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The action-packed new thriller from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Matthew Reilly. This time the world's on fire!
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At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic,a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin... THE SECRET BASE It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re-activated... AN ARMY OF MURDERERS When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the Army of Thieves, the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the balance. But there are no crack units close enough to get to Dragon in time to stop the Army setting off the weapon. ONE SMALL TEAM Except, that is, for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call-sign SCARECROW. It's not a strike team; just a handful of Marines and civilians. It's not equipped to attack a fortified island held by a small army.But it will go in anyway, because someone has to. THE ULTIMATE HERO IS BACK, FACING THE ULTIMATE ARMY OF VILLAINS.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
So good to have Scarecrow back! I hope Reilly had as much fun writing it as I had reading it!
7 Feb 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's been a good few years since we last spent time with Matthew Reilly's heroic, maverick marine Shane Schofield (callsign Scarecrow). His last adventure (not counting 2005's novella Hell Island), appropriately named Scarecrow, was published in 2003. Since then Reilly has been preoccupied with the more child-friendly Indiana-Jonesesque Jack West who has had to overcome gargantuan odds on his quests for variously numbered wonders, stones and warriors. However, although I have become increasingly immune to the West novels, I find it very hard to tire of Scarecrow and his righthand woman Mother. I counted the days to the publication of Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves this February and, when the date finally arrived and I snapped it up, it did exactly what I wanted it to do. It may have been preposterous, it may even have challenged the laws of physics and nature, but it was a thrilling rollercoaster of an Arctic ride from start to finish.
Not since Scarecrow's first outing - to Antarctica in Ice Station back in 1998 - have the polar regions been this entertaining.
As Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves begins, there's barely a man, woman or child in France who doesn't want Scarecrow dead. Shunted off by the American government to hopeful obscurity in the Arctic testing bizarre equipment, it seems that fate is at work. When the mysterious and deadly Army of Thieves turns up at Dragon Island, an Arctic base that survives only as a terrifying reminder of the horrors that were developed there by the Russians during the Cold War, Scarecrow and his pitifully small team is the only force that stands between the Army's cold blooded torturing leader and the obliteration by fire of the entire northern hemisphere. The clock is ticking.
Fortunately, Scarecrow is not alone. In addition to Mother (recovered from having her leg bitten off by a giant killer whale in Ice Station), who is as endearingly noisy in her affections for Scarecrow as ever, there are a couple of other marines, a few scientists, an endearing little fiery robot and a small group of elite French soldiers intent on satisfying the honour of their nation by killing Scarecrow several times over. Luckily for Scarecrow, the end of the world temporarily takes precedent.
I hope that Matthew Reilly had as good a time writing this book as I had reading it. Its aim was to entertain and it certainly succeeded. I smiled and laughed out loud all the way through, not at it but with it. Parts of the tale are so horrifically revolting that I did feel a little weak but only in a fun way. The prose marches along, straightforward, to the point, extremely descriptive and brilliantly exciting. We race along with Scarecrow and his team through a succession of traps and ambushes, all the time given frightening glimpses of what is surely the most unpleasant Army of Thieves that could be imagined. How can one not enjoy a thriller when many of the baddies are named after types of shark?
This novel is every bit as good as I remember the other Scarecrow novels being, although I think the maps in the treebook may make some of the escapades a little clearer than those in the kindle version. I do hope we don't have to wait as many years for the next adventure of this brave, heroic, loyal and loving (and sometimes wonderfully emotional) marine with the scarecrow eyes.
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves may, though, have left me with serious rat issues.
Not since Scarecrow's first outing - to Antarctica in Ice Station back in 1998 - have the polar regions been this entertaining.
As Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves begins, there's barely a man, woman or child in France who doesn't want Scarecrow dead. Shunted off by the American government to hopeful obscurity in the Arctic testing bizarre equipment, it seems that fate is at work. When the mysterious and deadly Army of Thieves turns up at Dragon Island, an Arctic base that survives only as a terrifying reminder of the horrors that were developed there by the Russians during the Cold War, Scarecrow and his pitifully small team is the only force that stands between the Army's cold blooded torturing leader and the obliteration by fire of the entire northern hemisphere. The clock is ticking.
Fortunately, Scarecrow is not alone. In addition to Mother (recovered from having her leg bitten off by a giant killer whale in Ice Station), who is as endearingly noisy in her affections for Scarecrow as ever, there are a couple of other marines, a few scientists, an endearing little fiery robot and a small group of elite French soldiers intent on satisfying the honour of their nation by killing Scarecrow several times over. Luckily for Scarecrow, the end of the world temporarily takes precedent.
