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C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1362
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 11:10 pm: |   |
The Mindsight Book of the Month for March 2004 is Kevin Grover's Strike Swiftly
Congratulations Kevin!
Visit the BOM page
Don't forget to buy your copy at Amazon.com or at Barnes & Noble
CEW |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1363
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 11:13 pm: | |
Since I'm not currently on vacation (YES!) I haven't updated the BOM page just yet... but I will soon  |
Sheila Schmidt
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
378
Registered: 05-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 09:14 am: | |
Congrats! Congrats!
Sheila |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2637
Registered: 01-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 09:39 am: | |
Kevin Grover surpassed himself with this sequel to Strike Hard. He's learned a thing or two since writing his first book, and has put it all to good use in Strike Swiftly.
Hans Reinhardt and his Hitler Youth sidekick Heinrich are still very much in evidence. Hans is in his 80s, but no doddering old man by any stretch of the imagination. He is "soft spoken with full bodied white hair, still well-muscled despite advanced age, with bright blue eyes that stalk their way from under white eyebrows". Despite that kindly description of the evil genius, Hans, his plan in this book is sinister and horrifying. He's plotted his revenge on Tony Wilson for several years and everything is firmly underway as this book begins. Age and an obsessive hatred of our hero has warped Hans' mind to a frightening degree. Neither his loyalty to the Nazi party nor his friendships of a lifetime mean much anymore compared to his drive to punish Tony Wilson. This time nothing is left to chance. Tony's demise is planned around detonating an SS-20 Ballistic Missile Warhead packing a 50 megaton whallop.
Tony is now an F.B.I. agent, but tragedy has given him a harder edge this time around. The calm and methodical Tony of Strike Hard has turned reckless, with a coldly cynical streak he didn't have before. Tony doesn't much give a damn if he lives or dies, long before Hans resurfaces. His old friend, Nathan Hooks, joins the fray once again as Tony battles wits with Hans in a hair raising countdown to nuclear calamity. His cat and mouse game with Hans holds special meaning, because the personal stakes involved are broader reaching. This time, if Hans has his way, Tony will die along with everyone he loves and tens of thousands more.
Just like with his first book, Kevin Grover did his research, producing fascinating tidbits gleaned directly from the Los Alamos National Laboratory staff. And the author threw in a couple unexpected twists that caught me totally off guard.
Strike Swiftly is well written. The tension builds to a thought provoking climax, and the ending gave me chills. Mr. Grover has me eagerly anticipating a third book in this series!
Laurel Johnson
Midwest Book Review} |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
862
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 09:53 am: | |
Great review for a gripping book from a wonderful man...... Congratas for being BOM Kevin.
Claudia |
Fred Dungan
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
597
Registered: 10-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 10:46 pm: | |
Next step, Book of the Year. Congratulations, Kevin. |
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