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Travis Chase #2
Ghost Country
For decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach. The latest device can punch a hole into the future ..."
What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into seventy years from now scared the hell out of her. She and her Tangent colleagues brought their terrible discovery to the President - and were met with a hail of automatic gunfire after leaving the White House. Only Paige survived.
Fearing a terrifying personal destiny revealed to him from the other side of the Breach, Travis Chase abandoned Tangent ... and Paige Campbell. Now he must rescue her - because Paige knows tomorrow's world is desperate and dead, a ghost country scattered with the bones of billions. And Doomsday will dawn in just four short months ... unless they can find the answers buried in the ruins to come.
But once they cross the nightmare border into Ghost Country, they might never find their way back ...
What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into seventy years from now scared the hell out of her. She and her Tangent colleagues brought their terrible discovery to the President - and were met with a hail of automatic gunfire after leaving the White House. Only Paige survived.
Fearing a terrifying personal destiny revealed to him from the other side of the Breach, Travis Chase abandoned Tangent ... and Paige Campbell. Now he must rescue her - because Paige knows tomorrow's world is desperate and dead, a ghost country scattered with the bones of billions. And Doomsday will dawn in just four short months ... unless they can find the answers buried in the ruins to come.
But once they cross the nightmare border into Ghost Country, they might never find their way back ...
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 28, 2010
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Patrick Lee
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Patrick Lee was born in west Michigan in 1976.He started writing by working on screenplays but eventually moved to novel writing.
Patrick Lee was born in west Michigan in 1976.He started writing by working on screenplays but eventually moved to novel writing.
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June 18, 2017
For the past 2 years, Travis Chase lived a quiet life by staying under the radar as Rob Pullman. After eating a late dinner Travis retired to the bedroom waiting for sleep to takeover when his buzzer rang echoing around the rooms of his apartment. Looking out the window to the entrance below, he saw a girl somewhere in her twenties, looking back at him. She called up to him shouting his name Travis. Only one person knew he was in hiding as Rob Pullman and he realized this stranger must have been sent by Paige Campbell, the woman who had set up his secret identity. Running down the stairs to the entrance he was told by Paige’s colleague Bethany, that she had an urgent message for him and they had to move quickly. Additionally, Bethany had to inform Travis that Paige was either dead or missing after the motorcade she had been travelling in from the White House had been attacked. The highly trained killers were after the dark metal cylinder Paige had been demonstrating to the President; an open doorway to step into the future. Author Patrick Lee has written a chilling, hair-rising sci-fi novel with never a dull moment. Ghost Country will most assuredly push all your alarm buttons. Recommended!
May 4, 2015
This is another totally fun thriller that has an unbelievably loopy plot.
In Ghost Country, the characters are caught up in a government conspiracy that involves the end of the world. A unique device opens a window into the future, and shows that America has become a barren wasteland. What happened? Where did everyone go? And can this doomsday be prevented?
The story jumps around in time and our heroes are often just [this] close to being caught and killed. It's a nail-biter!
This is the third Patrick Lee book I've read (the others being Runner and The Breach), and once again, I breezed through it in just two sittings. His books are so enjoyable and engrossing that I hate putting them down.
Lee has a great imagination — he has complex timelines and a lot of fast-paced action, and his hero always manages to find a clever way to get out of being cornered. However, my complaint is the same one I voiced in my review of The Breach, which is that he uses hell-phrases too much, and it's annoying because it's unnecessary. For example, you don't have to describe someone as being "nervous as hell." They can just be nervous. You don't have to write that the files were "corrupted all to hell." They can just be corrupted. His characters overuse phrases like "sure as hell," "scared as hell," "run like hell," etc. My advice for Lee is to do a control-F on his next document and search for every use of hell. Then eliminate all but one -- and save it for a really good scene.
I still recommend his novels if you enjoy spy fiction. They're fun! I mean, why the hell not?
In Ghost Country, the characters are caught up in a government conspiracy that involves the end of the world. A unique device opens a window into the future, and shows that America has become a barren wasteland. What happened? Where did everyone go? And can this doomsday be prevented?
The story jumps around in time and our heroes are often just [this] close to being caught and killed. It's a nail-biter!
This is the third Patrick Lee book I've read (the others being Runner and The Breach), and once again, I breezed through it in just two sittings. His books are so enjoyable and engrossing that I hate putting them down.
Lee has a great imagination — he has complex timelines and a lot of fast-paced action, and his hero always manages to find a clever way to get out of being cornered. However, my complaint is the same one I voiced in my review of The Breach, which is that he uses hell-phrases too much, and it's annoying because it's unnecessary. For example, you don't have to describe someone as being "nervous as hell." They can just be nervous. You don't have to write that the files were "corrupted all to hell." They can just be corrupted. His characters overuse phrases like "sure as hell," "scared as hell," "run like hell," etc. My advice for Lee is to do a control-F on his next document and search for every use of hell. Then eliminate all but one -- and save it for a really good scene.
I still recommend his novels if you enjoy spy fiction. They're fun! I mean, why the hell not?
October 31, 2014
Well....I'd written a lot on this review. And then it vanished.
sigh.
Lets start over. As I said in the review that vanished, I like this book. This one picks up some time after the end of the last book. As we open... as you might expect, another catastrophic event is in the offing, the Breach and the things from it(of course) touch on it.
The book (or the idea behind it) is, while not totally original (what is) very original in the way it's used and presented. Among the things in the novel(s) the way time and paradox are handled is sort of central.
Many books (well and movies and TV program etc.,etc.,etc.) have approached the problem of paradox, changes...as Doctor Who would say, crossing your own time line. Here we are dealing with a well thought out and nicely constructed plot.
The book is basically what I call brain candy. Yet it's excellent brain candy. The books are long on adventure have a good balance of action and character building. There is little fluff in the novel. Most of what we read reflects directly on the plot. I like this one...I like these. The next is already sent for.
I don't know if I'll end up putting them on my favorites shelf...but they're close. I'm sure some will find only another action thriller here and at bottom that's what these books are. That said, they are excellent action thrillers.
Recommended, enjoy.
sigh.
Lets start over. As I said in the review that vanished, I like this book. This one picks up some time after the end of the last book. As we open... as you might expect, another catastrophic event is in the offing, the Breach and the things from it(of course) touch on it.
The book (or the idea behind it) is, while not totally original (what is) very original in the way it's used and presented. Among the things in the novel(s) the way time and paradox are handled is sort of central.
