- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Orbit (11 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841491470
- ISBN-13: 978-1841491479
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.8 x 3.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 364,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Hugely entertaining and packed with more explosive action scenes than is probably decent, SPIRAL starts off loud and ends in a bang' WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY 'A new writer who knows what a regular reader sitting on the bus wants - action ... Pure Die Hard, pure Rambo. This has got to be a film, surely!' LADSMAG
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A world where nuclear warheads can be hidden in a briefcase ...A world where bio-plagues are held suspended in a teardrop ...On an Earth where conventional armies are powerless to defend against the devastation wrought by single assassins, the secret organisation known as SPIRAL exists to fight a shadow war against fanatics and rogue states of every creed and political persuasion. Remorseless, unstoppable, of every country and of none, SPIRAL conducts its covert operations throughout the world in a never-ending battle for humanity's survival. But now SPIRAL itself is under attack, and if it falls the world falls with it. For more information on this or other Orbit books visit the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I received the Orbit Books email newsletter recommending this book and was quite looking forward to reading it, following the standard set by the first chapter which they made available on-line. Oh dear. This really did turn out to be a complete mess of a book with a totally unnecessary amount of swearing, characters created and then killed within the next few pages, the most ridiculous repetition (if I read the word 'nastily' once in this book I read it a hundred times).
The sheer amount of physical injury that was inflicted on the main character was only surpassed by his ability to keep on fighting through it. (Can you even move with a broken sternum?).
Anyway, buy this book if you really have nothing better to spend your money on (unlikely). Robert Ludlum is a writing genius compared to this guy.
The sheer amount of physical injury that was inflicted on the main character was only surpassed by his ability to keep on fighting through it. (Can you even move with a broken sternum?).
Anyway, buy this book if you really have nothing better to spend your money on (unlikely). Robert Ludlum is a writing genius compared to this guy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Hugely disappointing rubbish suitable only for teenage boy fantasists. This was recommended to me by Amazon, I think because I had read and enjoyed David Gunn's Death Head books, Steve L Kent's Clone books and Robert Buettner's Orphan books. Those books were hugely enjoyable and also funny, this wasn't.
The available blurb says that the Author used to be a teacher, I can only hope he didn't teach English.
The story is nonsense and the characters paper thin. There are lots of guns, explosions, car chases and military hardware but no plot. The main character absorbs a ridiculous amount of punishment against genetically engineered super soldiers and still comes out shooting. The female characters are pitiful even where they are supposedly battle hardened secret agents and trained assassins.
If you enjoy well written military sci-fi, avoid this.
The available blurb says that the Author used to be a teacher, I can only hope he didn't teach English.
The story is nonsense and the characters paper thin. There are lots of guns, explosions, car chases and military hardware but no plot. The main character absorbs a ridiculous amount of punishment against genetically engineered super soldiers and still comes out shooting. The female characters are pitiful even where they are supposedly battle hardened secret agents and trained assassins.
If you enjoy well written military sci-fi, avoid this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought Andy Remic's descriptions and story telling style was technically very good, and up with the best in the action genre. The story can only be described as interesting, very unrealistic, and a little unsatisfying when it is based so far into the future, in an unlikely scenario. I have bought Quake the next one, and i am hoping for another book, not based in the future. I think Andy Remic is one to watch, he could become a very very good author. If the high tec, sci fi, futuristic idea isnt your thing, but you like fast paced action, then try Matthew Reilly. Hovercraft Racer is his latest book, and has moved his writing to another level.
I would recommend this book as it had me gripped, the storytelling was good but i didnt like the story that much.
I would recommend this book as it had me gripped, the storytelling was good but i didnt like the story that much.
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Edge of Your Seat Stuff...
This is the first Andy Remic novel that I've read. To be honest I was given a copy while on holiday recently, and quite frankly couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 21 April 2008 by Sarah Gooding
A fun no brainer.
Spiral, the team that defends the world of the future comes under attack in this gun-toting, helicopter flying, tank firing, assassin sniping, explosive action novel. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2007 by Mr. G. Battle
Spiral -- Andy Remic
A fast moving racy story, only let down by the frequent use of expletives. It's my experience that, highly intelligent, extremely wealthy, enormously powerful people, have no need... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2005 by Mr. M. Pittaway
A superb action adventure story - 6 STARS
My husband gave me this book to read on holiday, and whilst not really an avid fan of action novels, it gripped me from the start. Read more
Published on 22 July 2004 by S. M. Newell
A superb action adventure
This really is a wonderful story, and some of the negative reviews here are way off the mark. Titchfield - why are you whining about Gemmell? Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2004 by William Johnson
Good job Andy!
I'd just like to say that I read this book and its great! Gets a bit surreal at some times, but thats the whole point of it being a fiction book... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2003 by Steve
A steep downward Spiral of quality from the start
I foolishly bought this book to read on long boring night shifts. Sadly it hasn't made the shifts any better. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2003 by "titchfield"
Better than Reilly
Bought it and thought it was brilliant - total secret agent action, hardcvore guns and ammo, awesome war scenes, great plot, great characters. They should make the film. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2003
Military Sci-Fi at its best
For a debut novel Spiral offers something quite rare. It presents a reality subtley skewed, a dynamic environment in which its characters race full speed from one plot evolution to... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2003 by "sgtsimmo"
Fast paced high entertainment.
Whilst more "simplistic" in terms of detail than the technical manual that is a Tom Clancy novel, Spiral still has a bucketful of well-researched high-tech weapons and gadgets... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2003 by Bob Smith
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