I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise) [Paperback]

Peter O'Donnell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Modesty Blaise | Publication Date: December 1984

This installment of the Modesty Blaise adventures finds Modesty and faithful friend Willie Garvin trying to get to the bottom of another of Seff's evil plots. When it is discovered that a disturbed young man named Lucifer has the ability to foresee the death of those around him, Seff recruits the boy into his gang and uses his powers of premonition to evil ends, extracting ransom from rich victims who have been told of their impending death. During the course of her investigation Modesty's cover is blown, and she finds herself trapped on Seff's island stronghold and must use all of her guile and brains to escape.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Peter O’Donnell created the Modesty Blaise strip cartoon in the 1950s and is the author of 13 Modesty Blaise novels.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (December 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892960965
• ISBN-13: 978-0892960965
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,239,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have loved every Modesty Blaise book I have read., November 3, 1999

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Damian Trasler ([e-mail]) (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise) (Paperback)

Peter O'Donnell writes books that grab you by the throat and don't let go. 'I Lucifer' is a classic Modesty Blaise adventure, with pulse-pounding action and hair raising danger on every page. Don't believe that this is dated stuff - Modesty could Bond out of business without breaking a sweat!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of a good series, October 27, 2000

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Raul S Reyes (Berkeley, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise) (Paperback)

I loved the Modesty Blaise tales when they came out in the Sixties and seventies. All were good. I loved the interaction between Modesty and Willie. (By the way, anyone else notice the similarities with Skilly and Two-knife in Jerry Pournelle's stories of Falkenberg's Legion?) The other characters, including Modesty's and Garvin's love interests, were also interesting and well drawn, (although some of Willie's girls were a bit over the top). I Lucifer has one of the more interesting plots; a young man who can predict death with almost 90% accuracy, and thinks he is Satan, and the villains who take control of him for monetary gain. O'Donnell always had good villains for Modesty and Willie to foil, and this tale takes all their wits and skills. A good action spy-thriller with a horror/occult twist...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not The One To Start With..., November 22, 2005

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise series) (Paperback)

While I love the Modesty Blaise series, this third adventure takes a bit more suspension of disbelief than others in the bunch, so I recommend you start elsewhere. (Best begin with the first novel "Modesty Blaise" and then #2, "Sabre-Tooth," then skip this and read the others before coming back to it.) Why? The concept of ESP figures largely in the plot, and if you have even a smidgen of doubt about it (and I have plenty), it takes too much credulity to fully enjoy the plot-- pretty silly by O'Donnell's standards. Of course, one reads these and the Bond books for escapism, but the farther they stray from reality, the more they become fantasies untied to the Real World... so give this one a pass the first time 'round and pick it up after you've read the other, better, Modestys.