Comments on: PlagueMaker http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/plaguemaker/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Head Game » Bookgasm http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/plaguemaker/#comment-6759 Head Game » Bookgasm Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:45:37 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=452#comment-6759 [...] With this and last year’s sleeper PLAGUEMAKER, Downs proves himself as a reliable supplier of page-turning suspense. Like the terrorist setup of PLAGUEMAKER, he’s quite good at taking “ripped from today’s headlines” themes and turning them into total entertainments, rather than exploitative, scare-your-pants-off fear machines. [...] [...] With this and last year’s sleeper PLAGUEMAKER, Downs proves himself as a reliable supplier of page-turning suspense. Like the terrorist setup of PLAGUEMAKER, he’s quite good at taking “ripped from today’s headlines” themes and turning them into total entertainments, rather than exploitative, scare-your-pants-off fear machines. [...]

]]> By: Takedown » Bookgasm http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/plaguemaker/#comment-2444 Takedown » Bookgasm Thu, 25 May 2006 13:58:35 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=452#comment-2444 [...] After PLAGUEMAKER, this is the second novel I’ve read this year involving terrorists planning a horrific attack on our nation during the Fourth of July weekend. (Is no holiday sacred?) In this book, however, they actually succeed, which it what kicks off the near-non-stop action. The hero for the duration of your ride is Scot Harvath, a former Navy SEAL who now spends his time thwarting threats to U.S. soil from abroad, as part of a covert, counterterrorist agency called the Apex Project – think CTU, but off-the-grid. He and his pals skip all over New York City hunting down suspected al-Qaeda members, and one of the plot’s masterminds is a Scottish dwarf known as “the Troll” (Warwick Davis, call your agent now). [...] [...] After PLAGUEMAKER, this is the second novel I’ve read this year involving terrorists planning a horrific attack on our nation during the Fourth of July weekend. (Is no holiday sacred?) In this book, however, they actually succeed, which it what kicks off the near-non-stop action. The hero for the duration of your ride is Scot Harvath, a former Navy SEAL who now spends his time thwarting threats to U.S. soil from abroad, as part of a covert, counterterrorist agency called the Apex Project – think CTU, but off-the-grid. He and his pals skip all over New York City hunting down suspected al-Qaeda members, and one of the plot’s masterminds is a Scottish dwarf known as “the Troll” (Warwick Davis, call your agent now). [...]

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/plaguemaker/#comment-690 Rod Lott Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:59:06 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=452#comment-690 Clicking on the title of any post (next to the leaf icon) will take you to that post's individual page, complete with comments. Clicking on the book's title within the review will take you to Amazon or another page with more information. Additionally, the "buy it" link at the bottom will also take you to that page. To answer your question, though, this is a hardcover. Clicking on the title of any post (next to the leaf icon) will take you to that post’s individual page, complete with comments.

Clicking on the book’s title within the review will take you to Amazon or another page with more information. Additionally, the “buy it” link at the bottom will also take you to that page.

To answer your question, though, this is a hardcover.

]]> By: ttzuma http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/plaguemaker/#comment-688 ttzuma Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:43:46 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=452#comment-688 I must be a bit slow Rod. I clicked on the title above your review to find out more on the publishing details of this book but all I get is this comment page. Is this a mass paperback? What did I do incorrectly? Thanks. ttzuma I must be a bit slow Rod. I clicked on the title above your review to find out more on the publishing details of this book but all I get is this comment page. Is this a mass paperback? What did I do incorrectly? Thanks.

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