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The Accident Man is back ...Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He's very good at his job. But nobody's perfect. And one of Carver's targets has got away. Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism. In Russia, the government have admitted they no longer know the whereabouts of one hundred small-scale 'suitcase nukes'. In Afghanistan and Kosovo, ruthless terrorists plot the downfall of their hated enemies.In Texas, a dying billionaire plots his own personal Armageddon. And Carver can do nothing to stop them. He was beaten and tortured and left to die, but Samuel Carver is a hard man to kill. When he awakes in a Swiss sanatorium from weeks of torment, he discovers that the woman he loves has vanished. Somehow he must find the strength to track her down. Carver's hunt will take him deep into the heart of a conspiracy in which the lives of millions are at stake. He must confront an agonizing choice between his duty and his heart, and face the ultimate sacrifice. As the clock ticks down to doomsday, who will survive the final, explosive conflagration? In "The Survivor", the worlds of fact and fiction collide in a thriller that grips from the first page to the last.
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The Accident Man is back . . .
Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He’s very good at his job. But nobody’s perfect. And one of Carver’s targets has got away.
Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism. In Russia, the government have admitted they no longer know the whereabouts of one hundred small-scale ‘suitcase nukes’. In Afghanistan and Kosovo, ruthless terrorists plot the downfall of their hated enemies. In Texas, a dying billionaire plots his own personal Armageddon.
And Carver can do nothing to stop them. He was beaten and tortured and left to die, but Samuel Carver is a hard man to kill. When he awakes in a Swiss sanatorium from weeks of torment, he discovers that the woman he loves has vanished. Somehow he must find the strength to track her down.
Carver’s hunt will take him deep into the heart of a conspiracy in which the lives of millions are at stake. He must confront an agonizing choice between his duty and his heart, and face the ultimate sacrifice. As the clock ticks down to doomsday, who will survive the final, explosive conflagration?
In The Survivor the worlds of fact and fiction collide in a thriller that grips from the first page to the last. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very easy to read, well paced thriller with more storytelling than the interminable scene setting some writers are addicted to. I can't compare it to the author's previous works as this is the first of his novels I've read, but the story as it stands is gripping, very much in the same mould as Steve Alten's wonderful Shell Game, albeit not as heart-thumpingly tense as an Andy McNab first-person-perspective outing. All the key threads tie together in the end, but without any killer twists.
It was also an education reading this novel, as I hadn't known about the suitcase nuke strategy the Russians may have in place throughout the west; all the more interesting in light of the growing escalation in hostile rehetoric between new Russia and the west in recent times.
Overall, it's addictive stuff and hard to set down, which is precisely what a thriller should be.
It was also an education reading this novel, as I hadn't known about the suitcase nuke strategy the Russians may have in place throughout the west; all the more interesting in light of the growing escalation in hostile rehetoric between new Russia and the west in recent times.
Overall, it's addictive stuff and hard to set down, which is precisely what a thriller should be.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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It might be helpful to know that Survivor is a sequel to Tom Cain's first book, The Accident Man. I mention this because it is not made explicitly clear on the book's cover or the inside flap. Both books are about Samuel Carver, a professional hit man who specializes in assassinations that looks like accidents. A third book is in the works.
After a short prologue, Survivor opens approximately 3 months after the conclusion of The Accident Man. Carver is in a Swiss sanitorium, suffering the effects of being tortured at the end of the previous book. Survivor starts sluggishly, taking about 100 pages to introduce the various characters and fill in Carver's back story. It finally takes off when Carver's love interest, the exotic Russian spy Alix Petrova, goes back to work for her former KGB handlers, who also try to knock Carver off, but instead propel him back into his former world. From there, it's a highly readable, fast-paced thriller that barely lets up. As with The Accident Man, the plot derives from real life events which adds a small semblance of credibility. One thing I disliked about The Accident Man was the way that Carver was supposedly this professional at the top of his game but could turn into a bumbling amateur for love. Thankfully in Survivor he has much better control of himself and his abilities.
Cain still has a problem with character development. The relationship between Alix and Carver is a major plot element but it never feels credible. Likewise the arch-villain's motivations are silly in the extreme. The ending also felt rushed, as if Cain had a deadline to meet and lost interest in what he was writing. There is one character who appears throughout the book because she is key to the conclusion, and then she barely rates a mention in the final chapters.
Survivor is not the best thriller I've read this year, but it's still a fast paced and exciting read that makes an excellent distraction for a few hours. 3.5 stars.
After a short prologue, Survivor opens approximately 3 months after the conclusion of The Accident Man. Carver is in a Swiss sanitorium, suffering the effects of being tortured at the end of the previous book. Survivor starts sluggishly, taking about 100 pages to introduce the various characters and fill in Carver's back story. It finally takes off when Carver's love interest, the exotic Russian spy Alix Petrova, goes back to work for her former KGB handlers, who also try to knock Carver off, but instead propel him back into his former world. From there, it's a highly readable, fast-paced thriller that barely lets up. As with The Accident Man, the plot derives from real life events which adds a small semblance of credibility. One thing I disliked about The Accident Man was the way that Carver was supposedly this professional at the top of his game but could turn into a bumbling amateur for love. Thankfully in Survivor he has much better control of himself and his abilities.
Cain still has a problem with character development. The relationship between Alix and Carver is a major plot element but it never feels credible. Likewise the arch-villain's motivations are silly in the extreme. The ending also felt rushed, as if Cain had a deadline to meet and lost interest in what he was writing. There is one character who appears throughout the book because she is key to the conclusion, and then she barely rates a mention in the final chapters.
Survivor is not the best thriller I've read this year, but it's still a fast paced and exciting read that makes an excellent distraction for a few hours. 3.5 stars.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read "The Accident Man" I moved on to "The Survivor" because I just had to know what had happened to Sam Carver and the book did not disappoint.I just have to wait for the next Tom Cain.
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Quality follow-up
I read the Accident Man, Tom Cain's first novel, whilst staying in a hotel. The day after I started it I ordered The Survivor. The Accident Man was that good. Read more
Published 14 months ago by ChrisG
What it says on the tin
You need to read the previous book in order to fully understand the first quarter of this book. Even so, this first quarter is rather mind-numbing from a thriller storyline point... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Michael Watson
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Published on 12 Oct 2009 by Mr. G. E. Harben
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This book is non stop action and very easy to read. Not quite as good as the Accident Man but a very close second. I look forward to Sam Cain's next adventures....
Published on 6 Feb 2009 by Colleen Moore
survivor by tom cain is superb
This novel follows on from 'the accident man'. It is an excellent read, very gripping. It is about an assassin who meets a Russian woman with whom he falls in love but she goes... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by manchester maz
Solid follow up
At the end of The Accident Man, Sam Carver is injured and traumatised being tended by girlfriend Alix as the medical bills mount up..... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2008 by N. Brett
Just as good as the acident man if not better
This is a fantastic book get's you hooked from the start never want to put it down. would make an exclent film
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by L. Wyatt
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