Lucifer Directive

Rating:
Summary: Awesome Book. I reccomend this book to everyone.
Review: This was an excellent action book which I think should be made into a movie. I don't usually like books this much but this is one book that I actually enjoyed. Jon Land, the author of the book, has a very exciting way of writing. He gives an exciting way to end a chapter or a very interesting way. His ideas are superbly chosen. He makes you want to read on. I'd like to read another one of his novels. Here is a sample quote from Chapter 3 as he finishes off the chapter : 1. " 'Keep your gold pen handy' 'Why?' ' You've written this boy's death certificate. You might as well sign it' " The way that Jon Land writes his discussions is very boring. He makes the president and his associates talk too much. Most of their discussions are about the story but they carry on with the same subject forever. Almost all the conversations should've been about two to three pages long but they were actually ten to twelve Ibid: 1. The Lucifer Directive, Jon Land, Bantam Books, 1984, Page # 33 pages long. I would think that is a little too much. Sometimes they start talking about something that isn't even part of the main story. Something like this little piece I'm about to give to you. This quote is about Lucifer and how it got it got messed up when Sparrow left. I don't think that has anything to do with the story at all: 1. " I won't bother listening to you deny that you've tried to kill me four times in the past two weeks. I haven't got the spare minutes. When I left Lucifer in the hands of people like you, I always feared it would come to this sooner or later. Too much power for any small group of men devoid of politics and prejudices and ambitions at the helm. You are a man obsessed with all three, Admiral, even more than the men who preceded you in this job after I was forced to step down. But if Isosceles was ever to become active again, I should have known it would have been by your lead."

Ibid 1. The Lucifer Directive, Jon Land, Bantam Books, 1984, Page # 367

I have another peeve that I'd like to share with you. I think that they curse a lot in this book. I don't think these was any need to include this much cursing in a book. It's not like I haven't heard them before but I don't think he should use them so quite frequently. Here's a sample from Chapter 16 where Tommy Lee Hudson was remarking on how serious Dan's problem was.

3. " 'Jesus sh*t, you're f*cking` serious! Where you need to go, man? Just name the destination' "

I like the way that Jon Land puts a lot of action into his stories. The fight scenes were the most exciting part of the book though. There were about three or four good fighting scenes. They were very exciting and action-packed too. They were long but very exciting. Here's a little piece of one of the fight. This fight was between ,the steel-armed Tungsten and giant man Felix.

2. " Tungsten reached for him with his gloved fingers. Felix drove the jagged edge of his broken sword forward and up, both hands Ibid 1. The Lucifer Directive, Jon Land, Bantam Books, 1984, Page # 158 2. The Lucifer Directive, Jon Land, Bantam Books, 1984, Page 419 - 420

tight around the wrapped hilt. The edge ripped into the front of Tungsten's throat and tore through the back of his neck. His eyes bulged but he held his ground, kept reaching with his steel fingers. Felix twisted the blade sharply, was showered in scarlet. Tungsten's arm Slipped to one side. His mouth hung open but all breath and sounds were choked off by the blood pouring from the jagged tear in his " throat where the sword handle still protruded. He keeled over backwards, eyes grasping death with shock and surprise."

One thing that I despise of this story is that just when I'm starting to like a character, they get murdered. Major Bathgate, Colonel Koralski, and even Gabriele LaFontaine. Major Bathgate and Colonel Koralski were only in the book for a few chapters. I liked them when they were entered as characters in the book. Wherever they came in. Gabriele LaFontaine, I only started to be fond of her when she began to work on the good side of the story and try to capture Renaldo Black. Here are Bathgate(First Paragraph) and Koralski's (Second Paragraph) dying words. They both passed on right after these moving words.

1. " Take this envelope. Get out of here. Go.... far.... away. Isosceles active.... again. No one to.... tell. Find.... Sparrow. Only one you can.... trust. Tell him to destroy Isosceles. Find the .... Lion of the ....Night. "

Ibid 1. The Lucifer Directive, Jon Land, Bantam Books, 1984, Page # 111 1." Get your girl. She is good at what she does. She will help you. If you die, it will be together, not alone like an old Russian like me. You must return to America, my young friend. Sparrow... is the only one you can trust. You must find him"

My overall thoughts on the book would have to be that it was a lot better than I expected it to be. This book was hard to get started at first but after I finished a few chapters it started to get really interesting. Once I got started, I couldn't put it down. That isn't something I say about many books that I read. I don't read books a lot but when I was little and didn't know any better I read a lot of books. Now that I'm a little older that has been about the 3rd book that I read since grade seven. Now that I read this book I'm kind of inspired to read other books by Jon Land. It's weird being able to read so many chapters in a single night. I was amazed with myself. This is probably the longest book that I've read in my life. 462 pages of pure action-packed excitement. That would be my slogan for it. It's so exciting and actually fun to read. I love it. Although it was 462 pages it was a quick read once you get started.