Operation Nuke [Import] [Hardcover]

Martin Caidin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: W. H. Allen (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0491015100
• ISBN-13: 978-0491015103
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,499,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad entry, March 8, 2008

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Dave Fernandes (Chelsea, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Operation Nuke (Cyborg No 2) (Paperback)

Martin Caidin punched out Cyborg that kicked in this series of books. Cyborg was extraordinary despite its limitations. Martin is a former pilot and loves technology and the idea of integrating machine to man was a brilliant idea. The two missions at the end of the book were incredibly riveting and pulled me right in. It compensated for his inability to generate complex characters and have a plot.

Unfortunately, Operation Nuke focuses on Sam Franks -- a interesting idea for a villain. He's smart, of course loves to fly and is both charming and vial in the same breath. Of course we have to first endure over a hundred pages of tech talk about nuclear weapons and how each country manages them. Steve himself is a backdrop character only emerging when Sam and Steve finally meet. What follows is a series of tests to decide of Steve is the real deal (seen that before right?)

The highlight of the book (and when it picks up) is when Steve goes on a mission with Sam. Viewed from Steve's eyes it's a vial experiences that finally draws you into the book. Martin even takes the time to comment on how countries manage to generate their own sort of vial terrorism -- but this dwindles out and we once again witness Steve entrenched in yet another do or die situation with an outrageous russian agent and lots of plot holes to fill in. Is it worth reading? I don't know but I will say it has its moments and is a very quick read so if you get it cheap -- why not.