2008-09-10 Very Misleading Title, so be warned!

Not having read a Reilly book before, I was interested, due to his catalogue and the potential for me to "find" another author to worm through their back catalogue.
I must warn potential readers, that I was expecting for a historical "Dan Brown" style novel - this is definitely not it! This is a modern day adventure/James Bond/war book - which I generally hate!

To be fair, I think other reviewers opinion that it is badly written is harsh. The book certainly rattles on at a great pace, giving the reader barely time to draw breath and as a result I really wanted to finish it.

I must admit to loathing the long drawn out descriptions of modern weaponry, others might like it, to me it was completely superfluous to the story and just slowed down and complicated some of the fight scenes - which were way too complex even before those descriptions.

The story did hang together in my opinion, but I did struggle to connect to any of the characters - I simply did not care if they lived or died and that ultimately is a reflection of my star rating.

In the final analysis - will I read it again? No. Would I recommend anyone else to read it? If you like modern day spy/thriller book, with lots of weaponry, definitely give it a try. If you are looking for the next Dan Brown historical and archeological adventure - give it a miss.