I hope that Matthew Reilly had as good a time writing this book as I had reading it. Its aim was to entertain and it certainly succeeded. I smiled and laughed out loud all the way through, not at it but with it. Parts of the tale are so horrifically revolting that I did feel a little weak but only in a fun way. The prose marches along, straightforward, to the point, extremely descriptive and brilliantly exciting. We race along with Scarecrow and his team through a succession of traps and ambushes, all the time given frightening glimpses of what is surely the most unpleasant Army of Thieves that could be imagined. How can one not enjoy a thriller when many of the baddies are named after types of shark?
This novel is every bit as good as I remember the other Scarecrow novels being, although I think the maps in the treebook may make some of the escapades a little clearer than those in the kindle version. I do hope we don't have to wait as many years for the next adventure of this brave, heroic, loyal and loving (and sometimes wonderfully emotional) marine with the scarecrow eyes.
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves may, though, have left me with serious rat issues.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The King of the action novel returns with his most famous creation, Scarecrow.
Matthew Reilly is known for his relentless action, elaborate set-pieces and blistering pace. Yes, it's often ludicrous and goes beyond the realms of believability, but this is intentional. His novels are there for entertainment and you need to suspend your disbelief to get the most out of it. If you're not prepared to do this, don't read it.
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves is just as ludicrous and just as brilliant as previous Matthew Reilly books. The gauge on the action is cranked up to 11 and all hell breaks loose almost immediately.
Without giving too much away, Scarecrow and his gang have just a few hours to save the world and attempt to do so against almost impossible odds.
With vicious baddies, horrific torture, heroic sacrifices, treachery and trademark Reillyism's this is as good as action novels get. Keep your finger primed to turn those pages well into the night.
Hopefully it won't be two years for the next Matthew Reilly book, but that sadly seems to be the norm. Maybe I should try to savour his books a bit more and not read them so quickly? Don't be silly. That's impossible with a Matthew Reilly book.
NB: If you like Matthew Reilly check out the brilliant Andy McDermott.
Matthew Reilly is known for his relentless action, elaborate set-pieces and blistering pace. Yes, it's often ludicrous and goes beyond the realms of believability, but this is intentional. His novels are there for entertainment and you need to suspend your disbelief to get the most out of it. If you're not prepared to do this, don't read it.
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves is just as ludicrous and just as brilliant as previous Matthew Reilly books. The gauge on the action is cranked up to 11 and all hell breaks loose almost immediately.
Without giving too much away, Scarecrow and his gang have just a few hours to save the world and attempt to do so against almost impossible odds.
With vicious baddies, horrific torture, heroic sacrifices, treachery and trademark Reillyism's this is as good as action novels get. Keep your finger primed to turn those pages well into the night.
Hopefully it won't be two years for the next Matthew Reilly book, but that sadly seems to be the norm. Maybe I should try to savour his books a bit more and not read them so quickly? Don't be silly. That's impossible with a Matthew Reilly book.
NB: If you like Matthew Reilly check out the brilliant Andy McDermott.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There is a famous quote that is perfect for Scarecrow
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
- General George S. Patton (1885-1945)
It sums up the character of the lead in this book Scarecrow, his utter can do.
The thing is you have to accept right from the start that this book is utterly OTT, the action the drama, the violence the weapons, its all so much larger than life. And thats the charm of it, i read this book after while feeling sick as hell with flu, and yet this book put a smile on my face i could not remove, it was like every action movie rolled into one, every reader must spend time putting their own actor into the role of Scarecrow, Mother, Baba etc..and then running the scene in their head, i know i did. And WOW were they great scenes.
I in no way think that Matthew Reilly is a great writer, but i do think he writes a great adction adventure thriller written at such pace and with so many twists and turns it keeps you hooked all the way to the end.
Loved it, cant wait for the next
(Parm)
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
- General George S. Patton (1885-1945)
It sums up the character of the lead in this book Scarecrow, his utter can do.
The thing is you have to accept right from the start that this book is utterly OTT, the action the drama, the violence the weapons, its all so much larger than life. And thats the charm of it, i read this book after while feeling sick as hell with flu, and yet this book put a smile on my face i could not remove, it was like every action movie rolled into one, every reader must spend time putting their own actor into the role of Scarecrow, Mother, Baba etc..and then running the scene in their head, i know i did. And WOW were they great scenes.
I in no way think that Matthew Reilly is a great writer, but i do think he writes a great adction adventure thriller written at such pace and with so many twists and turns it keeps you hooked all the way to the end.
Loved it, cant wait for the next
(Parm)
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