Monday, December 10, 2007

“America Falling”


Book Review

“America Falling”
Don Brockette
Publisher: iUniverse
304 pages




If you’ve wondered what would happen in this country if it were hit by a series of terrorist attacks, this would be a good primer. Other revues have described this book as a roller coaster ride; I saw it more like riding a log flume. Starting out with a steep drop and not letting up until the end.

The hero, Elliot Cahill, is not just “an everyday guy who’s in the wrong place at the wrong time”, however, he is someone you can identify with and care about how he can save his family from the jihadi’s he’s managed to piss off.

The flume ride reaches near vertical in the final chapters with lots of heroic actions and tons of action.

Scale of 10: 8

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My major complaint about this book would be directed at the publisher. I know they’re a small company that allows books like this to be published, but spell check and a proof reader would help. It hate reading something and going “What?”, then having to go back and interpret what they meant due to misspellings and such. It can really kill an exciting scene.

P.S. Thank you Mopes for a few hours of good, intense reading.

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