Many books (well and movies and TV program etc.,etc.,etc.) have approached the problem of paradox, changes...as Doctor Who would say, crossing your own time line. Here we are dealing with a well thought out and nicely constructed plot.
The book is basically what I call brain candy. Yet it's excellent brain candy. The books are long on adventure have a good balance of action and character building. There is little fluff in the novel. Most of what we read reflects directly on the plot. I like this one...I like these. The next is already sent for.
I don't know if I'll end up putting them on my favorites shelf...but they're close. I'm sure some will find only another action thriller here and at bottom that's what these books are. That said, they are excellent action thrillers.
Recommended, enjoy.
December 14, 2018
This was a chore to read/listen to, for me anyway. Sci-fi on the fringes of being a thriller but not nearly as good as the first book in this series. I doubt I’ll read any more from Patrick Lee.
September 4, 2014
Well....I'd written a lot on this review. And then it vanished.
sigh.
Lets start over. As I said in the review that vanished, I like this book. This one picks up some time after the end of the last book. As we open... as you might expect, another catastrophic event is in the offing, the Breach and the things from it(of course) touch on it.
The book (or the idea behind it) is, while not totally original (what is) very original in the way it's used and presented. Among the things in the novel(s) the way time and paradox are handled is sort of central.
Many books (well and movies and TV program etc.,etc.,etc.) have approached the problem of paradox, changes...as Doctor Who would say, crossing your own time line. Here we are dealing with a well thought out and nicely constructed plot.
The book is basically what I call brain candy. Yet it's excellent brain candy. The books are long on adventure have a good balance of action and character building. There is little fluff in the novel. Most of what we read reflects directly on the plot. I like this one...I like these. The next is already sent for.
I don't know if I'll end up putting them on my favorites shelf...but they're close. I'm sure some will find only another action thriller here and at bottom that's what these books are. That said, they are excellent action thrillers.
Recommended, enjoy.
sigh.
Lets start over. As I said in the review that vanished, I like this book. This one picks up some time after the end of the last book. As we open... as you might expect, another catastrophic event is in the offing, the Breach and the things from it(of course) touch on it.
The book (or the idea behind it) is, while not totally original (what is) very original in the way it's used and presented. Among the things in the novel(s) the way time and paradox are handled is sort of central.
Many books (well and movies and TV program etc.,etc.,etc.) have approached the problem of paradox, changes...as Doctor Who would say, crossing your own time line. Here we are dealing with a well thought out and nicely constructed plot.
The book is basically what I call brain candy. Yet it's excellent brain candy. The books are long on adventure have a good balance of action and character building. There is little fluff in the novel. Most of what we read reflects directly on the plot. I like this one...I like these. The next is already sent for.
I don't know if I'll end up putting them on my favorites shelf...but they're close. I'm sure some will find only another action thriller here and at bottom that's what these books are. That said, they are excellent action thrillers.
Recommended, enjoy.
June 11, 2020
Mein Fazit: Der erste Band hatte mich ja begeistert, der zweite konnte jetzt leider nicht mehr so mithalten. Action und Spannung waren zwar hier auch vorhanden, allerdings kann ich nicht so richtig mitfiebern wenn ich weiß: aus dieser Situation kommen sie eh wieder raus, da war ich an manchen Stellen soweit, Absätze nur zu überfliegen. Ich weiß, das ist ja meistens so dass die Helden es schaffen, aber der Autor hat es nicht so gut geschafft - für mich - dass es mich hat mitfiebern lassen ... andererseits gab es aber eine Grundspannung von der Grundidee her, was überhaupt hinter dem ganzen steckt.
Trotz dem deutschen Buchtitel ist es keine "Dystopie" hinsichtlich zukünftiger Gesellschaftsformen, falls das jemand erwartet, bzw. nur am Rande; das ist zwar die Essenz des ganzen, trotzdem hat man es hier eher mit einem Agenten / Techno / Thriller zu tun - mit einem kleinen "Blick in die Zukunft". Wie schon im ersten Teil empfand ich das immense Wissen der verschiedenen Charaktere manchmal als zuviel des guten, konnte ich aber so wegzustecken.
Schön war, das Travis und Paige noch jemand neues in ihr kleines Team dazu bekommen haben und ich mag sie als Figuren alle eh sehr gerne, wobei hier nicht so sehr in die Tiefe gegangen wird. Die Entwicklungen, die die beiden durchmachen, geschieht eher im Hintergrund, hat aber starke Auswirkungen.
Übrigens schafft es der Autor sehr gut, diesen Band als einzeln lesbar zu schreiben, da er die Ereignisse aus dem ersten gekonnt einfügt. Trotzdem würde ich dazu raten, sie der Reihe nach zu lesen, da sie aufeinander aufbauen, auch wenn jeder in sich abgeschlossen ist.
Dennoch gibt es am Ende einen kleinen "Vorgeschmack" auf den dritten und letzten Band und ich bin neugierig, wie der Autor das ganze zu einem (hoffentlich) spannenden Finale bringen wird.
3.5 Sterne von mir
Trotz dem deutschen Buchtitel ist es keine "Dystopie" hinsichtlich zukünftiger Gesellschaftsformen, falls das jemand erwartet, bzw. nur am Rande; das ist zwar die Essenz des ganzen, trotzdem hat man es hier eher mit einem Agenten / Techno / Thriller zu tun - mit einem kleinen "Blick in die Zukunft". Wie schon im ersten Teil empfand ich das immense Wissen der verschiedenen Charaktere manchmal als zuviel des guten, konnte ich aber so wegzustecken.
Schön war, das Travis und Paige noch jemand neues in ihr kleines Team dazu bekommen haben und ich mag sie als Figuren alle eh sehr gerne, wobei hier nicht so sehr in die Tiefe gegangen wird. Die Entwicklungen, die die beiden durchmachen, geschieht eher im Hintergrund, hat aber starke Auswirkungen.
Übrigens schafft es der Autor sehr gut, diesen Band als einzeln lesbar zu schreiben, da er die Ereignisse aus dem ersten gekonnt einfügt. Trotzdem würde ich dazu raten, sie der Reihe nach zu lesen, da sie aufeinander aufbauen, auch wenn jeder in sich abgeschlossen ist.
Dennoch gibt es am Ende einen kleinen "Vorgeschmack" auf den dritten und letzten Band und ich bin neugierig, wie der Autor das ganze zu einem (hoffentlich) spannenden Finale bringen wird.
