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Summary: Du Brul just gets better and better
Review: I've enjoyed every one of Du Brul's novels, and I can honestly say each one displays the author's growing ability to narrate plausible stories based on outlandish plots. Mercer returns with a vengeance in a story based almost entirely in and around mysterious and hostile Greenland. Though using a somewhat over-used premise (the Nazi's nefarious doings in the past being used for terrorism in the future), Du Brul seamlessly weaves history with fiction to produce a fast-paced, fun read. Du Brul is picking up where Cussler is leaving off- and that's as high a compliment as I can pay to this wonderful adventure writer!
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Summary: Du Brul just gets better and better
Review: I've enjoyed every one of Du Brul's novels, and I can honestly say each one displays the author's growing ability to narrate plausible stories based on outlandish plots. Mercer returns with a vengeance in a story based almost entirely in and around mysterious and hostile Greenland. Though using a somewhat over-used premise (the Nazi's nefarious doings in the past being used for terrorism in the future), Du Brul seamlessly weaves history with fiction to produce a fast-paced, fun read. Du Brul is picking up where Cussler is leaving off- and that's as high a compliment as I can pay to this wonderful adventure writer!
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Summary: Jack Du Brul--the NEXT Clive Cussler
Review: It was entirely by accident that I ended up reading Jack Du Brul, but after finishing 'Vulcan's Forge' I realized that the heir to the action/adventure throne originally dominated by Clive Cussler had finally arrived. I was a bit skeptical--at first, but after finishing 'Charon's Landing' I realized it was no mistake. Then came 'The Medusa Stone' and I came to the conclusion that Clive Cussler had serious competition. I am happy to report that 'Pandora's Curse' proves once and for all that Phillip Mercer can stand toe to toe with Dirk Pitt anytime, anyplace, anywhere. This story is a complex one that takes you in several directions at once--but never fear, Du Brul keeps a tight reign on this story and never lets you drift too far in any one direction without pulling you somewhere else--all moving you in a careful orchestration that comes together nicely as the story unfolds.
At first I couldn't fathom what a luxury liner filled with the world's religious leaders had to do with Nazi's and a search for
something in Greenland that could spell the end of life on earth as we know it. TRUST me, Du Brul pulls it off. It seems to me that some folks who read these books can easily accept Dirk Pitt's daring do escapes from certain death over and over and over again in impossible situations, but when Phillip Mercer does it, well it just ain't right. Anyone with an open mind will enjoy this and all of Du Brul's adventures for what they are: Adventure FICTION meant to entertain--and entertain it DOES. Phillip Mercer isn't a character to be taken seriously, and I don't think Du Brul wants us to believe that the situations described in the novel WILL come true...but oh what a ride they take us on! Take James Bond for instance...does anyone take HIS adventures seriously? I don't think so. But we DO go along for the ride simply because of how much fun we KNOW we're gonna have along the way. Same goes for 'Pandora's Curse' and all of Du Brul's novels. Finally, I don't draw the connection between Dirk Pitt and Phillip Mercer to suggest one is a clone of the other--far from it. Both are entirely different and they are ONLY similar because I cannot think of any other character that can be used to describe the 'type' of story that you will find when you read Du Brul's novels. If you find yourself a fan of Clive Cussler,
and you haven't yet discovered Jack Du Brul yet, consider yourself fortunate because you now have several of his novels to look forward to reading (and I recommend reading them in order--but you don't have to). Jack Du Brul really IS the finest adventure author on the scene today (to quote Clive himself). Get to know Phillip Mercer. These are adventures well worth taking. Kudos once again to Jack and his amazingly creative imagination. I very much look forward now to Mercer's next quest. Highly Recommended.
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Summary: Oh Please!
Review: Lots of fun, at first, but eventually I just couldn't handle all the conveniently placed holes that let Mercer escape out of yet another impossible situation. I finished it but hated the last 100 pages or so because it all became so unbelievable. I've also read some Cussler but Mercer puts Pitt to shame.
I mean, really, a left-over submarine.....
Reminded me of the old cliff-hangers where you actually saw the hero die in the last 5 seconds ... but, no, in the next episode he magically survives.
Not for the serious reader.
