway through this novel, classic was stamped all over it. Jon Land abruptly shuts down intriguing sub-plots and turns his interesting story line into one big violent pool that will please the Manson crowd. Readers who enjoy a lot of gore (not Al) and violence will love this tale. For many of the rest of us, we plead to Mr. Land to return to his classic, THE WALLS OF JERICHO, and rewrite the second half of DEAD SIMPLE in that same keen manner.

Harriet Klausner