3.5 Sterne von mir
May 1, 2019
The one thing that came to my mind after finishing the book and also while reading, was: TOTAL UNEXPECTEDNESS. Now, I'm not saying it was unexpectedly good, because after the awesome The Breach, I was absolutely expecting a good yarn, and it exceeded all expectations to be simply BRILLIANT. And if The Breach gave me any indication, I was also expecting all kinds of unpredictable twists-turns in the story, so that was not much unexpected at all. No, the real unexpectedness would come from the buildup of the plot itself.
I wrote in my earlier Breach review that the whole plot of that book seemed like an introduction to a bigger arc yet to come. Well, I have to say that's also true for Ghost Country, as the ominous storyline foreshadowed at the last pages of Breach had not yet come to fruition here too, and most obviously going to go down in all its entirety in the last of the trilogy, Deep Sky. This story is almost completely disconnected from the fallout of the previous novel, other than the key players and some major items, a reader can actually enjoy it fully without even reading the first one. But no matter, I have absolutely NO disappointment at all with this turn of events. Because what we got here is a feverishly paced relentlessly suspenseful bat-shit crazy sci-fi action-thriller novel that's as good and as pure fun as they could come by!
I enjoyed the hell out of The Breach, but I can safely claim Ghost Country is bigger, better, more awesome in almost every way possible. The scale was much bigger (time travel, the freaking Apocalypse you name it!), the threats were higher (that would happen when PotUS himself is one of the Big Bad!) and whats at stake here is literally the end of the world with all of humanity hanging on short timer onto it!
Patrick Lee keeps surprising me with his crisp, clear, easy-to-follow narrative combining with the natural extraordinary engrossing storytelling ability he seems to have. Plus, he's not pulling any punches either, our heroes were falling in every bit of bad luck and hostility there could be with overwhelming number of odds working against them, having to rely only on their wits and intelligence to face them. As out-there as the story is (well most sci-fi novels has to be I guess), what impressed me most was the realistically believable execution of characters, action and situations. You won't find any larger-than-life cinematic high action-adventure sequence here. Instead, the story is, in a word: scary, as the scariest thing I can think of is the absolute darkness of the human mind guided by a deep moral code of its own, a person actually thinking he's doing the right thing, and has the ability to do so.
Although there's one very small thing I did find to gripe about, and it's the sudden end of the story. Though the main plot ended properly, I'd be happier to have at least one more chapter so that the whole fallout wouldn't had to be crammed in only the last two pages and could be more thoroughly discussed in one or two chapters (I guess it happened in The Breach too, now that I think about it). Anyway, this is called nitpicking. I loved this book, immensely enjoyed every minute of it reading, and would recommend to anyone up for a great suspense thriller, or simply a good read, period.
I wrote in my earlier Breach review that the whole plot of that book seemed like an introduction to a bigger arc yet to come. Well, I have to say that's also true for Ghost Country, as the ominous storyline foreshadowed at the last pages of Breach had not yet come to fruition here too, and most obviously going to go down in all its entirety in the last of the trilogy, Deep Sky. This story is almost completely disconnected from the fallout of the previous novel, other than the key players and some major items, a reader can actually enjoy it fully without even reading the first one. But no matter, I have absolutely NO disappointment at all with this turn of events. Because what we got here is a feverishly paced relentlessly suspenseful bat-shit crazy sci-fi action-thriller novel that's as good and as pure fun as they could come by!
I enjoyed the hell out of The Breach, but I can safely claim Ghost Country is bigger, better, more awesome in almost every way possible. The scale was much bigger (time travel, the freaking Apocalypse you name it!), the threats were higher (that would happen when PotUS himself is one of the Big Bad!) and whats at stake here is literally the end of the world with all of humanity hanging on short timer onto it!
Patrick Lee keeps surprising me with his crisp, clear, easy-to-follow narrative combining with the natural extraordinary engrossing storytelling ability he seems to have. Plus, he's not pulling any punches either, our heroes were falling in every bit of bad luck and hostility there could be with overwhelming number of odds working against them, having to rely only on their wits and intelligence to face them. As out-there as the story is (well most sci-fi novels has to be I guess), what impressed me most was the realistically believable execution of characters, action and situations. You won't find any larger-than-life cinematic high action-adventure sequence here. Instead, the story is, in a word: scary, as the scariest thing I can think of is the absolute darkness of the human mind guided by a deep moral code of its own, a person actually thinking he's doing the right thing, and has the ability to do so.
Although there's one very small thing I did find to gripe about, and it's the sudden end of the story. Though the main plot ended properly, I'd be happier to have at least one more chapter so that the whole fallout wouldn't had to be crammed in only the last two pages and could be more thoroughly discussed in one or two chapters (I guess it happened in The Breach too, now that I think about it). Anyway, this is called nitpicking. I loved this book, immensely enjoyed every minute of it reading, and would recommend to anyone up for a great suspense thriller, or simply a good read, period.
February 11, 2011
I really thought that there was no way that Lee could follow up his first book with anything remotely as interesting or well-written, and yet there's another five orange stars plastered next to his name.
Again, this is another nod to action sci-fi shows like Fringe and X-Files, but Lee writes with such perfect pacing, and in such a breezy, fluid, and enthralling way that he pulled me in better than any television show, or even any other sci-fi book, ever managed. The characters are great (though the rocket-pace of the story probably doesn't give them as much time as they deserve), the foundation of the story clever (despite some impossible action-cliche moments, and some very questionable real-world science), and the action scenes painted better than any novel I've ever read. It's simply a fantastic read for anyone wanting the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster action movie.
While I'm not going to say these books are the best I've ever read, I will say that they are probably among the most fun books I've ever read, and as a series I'd count these two among my top favorites of all time. I can't recommend them enough.
Again, this is another nod to action sci-fi shows like Fringe and X-Files, but Lee writes with such perfect pacing, and in such a breezy, fluid, and enthralling way that he pulled me in better than any television show, or even any other sci-fi book, ever managed. The characters are great (though the rocket-pace of the story probably doesn't give them as much time as they deserve), the foundation of the story clever (despite some impossible action-cliche moments, and some very questionable real-world science), and the action scenes painted better than any novel I've ever read. It's simply a fantastic read for anyone wanting the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster action movie.
While I'm not going to say these books are the best I've ever read, I will say that they are probably among the most fun books I've ever read, and as a series I'd count these two among my top favorites of all time. I can't recommend them enough.
