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Once You Start Marine One The Pages Will Fly Through Your Fingers!,
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This review is from: Marine One (Hardcover)
From the opening page to the last page you won't want to stop reading Marine One by James W. Hustion, the author of such exciting military legal thrillers as Balance Of Power and The Price Of Power. The pages will fly through your fingers. Marine One, is a super-charged, highly plot driven novel that starts off with the President taking off in a thunderstorm on Marine One to Camp David late at night to take part in a secret meeting that only three people in his administration know about. He never makes it, however, as Marine One loses its battle with the thunderstorm and crashes into a ravine, killing all aboard. From that point on the plot continues to build to a high pitch as trial lawyer, Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot, is hired to defend the French manufacturer of the helicopter after it is accused by the government of killing the President, as well as from a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the First Lady. The plot is well-developed, very believable and expertly blends political intrigue with courtroom drama that results in an exciting, fun reading experience. The main factor that keeps me from giving this book a five-star rating is that while Huston has created characters that mostly fulfill their intended role (i.e. with many not being much more than cogs in a well-oiled machine), they are not developed fully enough to get a strong sense in your mind of what they look like and what their back stories are, which would have better enabled me to identify with them. Nonetheless, Marine One is a faced-paced, entertaining legal thriller that is perfect for a summer beach read or to take on vacation (but not one that involves a helicopter flight). Enjoy!
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Huston's knowledge,
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This well researched book is believable fiction; like many books involving the White House it gives a good insight into the operations of the CIA\FBI. This particularly linking with the legal profession.
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Marine One is Huston at His Very Best,
By S. Bell "sbell147" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Marine One (Hardcover)
Americans are fascinated by aircraft crashes, NTSB investigations and the high stakes litigation that follows the crash. But Jim Huston, an internationally prominent lawyer in this field, has really ramped up the excitement in Marine One. The aircraft that crashes is no ordinary plane. It's Marine One, the President's helicopter, and the President is killed when it crashes. But Huston doesn't stop there. There is international intrique, a Congressional inquiry, State Department meddling, a deadly conspiracy to thwart the efforts of anyone getting close to discovering the true cause of the crash of Marine One and, just for the heck of it, a few lawyers who may or may not be dishonest. The end product is a sensational novel!
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Who Would Like Marine One? I'll tell you who!,
By Frank J. Derfler "http://GreatGuyBooks.com" - Published on Amazon.com
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A Five Star Rating for Marine One!,
By John R. Linnell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Marine One (Hardcover)
It has been a while since we were favored with a James W. Huston novel and the wait was more than worth it. As a pilot and retired trial lawyer, a book such as this goes down very easily for me. I have represented defendants in product liability cases and the litigation that Huston recounts in this book while a few decibels higher in sound and value than most, is very realistically set out.
This is a story that has you, right from the prologue. As events transpire and Mike Nolan gets drawn further and further into the mystery of the crash of Marine One with the president on board, it becomes more and more difficult to put down. I read it in two days and for the last 100 pages, I turned OFF the Red Sox game I had been watching so as not to be distracted from the flow of events. I am a die hard Sox fan and if that isn't a measure of what a gripping story this is, I don't know what is. |
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