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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: A boring and uneventful book. The outcome of the book was easy to predict, and the once mighty Kirk McGarvey, is reduced to nothing but a scared and confused administrator. The only time that McGarvey touches a gun in this book is to place it in the holster "in the small of his back". Just like Clancy, Hagberg took his main character to a point where he should be mothballed, and there just isn't anything left. It's too bad really, because after "Countdown", "Crossfire", and "Critical Mass", McGarvey has just withered away to what he has become in this book....A hero whose time has come and gone. Time for a new hero, Dave....
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Summary: Thrilling Read!
Review: After 25 years of service to the CIA Kirk McGarvey had been nominated to be the Director of the spy service.His nomination triggers a plot to assassinate that was put into place by his old arch enemy General Baranov.Baranov is reaching from hi grave to gain vengance.The assassin was brainwashed by Baranov to kill McGarvey should he ever be nominated for the Director of the CIA.
Attempts are made on the life of McGarvey.his wife Katy and their daughter Elizabeth.The identity of the assassin is a shocker. This is another good book by David Hagberg.Be sure to read it.
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Summary: great espionage thriller
Review: After spending a quarter of the century spying in various hot spots, Kirk "Mac" McGarvey looks forward to spending the rest of his life in the arms of his wife and child. However, the President nominated Mac to replace recently retired CIA Director Roland Murphy, the dream culmination of a dedicated career man. Still Mac wonders if he wants the aggravation as teaching Voltaire seems more appropriate right now. Still Mac accepts the offer and his senate confirmation hearings will convene shortly, but in the interim he is the acting director.The nomination triggers a brainwashed assassin to rise from sleep with the object to kill Mac. As someone stalks Mac and his family, the acting director begins his own inquiry. He concludes that an inner circle associate is obsessed with his death, but whom? Unbeknownst to Mac is that his deadliest Cold War foe General Baranov has left behind a legacy from his grave, an executioner who silently awaited the trigger to kill Mac. When it comes to exciting Cold War and Post Cold War dramas, no one provides a more exhilarating and horrifying fiction than David Hagberg renders. His latest espionage thriller has been used before (Manchurian Candidate), but rarely at the level of gripping suspense as THE KILL ZONE contains. The story line is fast-paced while seizing the full attention of the audience because Mac, his wife and their daughter are a warm family that no one wants harmed except for an awakening sleeper agent and a dead Russian. This is a triumph for the Cold War espionage crowd. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A not to be missed spy thriller.
Review: From the best selling author of Joshua's Hammer ( also known as Sean Flannery)comes a modern thriller of Washington and the CIA. Someone is trying to kill the CIA Director designate and his family. Old enemies from the cold war with Russia along with personal friends and intimate relatives are just some of the suspects. From a past that seemed buried, arises an assassin, a sleeper agent waiting to be awakened. Who will pull the trigger? Will he succeed? This suspenseful novel moves quickly step by step through this intriguing puzzle. You won't want to put it down.
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Summary: Amazing. He did it again!
Review: Hagberg, in another epic thriller, left me at the edge of my seat. You won't put it down until you finish it. McGarvey has someone gunning for him trying to prevent him from becoming Director of Central Intelligence. This assassination plot was created by an old Russian rival of McGarvey who is coming back from his grave to haunt him. The assassin can only be someone very close to McGarvey, making him question his own hard to come by trusts.
Although it becomes clear who the assassin his towards the end, Hagberg still throws in twists and turns to make you question. His character development is incredible, making the reader, like McGarvey, question everyone. Unlike previous McGarvey stories, this takes place primarily in Washington, only occasionally going to Moscow and Paris.
If you have not yet read any McGarvey stories, I would recommend reading them before reading this one. It will answer many questions that will arise. Take my word for it, this is a must read. Hagberg has proven himself again by developing a deep and rich plot making you become personally attached to the characters.
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Summary: Easy to Figure Out
Review: I've read a number of Mr. Hagberg's books over the past few months and enjoyed each one. However, his other books kept me guessing until the very end as to who the "real" bad guy was; not this one. I figured it out about 1/4 of the way through the book. Having said that, I couldn't put it down because I couldn't believe who the guilty party was this time!!
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Summary: Good page turner that builds tension to it's climax.
Review: I've read most of the books in the series and I must say that it's a real joy to watch as Mac evolves. This is a story about trust. Mac realizes that he has erected barriers between himself and the world around him as a survival mechanism. Now that he has clocked 25 years in the service of his country, Mac is ready to lower the walls and reach out to his loved ones and friends. Unfortunately an old adversary's plan to strike from the grave sows seeds of distrust between Mac and those around him. As Mac and Otto struggle to figure out who is behind the attempts to kill Mac and his family, the reader gets the opportunity to see Mac from a different point of view. As the tension mounts, Mac starts to question the loyalty of his closest friends. In the past he always distanced himself from his loved ones to keep them out of harms way. Little did he know that his absence in the past would allow a foe to sows the seeds for his future distruction. This book kept me guessing right up to the vary end even though I suspected who the real assassin was I was not able to confirm it to the very end......the book was a good pacing along with a taught plot makes this a worthwhile read.
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Summary: The Kill Zone is well worth your time
Review: Kirk McGarvey, well known to Hagberg's readers, is back as the President's nominee to lead the CIA. Against the backdrop of the mind-game battles with those in Congress who do not want to see McCarvey lead the CIA, McGarvey must wage a battle for his life (and the lives of his family members) as he tries to unravel a long-dormant contract on his life. The story moved along at a fast pace, with plenty action and suspense. The carryover of characters from previous books provides a sense of familiarity as the book progresses. Although perhaps not his best effort, The Kill Zone is clearly worth your time.
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Summary: The Kill Zone is well worth your time
Review: Kirk McGarvey, well known to Hagberg's readers, is back as the President's nominee to lead the CIA. Against the backdrop of the mind-game battles with those in Congress who do not want to see McCarvey lead the CIA, McGarvey must wage a battle for his life (and the lives of his family members) as he tries to unravel a long-dormant contract on his life. The story moved along at a fast pace, with plenty action and suspense. The carryover of characters from previous books provides a sense of familiarity as the book progresses. Although perhaps not his best effort, The Kill Zone is clearly worth your time.
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Summary: Huge dissapointment
Review: Long on character development and short on action or thrills. I was well past page 100 before anything happened and figured out the "villan" 2/3 into the book. Not as good as his other books. Just goes to prove that when hunters are hunted the story is not all that compelling.
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