August 1, 2011
Even though I named my blog "Fantasy & SciFi Lovin'" I love thrillers as well. Combine the two, and it's like the perfect peanut-butter/chocolate combination. So "The Breach," the first book in Patrick Lee's new series, was a real treat for me. I couldn't wait to get my hands on "Ghost Country" and, just like the first book, it didn't take me long to tear my way through Lee's latest offering.
The Good: There's a lot to like about "Ghost Country." Patrick Lee is a writer that knows how to write in a way the evokes powerful visuals. The name "Ghost Country" is a very apt description but it only partly conveys the eerie image of a long abandoned New York, and Lee does a great job of showing us what that would look like. Lee also knows how to write action sequences that have a kind of cinematic feel with lots of explosions and gun battles. It's the sort of take-no-prisoners writing that is made for big-screen adaptations and I can easily see this book as a movie. Lee also handles his 'big-reveal' moments in a way that not only surprise you, but they also hit you with a sense of awe; and sometimes horror. But the real star of "Ghost Country"-- and the series as a whole-- is the advanced technology. It's reminiscent of the dimension-jumping that goes on in the television show "Fringe" without feeling derivative of anything else. It has it's own unique mythology and feel that drives the story. It's not overly complicated but complex enough to keep the reader constantly engaged.
Not Sure: As much as I liked "Ghost Country," it didn't quite have the same payoff for me that "The Breach" did. Though I must admit I had almost unreasonably high expectations after being wowed by the ending of "The Breach." I felt like the first book left off with a pretty good sucker punch and I was really looking forward to seeing the story pick up where it left off. But-- and it's hard not to get too detailed here without offering too many spoilers-- Lee side-steps the conundrums of the last book by using the sleight-of-hand a writer can get away with by using the super-advanced technology featured in the series. The questions I had about The Breach were left dangling on the periphery and I admit to wanting more than I got. "Ghost Country" also deals a lot in "what ifs" and there are vivid images of what the worst-case scenario would look like. There was a sharp contrast between the 'normal' world and the world of 'what if?' and I wanted to see what the journey looked like in the middle. The way Lee writes the story makes perfect sense, but I craved more detail. Though I should mention that the story did follow through at the end with the promise of getting back to the story-line that drove the first book and perhaps get back into the heart of the story I was looking for.
Bottom Line: "Ghost Country" is a worthy successor to "The Breach." It has all the elements from the first including high-energy action and mind-bending technology. And while I might have wanted more detail and back-story, I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series.
The Good: There's a lot to like about "Ghost Country." Patrick Lee is a writer that knows how to write in a way the evokes powerful visuals. The name "Ghost Country" is a very apt description but it only partly conveys the eerie image of a long abandoned New York, and Lee does a great job of showing us what that would look like. Lee also knows how to write action sequences that have a kind of cinematic feel with lots of explosions and gun battles. It's the sort of take-no-prisoners writing that is made for big-screen adaptations and I can easily see this book as a movie. Lee also handles his 'big-reveal' moments in a way that not only surprise you, but they also hit you with a sense of awe; and sometimes horror. But the real star of "Ghost Country"-- and the series as a whole-- is the advanced technology. It's reminiscent of the dimension-jumping that goes on in the television show "Fringe" without feeling derivative of anything else. It has it's own unique mythology and feel that drives the story. It's not overly complicated but complex enough to keep the reader constantly engaged.
Not Sure: As much as I liked "Ghost Country," it didn't quite have the same payoff for me that "The Breach" did. Though I must admit I had almost unreasonably high expectations after being wowed by the ending of "The Breach." I felt like the first book left off with a pretty good sucker punch and I was really looking forward to seeing the story pick up where it left off. But-- and it's hard not to get too detailed here without offering too many spoilers-- Lee side-steps the conundrums of the last book by using the sleight-of-hand a writer can get away with by using the super-advanced technology featured in the series. The questions I had about The Breach were left dangling on the periphery and I admit to wanting more than I got. "Ghost Country" also deals a lot in "what ifs" and there are vivid images of what the worst-case scenario would look like. There was a sharp contrast between the 'normal' world and the world of 'what if?' and I wanted to see what the journey looked like in the middle. The way Lee writes the story makes perfect sense, but I craved more detail. Though I should mention that the story did follow through at the end with the promise of getting back to the story-line that drove the first book and perhaps get back into the heart of the story I was looking for.
Bottom Line: "Ghost Country" is a worthy successor to "The Breach." It has all the elements from the first including high-energy action and mind-bending technology. And while I might have wanted more detail and back-story, I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series.
July 23, 2013
GHOST COUNTRY (Pub. 2011) by Patrick Lee is the second book in a 3-book series, and I liked this one even more than the first one, which was great. I could not stop reading!
Inexplicable advanced technology has passed into our world through a super-secrete anomaly known as The Breach. In Book #1 of the series, we saw Travis Davis and Paige Campbell fighting for control of a gadget known as Whisper.
Book #2 has our hero and heroine fighting against the clock and wrong-headed politicians to save the world from destruction. The device that this story is centered around is known simply as a cylinder, but it's capabilities are far from simple. It allows people to travel back and forth between present day and the future, but this is not your usual 'time traveler's tale'...no sir, this is an edge of your seat, thriller coaster that you'll be happy to ride all the way to the last page.
What I like best about Book #2 is the electric pace combined with seeing glimpses of the apocalyptic future. The mystery of what has caused the end of the world as we know it, and what can be done in present day to prevent it happening. Watching the good guys trying to outwit the bad guys, with both having possession of one of the two time-travel cylinders. Great stuff. 5-stars all the way on this one.
The author's writing style is very smooth, seamless, with just enough description, inner thoughts and emotions to pull us into the characters without dragging down the pace at all. Also a little lighter on the 'techno facts' than the first book, but still enough to make the sci-geeks get sucked in. This book is definitely a 'different' read from the usual thrillers, and if you like sci-fi/techno thrillers snap this series up, you'll be glad you did.
Patrick Lee has hit all the right notes with GHOST COUNTRY, and I can't wait to start on the third book. :)
Inexplicable advanced technology has passed into our world through a super-secrete anomaly known as The Breach. In Book #1 of the series, we saw Travis Davis and Paige Campbell fighting for control of a gadget known as Whisper.
Book #2 has our hero and heroine fighting against the clock and wrong-headed politicians to save the world from destruction. The device that this story is centered around is known simply as a cylinder, but it's capabilities are far from simple. It allows people to travel back and forth between present day and the future, but this is not your usual 'time traveler's tale'...no sir, this is an edge of your seat, thriller coaster that you'll be happy to ride all the way to the last page.
