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THE WAVE -- A John Decker Thriller

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All I can say is WOW!

I actually read this book at a friend's house and then had to buy it myself.

I love thrillers, and this John Decker story is a great one. The concept of environmental terrorism is all the more frightening because of the reality of global warming and cooling political alliances. John Decker is one of the great flawed heroes. Like Jason Bourne and Jack Ryan, John Decker is smart, dedicated, resolved and has a personal life that would make Dante weep.

As a puzzle lover I was psyched to see a hero who also loves to piece things together and is addicted to codes and such. A demented killer in the middle east, a package of uranium large enough to make a nuclear bomb, an Israeli police officer, a gorgeous oceanographer and a volcano in the canary islands are pieces of this puzzle that Decker and Swenson (the love interest who actually is more than a pretty face, thank you J.G. Sandom!) have to put together before a catastrophe destroys millions of people.

I LOVED this book. It's a thrill ride of a read and if you liked The Bourne Series or any of Tom Clancy's or James Patterson's stuff, you'll love THE WAVE. I recommend it highly.

I read on a blog that it's being optioned by Hollywould! Can't wait to see the movie!

J.G. Sandom breathes real heart and soul into this utterly plausible cast of flawed but irresistable characters. John Decker is a wonderfully reluctant hero, and even the villains in this story are unmistakably human in the depths of their pain, vengeance and sheer calculation.

This book is the real McCoy, right up there with the best modern thrillers; Sandom's eye for intrigue, suspense and drama is apparent in his attention to detail and nuance. Can't wait to get my hands on "Gospel Truths", one of Sandom's earlier novels. If it's only half as good as "The Wave" I'll expect another two or three sleepless nights -- and chalk them up once again as time well spent.

A riveting look at the shadowy war on terrorism...An action-packed, non-stop thriller. John Decker, a Cryptanalyst working with the FBI assigned to the Joint Terrorist Task Force in New York, finds himself working on a deadly plot of eco-terrorism. The plot is masterminded by Jihadist El Aqrab, who has recently been arrested for slaughtering a family in Tel Aviv. John Decker is determined to discover why. This gripping book takes you along on John Decker's assigment involving the theft of 8 kilos of Highly Enriched Uranium, murder and Romance. This book would be an incredible movie! Reviewed by Bonnie & Harvey Brooks

Worth reading. Once I started reaDing it, I couldnot put it down.
It moves pretty fast. Now I am reading other books by this
Author. Enjoy!oo
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The Wave by J.G. Sandom is a relentless and breathless thriller about FBI code breaker John Decker trying to prevent a Jihadist eco-terrorist named El Aqrab from setting off a mega-tsunami aimed at destroying the Eastern Seaboard. Couldn't be more timely given what's been happening in Japan. Except this book deals with a mega-tsunami, more than ten times taller and more powerful than the tsunamis we've been watching on the news from T'hoku, Japan. Incredible. Great characters and relentless action. I don't understand some of these other reviewers. What's with the two stars? Maybe they just didn't get it. I loved this book.

The wave is fantastic; a roller coaster of a book. John Decker and emily Swensen deal with terroists both religious and environmental and a slew of governmental obstacles trying to avert a major disaster. If you want a great thriller with well written characters and a disturbingly plausible plot, then this is the book for you. Move over Crichton, Sandom is here.

I first read this book around the time it was originally published. I greatly enjoy fast-paced thrillers and The Wave certainly delivers for me. John Decker is a very strong, likeable character, more than capable of sustaining a detailed and suspenseful book like this. Decker and Emily Swenson bring to mind Dirk Pitt and Eva Rojas as well as Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu. But author JG Sandom is able to bring life to his characters with the added benefit of a current topic - terrorism (eco and/or otherwise).

A terrorist with a flair for aesthetic extermination - and a grudge for the Israeli PM, has plans to make a statement of biblical proportions. It is up to Decker, Swenson, and an Israeli agent named Ben Seiden to stop him.

After a recent re-read, I find that the book certainly still holds up! It is even more relevant today. The author's experiences gathered while living and traveling around the world, are quite apparent and beneficial to both the story line and color of The Wave. Weave in Mossad, Al'qaeda and.........hell I just love this book. It is a lot of fun. Do yourself a favor - read it.

I bought "The Wave" because I am a huge fan of action packed spy thrillers. This is the first time that I have read Sandom's work, and I was impressed. The plot is exciting, intriguing, mysterious and dangerous. I loved this book, it is a real page turner.

"The Wave" is a roller coaster ride of twists and turns, through Bermuda, Cairo, Beersheba, Damscus, Kazakhstan, New York City, Atlantic City, La Palma and Tel Aviv. A love story evolves between FBI code breaker John Decker and Oceanographer Emily Swenson - who are fighting a real terrorist plot of a mega-tsunami that is being executed by El Aqrab.

The wave is an action packed thriller that will have your attention from the first page. I typically wouldn't buy this type of book and I finished it in two days!! The plot is great it takes you on a journey of crime, romance and murder. it's an easy read that anyone will enjoy. Get it now!

Wow! What an intense book...there is so much information and yet the characters are so developed they almost seem like real people. The author did a great job researching and incorporating events into the story while keeping it alive and fast pace. I especially liked the main characters. John Decker was exceptional (as a good lead character should be) and yet the author didn't shy away from showing his weaknesses and human nature which was what I found most refreshing. Ben Seiden was also a great character casting a real, human light on the kind of agent that tends to get an almost superhuman reputation. Overall, I absolutely enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it as a thrilling read.