- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Diadem Books (14 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 190729404X
- ISBN-13: 978-1907294044
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,596,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dave Mackenzie, the man, the legend-superstar pilot, supplier of weapons, lover of women, connoisseur of fine ales and transporter of toilet rolls. Following a less than electrifying Naval career and after being required to resign from the latest in a string of jobs, Dave awoke on his thirtieth birthday on a distant tropical beach, suffering from a hangover with a strange black substance soaking into the crotch of his shorts. Things would have to change, starting with the shorts. The unforeseen "re-direction" in his career threw Dave headfirst into the roller coasting, cut-throat, money driven world of the freelancer, where the next five years saw him transport everything from sex toys to sniper rifles through solar flares, thunderstorms, searing heat and blinding cold to every destination under the stars.
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I really, really enjoyed this book. In fact, I've spent most of today reading. The main character comes alive on page 1 and, I think that there are probably many men out there that will be able to identify with some of his antic. I'm looking forward to reading Mr White's next novel.
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Read. With a strong spirit of choice.
2 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
Dave MacKenzie, like many men, doesn't really start out as anything particularly captivating. What seems initially more like a teenager stuck in a mans body is mirrored by a dull, albeit futuristic lifestyle in need of an overhaul. This is absolutely what the reader is rewarded with - as the pace of the plot picks up the narrative becomes all consuming and is intricate in detail, humour and a normative sense of surrealism. The depth of escapism is such that this book is probably best read in one sitting, and comes with the risk of the real world looking incredibly dull when you have joined MacKenzie on his whirlwind race through space dodging customs and delving deeper into a dark murky world of illicit trades. The author clearly has a concerning underdstanding of risk taking and glutton, not to mention access to the top secret air files of the future. Sadly, although I would recommend paying close attention to his every futuristic insight, this book is currently the only glipse into the mind of what is surely an evil genius of space travel. Read it, and count your blessings that we still only live in the primitive age of a single solar system and that Cryogenic freezing is still out of many author's pay brackets.
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