What I like best about Book #2 is the electric pace combined with seeing glimpses of the apocalyptic future. The mystery of what has caused the end of the world as we know it, and what can be done in present day to prevent it happening. Watching the good guys trying to outwit the bad guys, with both having possession of one of the two time-travel cylinders. Great stuff. 5-stars all the way on this one.
The author's writing style is very smooth, seamless, with just enough description, inner thoughts and emotions to pull us into the characters without dragging down the pace at all. Also a little lighter on the 'techno facts' than the first book, but still enough to make the sci-geeks get sucked in. This book is definitely a 'different' read from the usual thrillers, and if you like sci-fi/techno thrillers snap this series up, you'll be glad you did.
Patrick Lee has hit all the right notes with GHOST COUNTRY, and I can't wait to start on the third book. :)
April 21, 2013
Please Note: I read and reviewed this book Feb. 2011 from a copy I received from the Amazon Vine program.
My Synopsis: This book is the sequel to The Breach. After the events in that book, Travis Chase has left Tangent in order to try to prevent future events that were predicted in The Breach. However, when events collude to cause Bethany Stewart - a member of Tangent - to call Chase back to help, he comes. She shows him a new Entity that recently came through the Breach - this one punches a hole in time to a specific point in the future. The future shown is horrific - there are no people left; the wilderness is overrunning the cities. And then there are the bones ... lots of bones. What happened to cause this future? How can they prevent it?
My Recommendation: With its nonstop action, this book is perfect for adrenalin junkies. Like The Breach, Ghost Country combines the best of thriller and science fiction into a unique style that is sure to please a wide variety of readers. This is a "don't miss"! I highly recommend it.
My Synopsis: This book is the sequel to The Breach. After the events in that book, Travis Chase has left Tangent in order to try to prevent future events that were predicted in The Breach. However, when events collude to cause Bethany Stewart - a member of Tangent - to call Chase back to help, he comes. She shows him a new Entity that recently came through the Breach - this one punches a hole in time to a specific point in the future. The future shown is horrific - there are no people left; the wilderness is overrunning the cities. And then there are the bones ... lots of bones. What happened to cause this future? How can they prevent it?
My Recommendation: With its nonstop action, this book is perfect for adrenalin junkies. Like The Breach, Ghost Country combines the best of thriller and science fiction into a unique style that is sure to please a wide variety of readers. This is a "don't miss"! I highly recommend it.
March 9, 2017
I was surprised at the different angle this book took, somehow I was expecting a somewhat straighter storyline - not that that's something bad. I didn't like the choice the main character made at the very beginning and wanted to shout at him that it is wrong and doesn't make sense. Turns out, he sees for himself at the end. The obviousness looses a star for me. There are two other occasions in this book where I wanted to scream out loud, because the characters were just not understanding either what they were being told (in words) or not seeing the openly presented solution. I don't like an author doing that and I haven't encountered that in a long time. Thats another star gone from my point of view. Then there is the continueing action scene following action scene with no breather, no coping and no room for more, which would be another star gone, but I'll counter that with the books grip. So there we are with a strong 3 star rating. I'll continue with book three of the trilogy.
In my rating scale 3 is okay, but not a book I'd pick up if I'd known.
In my rating scale 3 is okay, but not a book I'd pick up if I'd known.
November 9, 2019
solidno no skinuo sam jednu zvjezdicu jer je uporabio ponavljajuću akcijsku formu "uhvate me, pobjegnem, uhvate me, pobjegnem...." koja se često vidi u filmovima, a mene osobno živcira čim se ponovi više od jednom
čekam objavu zadnjeg nastavka
čekam objavu zadnjeg nastavka
April 27, 2025
Fast paced, fun, actiony and far-fetched... qualities in all the most enjoyable SF novels, and Ghost Country had them all. Finished in a single day. Don't waste time picking apart the science or the unlikely confluence of events that would have to happen for the plot to work; just strap in and enjoy the ride.
July 22, 2015
This book was better than the first one in this series by Patrick Lee. I was completely hooked from the beginning on this one. It pulled me along ... all the way to the end. I mentioned in my review of the first book of this series that there were sci-fi elements that were so completely far-fetched that it felt beyond my grasp. This one still has far-fetched elements as well, but for some reason it totally worked for me in this one. I loved the whole sci-fi premise of this one. I understood this one more than the one in the first book because it was defined with a solid purpose and it was described in specific detail.
Overall, this one was a page turner for me.
Overall, this one was a page turner for me.
January 18, 2012
Originally reviewed on The Book Smugglers
It has been two years since ex-cop and ex-con Travis Chase has stumbled across the shadow government agency known as Tangent, purportedly by accident in the wilds of Alaska. Two years since he has discovered the mysterious entity known as “the Breach”, a result of the VLIC particle collider that has opened a portal to a different reality. Two years since he has walked away from the woman he loves and a job at which he is perfectly matched – all because he has learned that his future involvement with Tangent could lead to his own corruption and the death of thousands. Instead of continuing his work with the agency at Paige’s side, Travis has gone off the grid after he learns that the Artificial Intelligence Breach entity called “The Whisper” is, in fact, the product of his own creation and that a future iteration of Paige is resolved on killing him. Spurning money, erasing his old identity and severing all ties with anything and anyone from his past, Travis is content with his new life working for minimum wage – if he has no means, he cannot hurt anyone. Or so he thinks.
All seems well until a young woman arrives at his apartment – claiming to be from Tangent, on Paige’s orders. It turns out, Paige has been targeted for what she’s discovered, and the only person she can trust is the one man no longer aligned with the agency or with any political ties. A new entity has emerged from The Breach – and the future it shows is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A ghost town. In order to stop the end of the world, Paige and Travis must reunite against a foe far more formidable than anything they’ve faced before.
Dearest readers, I was limited when I had to do my review of The Breach for our Smugglivus Feats of Strength. I couldn’t accurately convey my shock and love for the book – against ALL odds. A hybrid, sci-fi heavy version of The X-Files, Fringe, and a touch of John McClaine-ish badass cop down on his luck meets savvy, wicked smart dame that can kick ass both physically and mentally, I freaking adored this cinematic, action-high read (with a killer kick that ties the entire story together, I might add). In Ghost Country, Travis and Paige are back with a vengeance, facing higher stakes than they ever could have imagined. While The Breach was more of a traditional thriller, Ghost Country is more of a slowly-unfolding mystery – we learn what has happened to the future world and how this apocalypse has come to be, but it’s a horror that unfolds tantalizingly and gradually.
