John Puller and brother Bobby are working together. Apparently I missed a book where Bobby got
out of prison. I just downloaded The
Escape, to remedy that. I hate reading
them out of order but sometimes it just happens. General Puller's dementia enters into this
plot as well as espionage and biotechnical enhancements. An old murder and new attempts to solve it
fuel the plot.
I read Baldacci's Christmas story so I know he can craft a
book without action and mayhem. BTW his
Christmas book was excellent. Anyway,
this book has Veronica Knox, secret agent of some type, as John Puller's
semi-love interest. Paul Rodgers as a
failed experiment and brother Bob on overwatch.
This book shows the power of the military industrial complex
continues. As we have seen in recent
years, some of these companies get into hot water and are censured. Then they are reincarnated as a different
company and continue with what they were doing.
As an example, Blackwater now appears to be named rather innocuously
Academi, and still engaged in behavior similar to their previous name. Baldacci pulls this type of activity off of
current events and plugs it into his compelling novel.
The marriage of technology and warfare is also noted by
Baldacci. Interestingly this week on
the news there were snippets of drone and AI tech being demonstrated by our
military. Baldacci has the ability to
craft a story that is frighteningly believable.
I highly recommend it.
Web Site: http://www.davidbaldacci.com/web/
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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