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Summary: A Worthwhile Read
Review: Mining engineer/millionaire/secret agent/explorer/and general do gooder Philip Mercer is at it again. He's been sponsored for membership in the prestigious Surveyor's Society, a collection of explorers, wanna be explorers, and wealthy philanthropists who have nothing better to do than spend their money on explorations. Mercer's membership, a life long ambition, is contingent upon his joining an expedition to uncover Camp Decade, an abandoned U.S. army base on Greenland, presently buried under 30 feet of ice. News of the expedition reaches the executive offices of Kohl Industries, a huge German industrial conglomerate. Kohl led by top executive Klaus Raeder and second in command and Neo-Nazi Gunther Rath, had profited greatly while serving the Nazi cause during WW2. They are presently negotiating reparations to Jewish organizations to keep themselves in good stead. European Nazi hunters simultaneously get wind of the expedition as well. They place German trauma surgeon Annika Klein, a grand daughter of a famous Austrian Nazi hunter in Mercer's group. It seems that Kohl was instrumental in financing the Greenland based "Pandora Plot". The Surveyor Society expedition threatens to expose the plot, weakening Kohl's position in the world market. Kohl's execs are desperate to destroy the evidence of their involvement. They piggy back onto the Society's expedition with a group from a Kohl subsidiary, Geo-Research to secretly destroy the loose ends. The Pandora Plot involved the stealing of Jewish gold by the Nazis. The gold was fashioned into shielding receptacles to hold intensely radioactive fragments of the 1908 Tunguska meteorite which exploded in Siberia. A cache of these boxes lay hidden in an underground cavern in Greenland. While this is happening Pope Leo XIV is organizing what is called the Universal Convocation. Clerics representing all the worlds religions are being brought together on a huge cruise ship which will be sailing in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. Mercer's mission is abundantly clear...............save the world. Du Brul fashions a fascinating read in tying together all the fragments of his plot cohesively. He reminds me of Clive Cussler before he got lazy. As Cussler himself says Du Brul is "the finest adventure writer on the scene today". I wholeheartedly agree.
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Summary: Updated Nazi terror plot
Review: Mining engineer/millionaire/secret agent/explorer/and general do gooder Philip Mercer is at it again. He's been sponsored for membership in the prestigious Surveyor's Society, a collection of explorers, wanna be explorers, and wealthy philanthropists who have nothing better to do than spend their money on explorations. Mercer's membership, a life long ambition, is contingent upon his joining an expedition to uncover Camp Decade, an abandoned U.S. army base on Greenland, presently buried under 30 feet of ice. News of the expedition reaches the executive offices of Kohl Industries, a huge German industrial conglomerate. Kohl led by top executive Klaus Raeder and second in command and Neo-Nazi Gunther Rath, had profited greatly while serving the Nazi cause during WW2. They are presently negotiating reparations to Jewish organizations to keep themselves in good stead. European Nazi hunters simultaneously get wind of the expedition as well. They place German trauma surgeon Annika Klein, a grand daughter of a famous Austrian Nazi hunter in Mercer's group. It seems that Kohl was instrumental in financing the Greenland based "Pandora Plot". The Surveyor Society expedition threatens to expose the plot, weakening Kohl's position in the world market. Kohl's execs are desperate to destroy the evidence of their involvement. They piggy back onto the Society's expedition with a group from a Kohl subsidiary, Geo-Research to secretly destroy the loose ends. The Pandora Plot involved the stealing of Jewish gold by the Nazis. The gold was fashioned into shielding receptacles to hold intensely radioactive fragments of the 1908 Tunguska meteorite which exploded in Siberia. A cache of these boxes lay hidden in an underground cavern in Greenland. While this is happening Pope Leo XIV is organizing what is called the Universal Convocation. Clerics representing all the worlds religions are being brought together on a huge cruise ship which will be sailing in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. Mercer's mission is abundantly clear...............save the world. Du Brul fashions a fascinating read in tying together all the fragments of his plot cohesively. He reminds me of Clive Cussler before he got lazy. As Cussler himself says Du Brul is "the finest adventure writer on the scene today". I wholeheartedly agree.
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Summary: Move over Dirk Pitt, Phillip Mercer is here!!
Review: Pandora's Curse is the best book yet by Jack Du Brul. A great mix of humor, romance, and the thrilling action that will leave you exhausted. Phillip Mercer battles the elements in Greenland and Iceland to uncover a horrific secret left over from WWII. The fast paced action will leave you gasping for breath with each twist and turn of the story. Move over Dirk Pitt! Phillip Mercer has arrived! Other books by Jack Du Brul include: Vulcan's Forge, Charon's Landing, and Medusa Stone.
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Summary: A Modern Master of the Adventure Genre.
Review: Pandora's Curse takes the reader on a wide-ranging, breakneck ride from World War II to the present, courtesy of one of the adventure novel's modern masters, Jack DuBrul. Unputdownable and highly recommended.
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Summary: A Modern Master of the Adventure Genre.
Review: Pandora's Curse takes the reader on a wide-ranging, breakneck ride from World War II to the present, courtesy of one of the adventure novel's modern masters, Jack DuBrul. Unputdownable and highly recommended.
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Summary: First class adventure story
Review: Phillip Mercer is back and as good as ever. This book combines Nazi and Nazi hunters, religous fanatics and some very interesting premises. This book is a page turner and the type of book that Cussler, Clancy and Ludlum were famous for.
I could not put it down and lost a lot of sleep by doing a little reading before I went to bed, the one more chapter kept going on chapter after chapter.
If you want a good story that has an intersting premise and in the page turner style of the authors above, read this book.
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