An unidentified object crashes from the sky into an Arizona canyon, releasing anthrax spores and leaving innocent victims in its wake. Investigators are shocked by what they find in the rubble: a swastika. They call upon former spy and World War II–era weapons expert Lewis Sharp for help. Could this be a biochemical weapon designed by the Nazis half a century ago—or is it an elaborate hoax? Sharp is convinced that it’s the real McCoy and he warns that two more killing machines are still out there, primed and ready to strike…
The attacker has left a cryptic note hinting at an another attack. Now, it’s up to Sharp to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery—one that spans from a convent in Hitler’s Germany to Hollywood, the Executive Branch to shadowy third-world governments. Sharp and his colleagues have just five days left to stop the weapon from unleashing mass destruction—and leading the world to the brink of a whole new kind of war…
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“Napier deftly mix[es] history, science, and fiction.”—Publishers Weekly
“The most exciting book I have ever read.” —Arthur C. Clarke on Nemesis
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“Fans of Dan Brown take note.”—Jack DuBrul
An unidentified object crashes from the sky into an Arizona canyon, releasing anthrax spores and leaving innocent victims in its wake. Investigators are shocked by what they find in the rubble: a swastika. They call upon former spy and World War II–era weapons expert Lewis Sharp for help. Could this be a biochemical weapon designed by the Nazis half a century ago—or is it an elaborate hoax? Sharp is convinced that it’s the real McCoy and he warns that two more killing machines are still out there, primed and ready to strike…
THE FURIES
The attacker has left a cryptic note hinting at an another attack. Now, it’s up to Sharp to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery—one that spans from a convent in Hitler’s Germany to Hollywood, the Executive Branch to shadowy third-world governments. Sharp and his colleagues have just five days left to stop the weapon from unleashing mass destruction—and leading the world to the brink of a whole new kind of war…
“Napier deftly mix[es] history, science, and fiction.”—Publishers Weekly
“The most exciting book I have ever read.” —Arthur C. Clarke on Nemesis
This review is from: The Furies (Mass Market Paperback)
This is my first exposure to the author who is a UK-based thriller writer. Napier represents a melange of current styles and subjects seeming like a mix of Preston & Child, Rollins, Brown, Cussler, and Ludlum (and not in a good way). The book starts off well as escapist fiction with a race-against-time plot. It involves many sinister groups that should have no business being in cahoots together and who could have been much more interesting and evil. The best part of the novel involves the flashbacks of Max von Krafft and his involvement in a much secret Nazi bio-weapons project in the later years of WW2. However the entire effort races to boredom as it goes on with not even the faintest believability, care for the characters (the best villains are eradicated in a blink of an eye), or subtle plot developments that make the great thrillers great. I suggest reading the collections, Thriller and Thriller 2, to find a treasure trove of talented writers in this genre.
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This review is from: The Furies (Mass Market Paperback)
If you like the genre, WW II spy novels, don't buy this book. If you like modern mysteries, don't buy this book. The only redeeming aspect to the book is the WW II subplot, which may or may not have some connection to reality. But the modern day intrigue is absurd, to the point of ridiculous. You could drive U Boats through the holes in the plot, and I can't really criticize the character development for the modern era characters, because there is none. After reading this, I'm picking up some good non-fiction, because I need to cleanse my brain from this waste of time. Or I will go re-read the Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva. A fantastic book that puts this to shame.
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