Kingdom of the Blind Pb [Paperback]

Alan Blackwood (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 542 pages
• Publisher: Corgi (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552146455
• ISBN-13: 978-0552146456
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,660,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Alan Blackwood IS Graham Masterton, June 21, 2002

By A Customer

Graham Masterton has, on his official web site, admitted that he is in fact Alan Blackwood. In the dedication to the book Blackwood thanks his "agent" who happens to be Masterton's wife. He has also written under the name of Thomas Luke among others.

Fans of Graham Masterton should really enjoy this book. It runs in the same vein as his earlier thriller novels such as Plague, Famine and The Sweetman Curve.

Kingdom Of The Blind is a fast paced action thriller focusing on the search for an extremely intelligent scientist and the information he possesses which will answer all of the mysteries of this book.

Certain author liberties have been taken- as they are when writing any book. Without revealing too much I will mention one.
How far can a Tomahawk missile really fly? Read the book and ask for yourself.

This book is very hard to find but well worth the time spent reading. For those of you interested in reading this book you can only hope the book is released in the US.

5.0 out of 5 stars A thriller of chemically induced super-intelligence, April 9, 2002

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Stephen Doran (London, UK) - See all my reviews

Where a little help can cause a lot of trouble.

"When a genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
- Jonathan Swift

Micky an unambitious young man acts as a hero when he saves an old man from being taken away by a couple of angry men. This man, Dr Lugner, then tells Micky that if these men again find him he will post a cassette to him, he instructs him to listen to it and then make a 'decision' of what to do telling Micky it may bring him things beyond his wildest dreams.
Next thing Micky knows he is caught in a web of anger, determination and corruption involving important political figures, a mob of gangsters and everyone involved in his life from his employers to his dog.
The story also follows a private detective as he is blackmailed into taking up a case. Discover the motives of 'Cabbage patch' and 'Cuban' and how all of the characters eventually tie in together in this shockingly well-written novel. The main question that is probing at Micky's mind is why is everyone so intent on tracking down this Dr Lugner and why must he run from them?