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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Techno Thriller, Quite Anti-Government, April 5, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)

Two points about this book immediately come to mind:

1. If you're a devoted fan of Michael Moore and his Hollywood crowd and believe that the Government is truly evil, capable of anything, and putting all kinds of nefarious conspiracy plans into action, then this is exactly the book for you (the author is an actor). If you believe the Government is a bunch of folk stumbling along as best they can, then you might want to ignore this book, or perhaps just ignore the big conspiracy and read it for the rest of the story which is pretty good in its own right.

2. Surprisingly, the technical aspects of the book are also pretty good. I wouldn't put it quite up there with a Clancy, but the planes, bombs, and even the financial aspects are pretty detailed.

The story itself has a post 9/11 plot, which begins with the first suicide bomber in the US. It goes on from there to more terrorism, interconnected in some pretty strange ways.

There's also a pretty strange set of characters, especially the bad guys.

Good story, highly recommended, if the anti-government aspects doesn't get to you.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Conspiracy Buff, September 15, 2005

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A. Husted (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)

I agree with some of the other reviews regarding this novel--it's mediocre and the ending was ridiculous. Very transparent. Maybe I'm just not a hard-core conspiracy buff, but I just couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to buy into the story.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, April 28, 2005

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EdHopper "Painter" (Cary, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)

I've been a fan right from the first book but I have to say this is not up to his usual standard whatsoever. This book read more like a paranoid political mouthpiece than a thriller and I'm very disappointed that he thought his fans would think that was a great idea. This "thriller" was so non-thrilling the only way the author could attempt to bring tension to the story was by blatently hiding facts from the reader (for example Justin would get on the phone with another character and instead of making the reader privy to the conversation we, the reader, get to read that Justin told the other character what he wanted -- not any details. How bogus is that?

Because of the political overtones early in the story I could have written the end of the book about 1/4th of the way into it as well.

I hope this author returns to the original formula that won him so many fans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Midas by Russell Andrews
Excellent mystery. I have read all of his books wish there were more to read.

Published on February 1, 2010 by Jean Ryski

2.0 out of 5 stars First time reader of R. Andrews... Maybe my last
At this point in time, I'm about 3/4 of the way through this book, and told my wife that I already know how it ends... Read more

Published on August 27, 2007 by Wesley Keller

2.0 out of 5 stars Highly Disappointing!
The author of this book seems to imply that there may be a big government conspiracy behind terrorist bombings and the special powers they are being given to deal with terrorist... Read more

Published on April 13, 2007 by Michael A. Newman

3.0 out of 5 stars A Terror of a Book
In a tirade against the current administration veiled as a novel, "Russell Andrews" has written his worst book yet. Read more

Published on October 25, 2005 by Gary Turner

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has it all.
This book has it all: intrigue, politics, terrorism, romance, wealth with a Hamptons backdrop. He did alot of research for this book and it is a real page turner. Read more

Published on August 19, 2005 by D. Seguin

2.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Mediocre Novel
This book just doesn't deliver. It's got cliched characters (the now low-ambition cop who got his family killed with his past renegade recklessness -- sound familiar? Read more

Published on August 18, 2005 by Jeremy Raymondjack

5.0 out of 5 stars "Midas" is golden.
Russell Andrews, in his new novel, "Midas," succeeds at an almost impossible task. He uses the old "conspiracy theory" and "corruption in high places" formula and actually makes... Read more

Published on July 24, 2005 by E. Bukowsky

3.0 out of 5 stars too easy
I enjoyed the author's writing style, but a big part of the solution was obvious far too early, and the end became ridiculous.

Published on May 23, 2005 by M. S. Butch

4.0 out of 5 stars A timely read....an edge of the seater
Russell Andrews delivers a page turner in Midas. This is my first Andrews novel and it now appears that I have some catching up to do with his earlier novels; Gideon, Icarus, and... Read more

Published on April 5, 2005 by Robert Busko

4.0 out of 5 stars STAGE TRAINED ACTOR DELIVERS A FLAWLESS READING
Classically trained stage actor Patrick Girard Lawlor delivers a flawless reading of this suspenseful shocker. Read more

Published on March 26, 2005 by Gail Cooke

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IN A MOVE EQUALLY SURPRISING to both foes and supporters, Stephanie Ingles, the Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, announced yesterday that over eight million acres in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve have been designated as a national monument and have thus become permanently off-limits to oil companies that have been pressing the administration to let them begin drilling in the region. Read the first page

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New York, Chuck Billings, Air Force, Hutchinson Cooke, United States, Justin Westwood, Ray Lockhardt, Hubbell Schrader, Martin Heffernan, Wanda Chinkle, Jimmy Leggett, Bradford Collins, Martha Peck, Reggie Bokkenheuser, Captain Cooke, Bruno Pecozzi, Gary Jenkins, Harper's Restaurant, President Anderson, Main Street, Mike Haversham, Mudhi al Rahman, Roger Mallone, Ted Ackland, Attorney General Stuller

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