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Summary: A BAD book
Review: A poorly written book and not tangible plot equals nothing but disaster for this book. The book has more spelling errors and geographical misplacement than any book I have had the ability to read. I hope the good doctor is a better practitioner than writer. I tend to agree with some of the other people here that the idea for the book would have been better being pitched to another author. The ending is somewhat short of complete and leaves you wondering what happened?
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Summary: So glad I'm not the only one...
Review: I have to wonder about the motives and experience of those who gave this book a decent review. While I could suspend judgement about the facts in the story (not being an expert in plutonium or radiation sickness, etc.), I could not ignore the numerous and completely distracting grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors. Did anyone even proofread this book before it was published? I also agree with those reviewers who thought the plot and character development were thin, at best. An interesting idea that would have made a much more interesting book in the hands of a more gifted writer and diligent researcher.
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Summary: The Worst Book in the History of the Written Word
Review: I just opened the book at random, and the sentence that met my eyes (pg. 367) was, "Electricity was rife." That's it: that is apparently a complete, well-structured, and intelligible sentence in Dr. Robert C. Davis' world.This book isn't a disaster thriller, it's just a disaster. It's got a tissue-thin plot, no characters to speak of, and barely grade-school spelling and grammar. I work at a boosktore, and somehow a copy of this atrocity found its way to us. We keep it behind the counter to make fun of -- I wouldn't sell it to any poor unsuspecting customer, not for any amount of money. I can't believe that perfectly useful trees had to die for Dr. Davis' vanity. This book deserves negative stars. What sort of medicine does the good doctor practice? I'd tell him to stick to his day job, but if he treats his patients anything like the way he treats his readers, I fear for them.
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Summary: What research?
Review: Okay, I admit that I am a radiation safety professional and often find errors made when none professionals write about radiation, but even a LITTLE research by the author would have given us a better book. For example, that they searched for a geiger counter and had to get ones from as far away as Florida. ANY modern hospital will have a nuclear medicine group and GM meters. Any modern university will have hundreds. Additionally, at the first sign of a problem the authorities would have contacted the NRC and local agencies who have all what is needed to make an initial response. The author can not get the background radiation dose correct by a factor of 10 to 100. The method of radiation posioning by water is interesting; however, almost as much damage would be done by the heavy metal posioning. Plutonium is POORLY absorbed from the oral route. The author uses vague references like x times normal for plutionium and gives no units. The author references that plutonium can not be found except in a few areas of the world - simply wrong. Finally, plutonium is not a death sentence from cancer at "any amount" no matter how small. Inhaled plutonium is a cancer causing agent that increases the chance that a person will get cancer. Even some highly exposed will NOT develop cancer. The author could draw the same wrong conclusion for smoking. Tabacco contains a very similar alpha emitting atom (polonium) that is deposited in smokers lungs. However, not 100% of them will die of the radiation. This book MAY be a great read to some; however, it does nothing more than play on mass fear of anything radioactive. At least I now know an author that does not deserve my time to read because he did not spend the time to research his subject.
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Summary: The 5-star reviews are bogus!
Review: This fast-paced action thriller is for people with higher standards than sixth-grade-English-teacher level. It's for people who appreciate good escapist reading and can enjoy a fine-tuned story. Somebody who can't make it past how the words and commas look on a page is in the wrong library. Dr. Davis, you have a huge career ahead of you as a writer. I'd be most happy to help you choose a bank.
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Summary: I'm breathless.
Review: What a great and unexpected suprise. This Alex Seacourt is better than Clany's Jack Ryan--and really is an Indiana Jones come to life. I've read Davis' The Doomsday Kiss which was equally as cool. This book needs to be made into a movie! Go Alex.
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Summary: Super cool
Review: You know, I read this book and wrote a critique for my senior English class on it, and I didn't notice anything wrong with the book like some people said. The class liked it alot. My English teacher gave me a B+ on my paper. It's full of action and stuff, the kind of thing me and my friends like to read. I hope it gets made into a movie because we'll all go see it. Where the good guys win.
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