If there’s anyone worthy of being called Michael Crichton-esque in style and scope, it’s Patrick Lee. Ghost Country is heavy on the action (and if you’re an action junkie like me, it’s always a good thing to discover a new author that is good at both visual detail but not at the expense of the story), but the characters have surprising humanity and sympathy. Even though Travis is a tad bit too good to be true – devoted to Paige, willing to live his life on the sidelines for the good of mankind and all that noble nonsense – he’s also got a badass, gunslinger streak that keeps him from being too much of a goody two shoes. At the same time, Paige is beautiful and brilliant, and completely capable of taking care of herself. The coolest thing about these two characters is that even though they’ve split (and Paige never knows why Travis has left Tangent, other than it must be something terrible and unspeakable), they know that they can always count on the other. My only complaint with the dynamic of their relationship is how often Travis plays the hero to Paige’s damsel in distress – the scales are tipped in his favor, and I hope that in the third book there’s more of a balance.
I don’t want to say too much about the cause of the apocalypse, or how the mystery unfolds for fear of spoilers. Suffice to say, I think things unfold seamlessly, and Patrick Lee has created another winning thriller-ish mystery with a hard scifi twist. While the twist behind Ghost Country isn’t nearly as WTFPOLARBEAR! as that of The Breach (by the way, it’s the new yardstick that I will forever measure all SF thrillers against because it is THAT awesome), it’s still fantastically executed. I loved this book and cannot wait to catch up with Deep Sky very, very soon.
If you are a fan of Fringe, The X-Files, or any type of hard-boiled, gruff hero with a heart of gold crossed with a shadowy government conspiracy, it doesn’t get any better. Seriously. Try The Breach and Ghost Country. I dare you.
It has been two years since ex-cop and ex-con Travis Chase has stumbled across the shadow government agency known as Tangent, purportedly by accident in the wilds of Alaska. Two years since he has discovered the mysterious entity known as “the Breach”, a result of the VLIC particle collider that has opened a portal to a different reality. Two years since he has walked away from the woman he loves and a job at which he is perfectly matched – all because he has learned that his future involvement with Tangent could lead to his own corruption and the death of thousands. Instead of continuing his work with the agency at Paige’s side, Travis has gone off the grid after he learns that the Artificial Intelligence Breach entity called “The Whisper” is, in fact, the product of his own creation and that a future iteration of Paige is resolved on killing him. Spurning money, erasing his old identity and severing all ties with anything and anyone from his past, Travis is content with his new life working for minimum wage – if he has no means, he cannot hurt anyone. Or so he thinks.
All seems well until a young woman arrives at his apartment – claiming to be from Tangent, on Paige’s orders. It turns out, Paige has been targeted for what she’s discovered, and the only person she can trust is the one man no longer aligned with the agency or with any political ties. A new entity has emerged from The Breach – and the future it shows is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A ghost town. In order to stop the end of the world, Paige and Travis must reunite against a foe far more formidable than anything they’ve faced before.
Dearest readers, I was limited when I had to do my review of The Breach for our Smugglivus Feats of Strength. I couldn’t accurately convey my shock and love for the book – against ALL odds. A hybrid, sci-fi heavy version of The X-Files, Fringe, and a touch of John McClaine-ish badass cop down on his luck meets savvy, wicked smart dame that can kick ass both physically and mentally, I freaking adored this cinematic, action-high read (with a killer kick that ties the entire story together, I might add). In Ghost Country, Travis and Paige are back with a vengeance, facing higher stakes than they ever could have imagined. While The Breach was more of a traditional thriller, Ghost Country is more of a slowly-unfolding mystery – we learn what has happened to the future world and how this apocalypse has come to be, but it’s a horror that unfolds tantalizingly and gradually.
If there’s anyone worthy of being called Michael Crichton-esque in style and scope, it’s Patrick Lee. Ghost Country is heavy on the action (and if you’re an action junkie like me, it’s always a good thing to discover a new author that is good at both visual detail but not at the expense of the story), but the characters have surprising humanity and sympathy. Even though Travis is a tad bit too good to be true – devoted to Paige, willing to live his life on the sidelines for the good of mankind and all that noble nonsense – he’s also got a badass, gunslinger streak that keeps him from being too much of a goody two shoes. At the same time, Paige is beautiful and brilliant, and completely capable of taking care of herself. The coolest thing about these two characters is that even though they’ve split (and Paige never knows why Travis has left Tangent, other than it must be something terrible and unspeakable), they know that they can always count on the other. My only complaint with the dynamic of their relationship is how often Travis plays the hero to Paige’s damsel in distress – the scales are tipped in his favor, and I hope that in the third book there’s more of a balance.
I don’t want to say too much about the cause of the apocalypse, or how the mystery unfolds for fear of spoilers. Suffice to say, I think things unfold seamlessly, and Patrick Lee has created another winning thriller-ish mystery with a hard scifi twist. While the twist behind Ghost Country isn’t nearly as WTFPOLARBEAR! as that of The Breach (by the way, it’s the new yardstick that I will forever measure all SF thrillers against because it is THAT awesome), it’s still fantastically executed. I loved this book and cannot wait to catch up with Deep Sky very, very soon.
If you are a fan of Fringe, The X-Files, or any type of hard-boiled, gruff hero with a heart of gold crossed with a shadowy government conspiracy, it doesn’t get any better. Seriously. Try The Breach and Ghost Country. I dare you.
August 6, 2016
I loved this book. Apart from being a great fast-paced thriller, it has a touch of romance too.
From the first book: some thirty years ago something like a portal opened and the scientists gave it a name - the Breach. Every now and then various objects come through it. Some of them are bad and some are good. Tangent, a secret organization, was created to collect and analyse those objects. This book deals with an object which shows a future (deliberate use of a). Paige went to show the object to the president and to tell him a horrible thing they have learned from it. Her group was killed and she was captured. Bethany, a girl Paige called for help. This is short summary of the action part. It is really fast. They don't get a moment of piece.
Now for the romance part. You get they fell in love in the first book. You get the reason why Travis left. There is no drama, no dumb love triangles. Now, the following are not exactly spoilers. They are more moments I loved regarding the romance.
From the first book: some thirty years ago something like a portal opened and the scientists gave it a name - the Breach. Every now and then various objects come through it. Some of them are bad and some are good. Tangent, a secret organization, was created to collect and analyse those objects. This book deals with an object which shows a future (deliberate use of a). Paige went to show the object to the president and to tell him a horrible thing they have learned from it. Her group was killed and she was captured. Bethany, a girl Paige called for help. This is short summary of the action part. It is really fast. They don't get a moment of piece.
