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The Immortality Plot [Kindle Edition]

David Callinan
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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The year's most explosive crime thriller: Former US government assassin and Hong Kong Police enforcer Mike Delaney joins an esoteric monastic brotherhood to discover his spiritual self until he falls in love and marries.

Then his journalist wife is ritually murdered by a contract serial killer known as 'The Priest' – because she was close to uncovering a global plot known as 'The Renaissance Project'. 'The Priest' is part of the conspiracy, a transvestite who abducts, violates and murders scores of young women. He leaves no trace, no DNA not even a drop of sweat.

Delaney will never stop until he tracks down 'The Priest' and infiltrates the labyrinthine 'Renaissance Project' – the world's most exclusive 'club' whose members are the global super rich and powerful who seek immortality at any price and at all costs.

Delaney's former partner, wheelchair-bound Bob Messenger, has created confess-confess.com – a global crime busting website where ordinary people fight back against scams, crime and injustice, each with their own code name. Delaney is known as 'The Monk'.

Delaney has sworn never to kill again but to seek peace and spiritual fulfilment. But fate and the loss of the woman he loved drive him to use his consummate investigative and physical skills to track down her killer and the organisation that ordered her execution. When it comes to it and he finally confronts 'The Priest', will he keep his vow or execute terminal revenge?

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 535 KB
  • Print Length: 319 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00624WKPQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #169,221 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delaney has arrived 19 Feb 2012
By LW
Format:Kindle Edition
From the outset, I want to say that this was great - fast paced, punchy, exactly what is says on the tin. which set the scene beautifully for the following action. As for Delaney, what's not to love? He's Irish-American, big, fast, fit, smart, honourable, good in bed, a trained killer, and he loved his wife. There is detail, great movement and tone, and the atmosphere was perfect. I think the author has created a really strong hook to hang all this on with Delaney. He is called The Monk on a crime busting website created by his buddy called confess-[...]. This is a very clever idea because it means a never ending supply of plots.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Immortality Plot by David Callinan 7 Feb 2012
By Quaser
Format:Kindle Edition
This is a review of [ASIN:B00624WKPQ The Immortality Plot by David Callinan]

This is a fast-paced book, with many twists and turns, and is recorded from the viewpoints of a number of characters.

The main story revolves around the efforts of Mike Delaney, a former soldierG-Force special agent and Policeman, to find the killer of his wife, who was an investigative reporter. Delaney had become disillusioned with his life after a failed Police mission in Hong Kong, and goes to a retreat where he becomes a Master of the martial art of Tai Chi, before leaving this life and falling in love.

This book introduces us to the world of The Priest, who Delaney believes is not only a serial killer but also the person who killed his wife, and of The Monk, who is intent on tracking him down.

Delaney also believes that the reason his wife was murdered in a most horrific fashion was because she became aware of the existence of a secret organisation who were offering the very rich the chance of 'immortality'.

In some ways this is a good thriller, but personally, I found that some of the plot devices used to move the story along were a little contrived.

I had some trouble suspending my disbelief enough to truly see the offer being made to those rich enough to buy 'immortality' as very likely but this aside, it was an acceptable read. I am looking forward to reading other books by this author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars At last something different! 30 Jan 2012
By P MUMBY
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read the sample of this book on Amazon as I'd never heard of it and the brief synopsis interested me. I think you get about the first 4 or 5 chapters but by the end of these I was totally gripped and purchased the kindle version immediately. The main characters had been very nicely defined and I hoped that the rest of the book would continue at the same break neck speed as the start - I was not disappointed! Delaney is a bit like Jack Reacher - but with more depth and layers, and Lucius Gynt is one creepy guy who will give you nightmares!
I read the whole book in two sittings, and am already looking forward to further installments. With the bookshelves now full of chick lit, minor celebrity autobiographies or the same old writers churning out the same old sequel after sequel, - it was refreshing to find an unknown (to me) author with a real flair for story telling.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Immortality Plot - A fast moving story. 5 Jan 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I really did enjoy this book. I thought it was well written and the story flowed along nicely and was easy to follow. If I have any complaint about it then it has to be that there were occasional words missing which made me stop and think but it was obvious what these words should be so it really was not a great problem. This may have been caused when the book was converted to Kindle format or whatever, I don't really understand these things. If it was through the actual writing of the book then it really should not have happened. This is the reason that I only give 4 stars though. Having said that I really did enjoy the read.
Without giving too much away, the story is about an ex secret agent in America and his efforts to catch a serial killer who has killed his wife. It is also about 'people cloning' and a secret group involved in this. The whole story comes together nicely and from an early start it is plain to see the direction the story will take. It comes together well at the end and in fact has quite a good ending.
I will also say that if I had read the book description on Amazon before I read this, I may have thought twice about it. I feel the description is over the top and sounds a bit far fetched. Actually I felt it did not do the book justice but that is only my opinion. This is the second book I have read by this author and I will certainly be looking for more books by him
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