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In the year 2043 the United States that is split in two. One half ruled by Islam, the other Christianity. Both struggling to survive and both under attack from within and without.  Rakkim Epps, a muslim shadow warrior must travel from the Islamic Republic in the north west of the country south and east to to stop a warlord from finding and using a weapon from many years before.

The second book in the triolgy, Sins of the Assassin doesn’t waste much time letting the reader catch up on the first book, Prayers for the Assassin, and to be honest it doesn’t need to. The back story is filled in as the plot progresses. The main character, Rakkim, is very enjoyable to read. He is as quick to think as he is to kill, and yet, he isn’t just a
weapon. The other characters are also fun although not to the same extent with the exception of Leo, who perhaps adds some needed levity.

The furture is not a shiny one with clean streets and happy children, far from it, but Sins of the Assassin makes it seem like an interesting place all the same. A very good followup to the first book!

An oral account of the war against the Zombies. Mulitple eye witnesses tell their tales of how they survived the rise of the Zombies and how the war was won.

If this has been written as a straight story with main characters and plot, it would have been a lot more disturbing to read and more akin to a normal horror book. As it is, this is a fresh way to tell the tale of a war that lasted over a year and that encompassed the world. With no one ‘main’ character other than the interviewer, each person brings something different to the story. Their experiences and background offering the reader something new each interview.

A film production company has bought the rights to the movie but I can’t help thinking that it would be better told in a television serial format. The only downside to this would be the need to tone it down for television. You could easily do a season of episodes with each one telling a different story and not run out of new ideas any time soon.

This is a very enjoyable, well written and clever book, never delving into the grusome for more than a few moments but always giving enough for the reader to understand what is going on. Cheap thrills and violence are avoided as the focus remains on the story telling and the book is better for it. There is an audio book that I think I will have to listen to as it will transfer prefectly to audio!

Seriously good book. One of the best ‘horror’ books I have read and one that I will re-read again!

A couples son becomes more moody after his friend kills himself. The couple try to discover whats wrong but things go badly wrong and they have lost their son forever.

Another stunningly tense book from Harlen Coben. Seemingly unconnected events are all threads in this twisty plot that continues to surprise right until the end. With characters appearing from other books as well, the cast is well rounded and all are interesting and believable. The situations are not everyday ones but are still possible.

This is a great book, moving, thrilling and very satisfiying!

The crew of the high tech spy ship Oregon discover a cruise ship floating with seemingly now left alive on it, just before it is destroyed by explosives. From this, they follow a trail towards a cult who is planing to release a virus and change the world forever.

Another book about Oregon and her crew, the third in the series, is a fast paced action packed story with perhaps the ship taking a back seat to her crew for this one. Recent Clive Cussler books have disappointed with a lack of excitment but Plague Ship is back up to form. The plot is twisty and yet not too complex. The characters are fun as always and the predicements they find themselves in as good as any that Dirk Pitt ever suffered through. The only down side is the long winded speechs of one of the main villians which tends to slow down the story.

A very enjoyable book and glad to see Clive Cussler back on form!