Now for the romance part. You get they fell in love in the first book. You get the reason why Travis left. There is no drama, no dumb love triangles. Now, the following are not exactly spoilers. They are more moments I loved regarding the romance.
March 10, 2024
Loved this book just like the first one , can’t wait to read the last one .
April 30, 2022
ZEMLJA DUHOVA-PATRICK LEE
✒"S druge strane otvora je sedamdeset godina nakon kraja svijeta. Kad god da se taj kraj dogodio."
👻Šta biste uradili da možete da otvorite prozor u ne baš sjajnu budućnost?
👻Šta se desi kad se dobrotvorima pregreje mozak?
👻Može li se sprečiti apokalipsa?
👻Ubola sam u centar. Drugi deo trilogije. Naravno da me to ne čudi. 😂
👻Brzi i uzbudljiv SF politički triler,ili prosto rečeno akcija od početka do kraja s mnoštvo preokreta
👻Naučno-tehničke detalje sam ukapirala čak i ja,koja sam totalni laik za fiziku,satelitske tehnologije i geografsko klimatske karakteristike pojedinih mesta.
👻Pomalo kliše likivi,ali bože moj,nisam ni očekivala duboku analizu i promišljanje dok jure kroz ruševine,skaču,prevrću se i pucaju sve u par sekundi.
👻To ne znači da knjiga nema pouku. Pouka je-put do pakla popločan je najboljim namerama. Veoma često. Ili-pazite dobro šta želite,možda će vam se to i ostvariti. Ili-svako dobro ima svoje zlo. Ma pročitajte knjigu,nećete se pokajati 😁
#7sensesofabook #bookstagram #literature #knjige #readingaddict
✒"S druge strane otvora je sedamdeset godina nakon kraja svijeta. Kad god da se taj kraj dogodio."
👻Šta biste uradili da možete da otvorite prozor u ne baš sjajnu budućnost?
👻Šta se desi kad se dobrotvorima pregreje mozak?
👻Može li se sprečiti apokalipsa?
👻Ubola sam u centar. Drugi deo trilogije. Naravno da me to ne čudi. 😂
👻Brzi i uzbudljiv SF politički triler,ili prosto rečeno akcija od početka do kraja s mnoštvo preokreta
👻Naučno-tehničke detalje sam ukapirala čak i ja,koja sam totalni laik za fiziku,satelitske tehnologije i geografsko klimatske karakteristike pojedinih mesta.
👻Pomalo kliše likivi,ali bože moj,nisam ni očekivala duboku analizu i promišljanje dok jure kroz ruševine,skaču,prevrću se i pucaju sve u par sekundi.
👻To ne znači da knjiga nema pouku. Pouka je-put do pakla popločan je najboljim namerama. Veoma često. Ili-pazite dobro šta želite,možda će vam se to i ostvariti. Ili-svako dobro ima svoje zlo. Ma pročitajte knjigu,nećete se pokajati 😁
#7sensesofabook #bookstagram #literature #knjige #readingaddict
September 5, 2020
Prvi dio je još bio i zanimljiv s iznenađujućom radnjom i stilom pisanja, ljetni roman za baciti. A Zemlja duhova je prežvakavanje slične priče s dodatkom putovanja kroz vrijeme. I dalje je prisutan filmski tempo ali to je sve. O radnji i stvarima koje lik piše bolje da ništa ne kažem, nema smisla.
March 24, 2015
An interesting book. Paige works for a group called Tangent. Items come through from an area called the Breach. Finally a pair come through which allows a glimpse into the future - the very NEAR future. Most of the humans on Earth have perished. But how, why? Paige is captured and others in her group killed after a visit to the President. She manages to contact another of her group, Bethany, who escapes with one of the pair of Entities. The President has the second. Bethany locates Travis, who left Tangent after seeing a possible future that he is involved in. Between them they have to rescue Paige and save the Earth.
April 4, 2016
I thoroughly enjoyed this, the third book I've read by Patrick Lee. Unfortunately I'm going through a bit of a reading slump at the moment, so took a couple of weeks over reading this-my doing and no reflection on the Ghost Country.
I definitely recommend this author to those who enjoy this genre. His writing is detailed and gripping while taking you on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
I definitely recommend this author to those who enjoy this genre. His writing is detailed and gripping while taking you on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
August 8, 2013
An interesting story with a different take on the future. I haven`t read the first book but I will read the next installment to see what happens. What are the items that are coming from the future and who sends them ? HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ????? One wonders !
April 5, 2019
Once again, Patrick Lee has delivered a fast-paced exiting thriller. The plot was solid and interesting and could not wait to find out what was going to happen next. I did like the first book a bit better, I guess I like a high body count, but this was a solid second outing for the protagonist, Travis Chase.
November 1, 2020
It's an OK book. It wasn't as intruiging as I expected and I usually like these post-apocalyptic ones.
It's a meh book, but if you have some time, and are isolating at the moment, it might serve its purpose.
It's a meh book, but if you have some time, and are isolating at the moment, it might serve its purpose.
January 5, 2015
*** Spoilers In this review ***
Irrational supposition piled on top of unlikely scenario layered with mundane description.
The characters in this book make a lot of suppositions. The story begins with a motorcade that has just left the White House being attacked. The main character has time to jump to the conclusion that "it must be the president." Why is this the automatic conclusion since there are many power players in Washington and most are spying on one another and often have opposing goals.
One glaring inconsistency throughout both books is this organization protecting the breach is supposed to be a multinational effort and yet where are the multinationals? Every major character is from the U.S. and no one references any other country making decisions regarding the fate of the world.
One would think protocols would be in place for the care of these super secret entities. And yet in both books they can be hidden and removed with impunity, even by a newly hired underling. Security at this maximum security base is laughable, which makes me wonder why it is the most important installation in the world.
Another glaring supposition - they have two "entities" and haven't had a chance to study them before. These cylinders are not in the same place at the same time and yet the characters conclude with little effort that both must do the same thing and take people forward in time. Why is it not logical that one goes forward and one goes backward? One obvious question not asked is the power source of this cylinder that goes through time. They just take it without question that it will work however many times and however long they use it. When they first activate the cylinders they hear noises coming from the housing. The character, Paige, concludes that the noises must have been the cylinder locking the timeline so their actions don't affect that future.... Why would someone automatically conclude this?
The book continues throughout to get lost in mundane descriptions. The author tends to over describe these entities. When they go into the future he spends too much time over-describing a decaying building. It freezes the story in its tracks and bores the reader.
