Protocol-17: A Conspiracy Thriller [Paperback]

Douglas Weber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

An ancient secret society. An ancient target: The Vatican. An ancient book that brings madness to all who look upon its pages. In a city paralyzed by a blizzard, something watches, something stalks, and the clock is ticking.... Detective Sam Goldstein confronts terror in the form of two eviscerated bodies: a nun and a priest. Meanwhile, halfway across the world, a beautiful Mossad agent called Josey Schulman confronts an older and far more menacing evil. A book "The Black Rose Notebook" holds forbidden knowledge and secrets. Secrets worth dying for. Secrets worth killing for. The diabolical secrets of a world-wide conspiracy... Protocol-17. Brought together by fate, Sam and Josey elude the Brotherhood and follow a trail that leads them from the Vatican to an orphanage in Chicago and a twelve-year-old boy who holds the key. Together with the boy's aunt and a Rabbi, Sam and Josey learn that they are the only thing standing between the Brotherhood and its perverted agenda for a New World Order. But for these two warriors time is running out... their world is at the brink.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A chilling and engrossing tale. If you enjoyed Brown's The DaVinci Code, you'll love this intellectual thriller. -- Patricia Spork eBook Reviews Weekly March 15, 2003

A hard-boiled stew laced with gritty cop-shop and demons. Weber's supernatural concoction, offers readers a palatable yet powerful feast noir. -- Nancy Kilpatrick author of

Do not read this fast-paced roller coaster ride if you're having a hard time drifting off to sleep. -- Auhtor KM Svitak from Manchester, NH USA March 2003

Knife-edged gibbering terror. A blend of noir psycho-thriller and Gothic horror that will scare the hell out of you. -- Tom Piccirilli Bram Stoker Award Winning Author April 2003

This novel hooks you from the opening chapter and never lets go! Each chapter ended with a cliffhanger! -- Author A.B. Wallace April 2003

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bookbooters.com (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159281042X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592810420
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,437,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Occult thriller and spys..., January 23, 2005

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Janis Trotman "thriller fan" (FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Protocol-17: A Conspiracy Thriller (Paperback)

This novel isn't for the faint of heart or those with a weak stomach. As it alternates from an occult thriller to a euro-thriller with a solid female heroine Mossad agent who teams up with a brooding detective, the body count rises and rises.
It takes some getting used to as it alternates between stylized gothic and lean and mean crime thriller writing, but the pacing holds you and it becomes an interesting balance. It reminded me more of Thomas Harris and Hannibal than Dan Brown, but it's crazy to compare writers, anyway.
If you like a unique origional story filled with a cross-section of Vatican conspiracy, ritual abuse, and even mind control ... give it a shot.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-pasted THRILLER !!, October 18, 2003

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This review is from: Protocol-17: A Conspiracy Thriller (Paperback)

eBook Reviews Weekly Patricia Spork, April 8, 2003
Reviewer: A reader from Canada
Chicago Detectives, Michael Ryan and Samuel Goldstein investigate the murders of a Catholic archbishop and nun - victims of grisly mutilations and bloody atrocities. Fingerprints on a knife lead the detectives to twelve-year-old boy, Matt Mendecka.

Across the globe in Italy, The Black Rose Notebook is stolen from its private case in the Vatican Library and hand-delivered to Mossad Agent Josephine (Josey) Schulman. Josey has the ancient book special-delivered by diplomatic pouch to her father, a Professor of Theology at the Hebrew University in Israel on loan to the University of Chicago.

The forces of evil overwhelm the detectives and Mossad agent, as they are forced to accept and rely on paranormal powers and unbridle their long forgotten religious beliefs and faith to battle the Brotherhood. But can God favor telepathy, sheer determination, and love against satanic motivated PSYOPS (psychological warfare)? Can angels actually save Holy warriors from the depths of despair? Can der Golem, summoned by a Rabbi, help battle the spawn of Hell itself? Or will the world succumb to total mind control and adhere to The Brotherhood's protocols?

R. D. Weber takes the reader on a mind-boggling horror ride
in PROTOCOL-17. International intrigue and espionage, murder
investigations, occult and supernatural occurrences are blended
together in a compelling and frightening novel. Characters, human and supernatural, leap from the pages at times, via dialogue and description. Unforgettable villains and credible well-fleshed-out heroes add to this enjoyable thriller.
Readers of The DaVinci Code and cross genre King and Koontz novels will add Weber to their list of favorite suspense authors. His background as a former government agent lends realistic detail to his writing.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother, January 22, 2005

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KOOKOO (Suburbia United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Protocol-17: A Conspiracy Thriller (Paperback)

This book was so bad that I left it under the bed at a summer beach house.