Whirlwind
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the pulse-pounding Vertical Run comes a spellbinding new white-knuckle thriller to keep you up all night.
Charlie McKenzie is the best at what he does, and what he does best of all is the CIA's dirty work. At least he did until his bosses double-crossed him. Jailed and disgraced to cover up a mammoth intelligence blunder, Charlie wants to get even.
Opportunity knocks when Irina Kolodenkova, a young Russian spy, stumbles across a top-secret technology called Whirlwind, the most important military breakthrough since the atomic bomb. Charlie's the only one with the very special skills needed to track her down and retrieve it. The desk jockeys who betrayed Charlie have no choice: they have to put him back on the job. But Charlie already knows too much. Once he recovers Whirlwind, his enemies plan to betray him again -- this time for keeps.
They put a lethal South African soldier of fortune on Charlie's trail. His orders: keep Charlie in your crosshairs until he finds Whirlwind, then take him down.
However, Charlie has plans of his own, and he is not going to be an easy kill. Quite the contrary ...
Joseph Garber
Joseph R. Garber is the author of the international bestseller Vertical Run. Prior to becoming a novelist he was a journalist and businessman. He lives in Northern California, where he is at work on a new thriller.
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Reviews for Whirlwind
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I could not call Whirlwind a good book. Its clumsily written, full of simplistic and exposition-heavy dialogue. Yet it is a lot more fun than Goblins. The novel this time is more of a stand-alone story. It's pure Monster of the Week material, featuring a brief cameo from AD Skinner, but otherwise just focusing on Mulder and Scully as they investigate a series of mysterious deaths.Although the title of the novel gives a little too much away, the novel this time is much faster to find its feet and does build an intriguing mystery. While it is a bit more gory than your average X-Files episode (though still less disturbing than the likes of "Home"), it does embrace its medium by presenting a storyline that could not really have been done effectively on TV at the time this was written.Yet the story has its faults. While it starts off strong, it starts to break down in its final act. The villain's motivation is very weak and only vaguely exposited by Mulder in the final chapters. There is no clear reason why he targets the people that he does other than because he can, which felt deeply unsatisfying on the whole. I also wish that more had been done with the use of Native American culture in this novel. The elders of the Konochine tribe are just portrayed as being mysterious and shamanist, but we don't learn much about their culture beyond the things that Mulder guesses. Much like Goblins, the story also ended on a vague note, where Mulder once again gazes into the heart of darkness and implies that there could be more deaths in the future.In terms of character, the story is a lot better. While there are once again a whole lot of secondary characters, they seemed a bit more developed and likeable than in Goblins. However, I still felt that Grant had perhaps bitten off more than he could chew. A lot of the characters that are made out to be significant, like Annie Hatch, ultimately don't factor into the story that much. The worst offender by far is Mike the drunken artist, who gets one chapter of focus and is then never mentioned again.Still, at least Mulder and Scully felt a bit better this time around. While their characterisation still lacks any subtly, they are at least recognisable this time around as Grant does a better job of playing to their strengths. This is helped by the fact that they are alone on this case. Grant is a lot more sparing with his original characters this time around which I think was a good thing. It really helped the pacing not to begin with the introduction of half a dozen characters.Anyhow, I think that about covers it. Whirlwind is not a good novel but it is a lot more fun to read than Goblins. However, this is the last X-Files book written by Charles Grant. Here's hoping that Kevin J Anderson can do even better in his run.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Nogle mennesker dør på mystisk vis. Annie Hatch finder to lig. De ser ud til at være blevet skuret til døde af en slags sandtornado. Det viser sig at Nick Lanaya kan styre energien fra indianerpræsternes møde. Det er en blodvind, en Sangre Viento.Historien hænger ikke sammen og giver ingen mening
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I started this book but wasn't really enjoying it, so I am going to release it without finishing it.