While looking for clues as to their next move, the protagonists come across a name and do a search for this person. One character states there's, "Only one Eldred Warren in the United States." Unless you have a unique name would there be no other living person in the U.S. with the same name.
In another scene the characters go 70 years into the future and see mummified bodies everywhere in a desert town. The author describes seeing two twenty-year-olds sitting against the wall together and jumps to the conclusion that the female died first, 1. Who cares 2. Does this move the story along - NO. In a following scene they come across a dead man in his forties. How would they know the ages of these desiccated corpses?
They also find hundreds of thousands of cars from all across America parked in neat, orderly rows in the desert. Even if the people were under the effects of a brain altering satellite (as the reader discovers later on in the story) this premise is ludicrous.
While roaming around town they hear a recording that is still playing after 70 years and instantly decide it must be hooked to solar panels and wired with a solid-state flash drive. So why would someone hook up speakers to solar panels? Why would they want the recording to last for years? This is ridiculous even accepting the premise that solar panels exposed to elements in a desert would last even close to that long.
The author needs to review the definition of Implosion versus explosion.
Makes a reference to an mp5 as a machine gun. It is a submachine gun.
Use 70 year old containers of gas to light a fire. Gas evaporates faster than water so it is implausible any gas would remain in the containers, especially in the desert.
The characters escape from a raging fire riding bikes with "fabric" seats and no rubber tires. Even though there is little rain in the desert a 70-year-old bike sitting in the sun would be useless.
The antagonist, Finn, makes no sense as a character. For some reason he keeps telling his kill team to make sure their quarry does not suffer. Finn is worthless as the main enemy. He is a weak character who the author wants to make as a sympathetic bad guy and yet comes across as a spineless pansy versus a man bent on the destruction of the world.
After the characters discover the nefarious plot they sneak in to meet with the Ex-President. A secret service guard watching monitors in another room notices a woman sitting with the man and realizes she hasn't logged in. Does he do the natural thing and turn to the other secret service agents and ask who is this girl? No, of course not. Instead he takes a screen shot image with his cell phone, goes to the bathroom like a teenager getting a call from his girlfriend, and calls someone to ask about the girl.
I wanted to like this book, but the failings throughout the story make it impossible for me to read any more works by this author.
Irrational supposition piled on top of unlikely scenario layered with mundane description.
The characters in this book make a lot of suppositions. The story begins with a motorcade that has just left the White House being attacked. The main character has time to jump to the conclusion that "it must be the president." Why is this the automatic conclusion since there are many power players in Washington and most are spying on one another and often have opposing goals.
One glaring inconsistency throughout both books is this organization protecting the breach is supposed to be a multinational effort and yet where are the multinationals? Every major character is from the U.S. and no one references any other country making decisions regarding the fate of the world.
One would think protocols would be in place for the care of these super secret entities. And yet in both books they can be hidden and removed with impunity, even by a newly hired underling. Security at this maximum security base is laughable, which makes me wonder why it is the most important installation in the world.
Another glaring supposition - they have two "entities" and haven't had a chance to study them before. These cylinders are not in the same place at the same time and yet the characters conclude with little effort that both must do the same thing and take people forward in time. Why is it not logical that one goes forward and one goes backward? One obvious question not asked is the power source of this cylinder that goes through time. They just take it without question that it will work however many times and however long they use it. When they first activate the cylinders they hear noises coming from the housing. The character, Paige, concludes that the noises must have been the cylinder locking the timeline so their actions don't affect that future.... Why would someone automatically conclude this?
The book continues throughout to get lost in mundane descriptions. The author tends to over describe these entities. When they go into the future he spends too much time over-describing a decaying building. It freezes the story in its tracks and bores the reader.
While looking for clues as to their next move, the protagonists come across a name and do a search for this person. One character states there's, "Only one Eldred Warren in the United States." Unless you have a unique name would there be no other living person in the U.S. with the same name.
In another scene the characters go 70 years into the future and see mummified bodies everywhere in a desert town. The author describes seeing two twenty-year-olds sitting against the wall together and jumps to the conclusion that the female died first, 1. Who cares 2. Does this move the story along - NO. In a following scene they come across a dead man in his forties. How would they know the ages of these desiccated corpses?
They also find hundreds of thousands of cars from all across America parked in neat, orderly rows in the desert. Even if the people were under the effects of a brain altering satellite (as the reader discovers later on in the story) this premise is ludicrous.
While roaming around town they hear a recording that is still playing after 70 years and instantly decide it must be hooked to solar panels and wired with a solid-state flash drive. So why would someone hook up speakers to solar panels? Why would they want the recording to last for years? This is ridiculous even accepting the premise that solar panels exposed to elements in a desert would last even close to that long.
The author needs to review the definition of Implosion versus explosion.
Makes a reference to an mp5 as a machine gun. It is a submachine gun.
Use 70 year old containers of gas to light a fire. Gas evaporates faster than water so it is implausible any gas would remain in the containers, especially in the desert.
The characters escape from a raging fire riding bikes with "fabric" seats and no rubber tires. Even though there is little rain in the desert a 70-year-old bike sitting in the sun would be useless.
The antagonist, Finn, makes no sense as a character. For some reason he keeps telling his kill team to make sure their quarry does not suffer. Finn is worthless as the main enemy. He is a weak character who the author wants to make as a sympathetic bad guy and yet comes across as a spineless pansy versus a man bent on the destruction of the world.
After the characters discover the nefarious plot they sneak in to meet with the Ex-President. A secret service guard watching monitors in another room notices a woman sitting with the man and realizes she hasn't logged in. Does he do the natural thing and turn to the other secret service agents and ask who is this girl? No, of course not. Instead he takes a screen shot image with his cell phone, goes to the bathroom like a teenager getting a call from his girlfriend, and calls someone to ask about the girl.
I wanted to like this book, but the failings throughout the story make it impossible for me to read any more works by this author.
May 3, 2020
Obzirom da je ovo nastavak "Pukotine" valja ih usporediti. Osobno mi je Pukotina daleko bolja i čini mi se da se Patrick malo pogubio, iako je tu i dalje nenadmašan akcijski stil pisanja.
September 28, 2020
It's alright, but forgettable.
November 19, 2020
Prva polovica knjige je malo sporija, ali je zanimljiva prica do kraja.
September 19, 2022
Another book I don't remember much of, but enough of it to remember it was as good as the other two books, so shabing shabong, 5 stars.
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