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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Pournelle's first novel is a great cold war thriller
Red Heroin is Jerry Pournelle's first novel, originally published under the pen name Wade Curtis. It is a tightly crafted cold war thriller written in the style of Donald Hamilton. The Kindle edition includes an afterward by the author which is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
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8 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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A good book but some people should NOT read it
Overall, this book is a well written, readable adventure. The protragonist gets involved, unwillingly, in something to do with the smuggling of Heroin from Red China. Possible plot spoiler follows: However, in the first part of the book, the author introduced a love-interest character. She was sweet, intelligent and the protagonist (and I) fell in love with her. Then...
Published on May 11, 1997
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Pournelle's first novel is a great cold war thriller,
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This review is from: Red Heroin (Paperback)
Red Heroin is Jerry Pournelle's first novel, originally published under the pen name Wade Curtis. It is a tightly crafted cold war thriller written in the style of Donald Hamilton. The Kindle edition includes an afterward by the author which is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
8 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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A good book but some people should NOT read it,
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This review is from: Red Heroin (Paperback)
Overall, this book is a well written, readable adventure. The protragonist gets involved, unwillingly, in something to do with the smuggling of Heroin from Red China.Possible plot spoiler follows: However, in the first part of the book, the author introduced a love-interest character. She was sweet, intelligent and the protagonist (and I) fell in love with her. Then she was killed simply to show that the bad guys are bad guys and that the protagonist should fight them. This damaged the story so much that I hated finishing it and am still angry with Pournelle about it 11 years later. I kept reading it at the time, trusting that Pournelle would not spoil the book this way and she would be OK in the end but I was disappointed. I've read most of his other books and he's never done this to me again. But beware -- if this sort of thing bothers you, skip this book |
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Red Heroin by J. E. Pournelle (Paperback - Oct. 1985)
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