- Hardcover: 321 pages
- Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons; First Edition edition (Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0399146504
- ISBN-13: 978-0399146503
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,491,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ex-soldier Kidd and his sometimes lover, LuEllen, are on the run when a colleague disappears and Kidd suddenly finds himself the subject of a national manhunt.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Kidd and Luellen book,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Devil's Code (Hardcover)
This follows from the Fool's Run and the Empress books. The technology is a little out of date but the story is well worth reading. A good thriller.
6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Why aren't these books as good as the Prey Series?,
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This review is from: The Devil's Code (A Kidd novel) (Paperback)
If I didn't know these Kidd books were written by the same author as the Prey series, starring Lucas Davenport, I'd never have guessed it. These books are a little corny to me. They seem awfuly implausible books to and with some of the descriptions of computer technology... They're already laughable when they start going on about hi-tech computers with tiny hard disk drives, modems and floppy disks being bleeding edge technology!
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3.1 out of 5 stars (78 customer reviews) 28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different but as good as davenport,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Devil's Code (Hardcover)
At his home in Dallas, John James Morrison knows he is in trouble by the nocturnal visit of the security agents. They escort John to AmMath where St. John Corbiel plays a tape in which they caught John violating company policy. John tries to bluff but Corbiel kills him. The security agents arrange a cover-up to make it seem like a night guard shot John while discovering him in a forbidden area late at night.
John's sister Lane Ward believes the official interpretation of her sibling's death rings false. She asks John's former partner Kidd to investigate her brother's death. Kidd, an expert on stealing data traveling along the information highway, agrees. He learns that John uncovered something major that led to his deliberate murder. Kidd and his partner LuEllen begin to uncover a monster conspiracy involving AmMath and the Feds using technology to hide murder and blackmail. That knowledge could make Kidd the next dead person.
It has been about a decade since John Sandford wrote a Kidd novel (see THE FOOL'S RUN and THE EMPRESS FILE) having switched to the popular Prey novels. Perhaps the earlier Kidd tales were ahead of the times, but with the Internet, Intranet, and Extranet explosion, THE DEVIL'S CODE plays like a modern day electronic thriller. The tale is well executed due to Kidd's intellect, witticism, and ethical beliefs. Although it may seem hard to accept an electronic thief has scruples, Kidd does and that propels his compulsion to investigate. Best selling author John Sandford has returned with one of his great characters in a story that will please more than just net conspiracy buffs because of its fast-paced, gigabit loaded hard driving plot.
Harriet Klausner 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I basically liked it,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Devil's Code (Hardcover)
I'm a "Prey" fan, and was happy to find an additional series by the same author. I read the other two Kidd novels in paperback, and enjoyed them both. This one is written intelligently, like all of Sandford's novels; I can't stand books that are written for 5th graders.I confess to being in the computer field, which I think would make a difference in this novel. It's kind of odd: if you don't enjoy the details you might not be able to follow it, but on the other hand I don't think it has the kind of hard-core details for the true techies. The characters are kind of lightly drawn; I thought that LuEllen started sounding like the woman assasin in the last Prey novel. I also felt that the novel wandered somewhere in the middle; not quite enough involvement in the characters and not enough plot to go around. I might have been happier with this novel if it had been published in paperback; with lower expectations I think he would get a better response. You might be happier waiting for the paperback. 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast paced and funny,
By Cheer Mom "cheermom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Devil's Code (Hardcover)
Conspiracy galore here in this new novel by John Sandford. I'm not too familiar with the author's "Prey" novels, but I certainly enjoyed this one. The main character, Kidd (no first name) and his cohort, LuEllen, investigate the murder of one of Kidd's computer colleagues. The story moves extremely quickly - the crackling conversation between Kidd and LuEllen is a breeze to read and very enjoyable. Now, I have to go find the two previous Kidd-LuEllen novels! Highly recommended.
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