Customer Reviews

Extreme Faction (Jake Adams International Thriller Series #2)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This story is in the vein of James Bond. You have a cadre of super secret agents fighting and plotting with and against one another over the formula of a nerve gas developed by an ex Russian scientist. The bulk of the narrative takes place in Odessa, where a conference for agriculture is taking place. The scientist is giving a speech, the main character, Jake Adams, is there guarding a couple of executives, other agents are in the woodwork.

Pretty soon the story goes off in several directions. The primary sub plot deals with a group of Kurdish terrorists who overthrow a US Base that happens to be overseeing deadly nerve gas bombs. To tell you the truth, if this whole part of the story were cut out, comprising perhaps 1/3 of the novel, nothing would have been lost. I am unsure why its here.

Towards the end, the story gets a little goofy. I did like that the agents were for the most part on the fallible side. They were making mistakes and getting hurt. Something you dont always encounter. Other than that... hmmmm worth reading if you want to spend a couple hours being entertained along the lines of a 007 movie.

When you read a book that:

Is always on the plot without rendering the landscape or buildings.

Can't be closed.

Can be true all the way.

The love story is just that.

Doesn't describe technologies nobody'll understand.

Has a paramount end.

Then the book deserves SIX stars.

Trevor Scott does it again with Extreme Faction. As up to date as today's headlines. A real roller coaster of a thriller. When does it hit the silver screen?

This is probably not the worst book I have ever read but close to it.

Waste your time if you must but I would avoid it.

Absolutely a story line that is impossible to get interested in or believe.