- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers (1 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0785272003
- ISBN-13: 978-0785272007
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,612,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This standalone followup to Burkett's "The Illuminati" is another political conspiracy thriller. A government intern finds some old secret documents about a nuclear missile project, "THOR" which went wrong in the 1960s and was then classified. People involved died mysteriously. Now, disgruntled governemnt worker Dale Crawford gets his hands on the secret documents and is pursued by government agents who seem to want to silence him by any means necessary.
The story is set in a future America that is similar to the Soviet Union or the America in "Atlas Shrugged". Government controls everything, there's no freedom of speech, people are starving, there are riots in the streets and government employs street gangs to sell drugs and "keep order". All of this is somehow because of fanatic environmentalists. The politics is very heavy handed. At least in the first half of the book there's hardly a page where there's not some rant against goverment, environmentalists, or liberals. Like in "Illuminati" Burkett takes every opportunity to make sure the reader understands his political opinions and it gets preachy pretty quickly. This is the book's major flaw and it detracts much enjoyment from reading. For the most part, the plotting is decent (except for a way-too-long and detailed flashback sequence in the last third of the book and some subplot about Koreans that had almost nothing to do with the main plot) but the premise is ridiculous and the characters are one-dimensional.
The story is set in a future America that is similar to the Soviet Union or the America in "Atlas Shrugged". Government controls everything, there's no freedom of speech, people are starving, there are riots in the streets and government employs street gangs to sell drugs and "keep order". All of this is somehow because of fanatic environmentalists. The politics is very heavy handed. At least in the first half of the book there's hardly a page where there's not some rant against goverment, environmentalists, or liberals. Like in "Illuminati" Burkett takes every opportunity to make sure the reader understands his political opinions and it gets preachy pretty quickly. This is the book's major flaw and it detracts much enjoyment from reading. For the most part, the plotting is decent (except for a way-too-long and detailed flashback sequence in the last third of the book and some subplot about Koreans that had almost nothing to do with the main plot) but the premise is ridiculous and the characters are one-dimensional.
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I liked because it had and you also didn't know what was going to happen next. The bigges, and only, problem was it was kind to hard to keep up with but otherwise it was well written and truthful and a great book
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book and once I started, I found it hard to put it down. Burkett sounds an alarm to all that will hear. He shows us how laws that are made supposedly for our own good, can also be used against us. Burkett challenges each of us to really think long and hard before we so casually give away our rights and freedoms. Although this book is fiction, it has an erie resemblance to actual current events.
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An excellent thrill book
This book keeps you on your toes the whole way through. I think everyone, guy girl, adult, teenager should read this book. It also puts a good perspective on the end times. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1998
AWESOME EXCELLENT GREAT
The book gives a very disturbing view of what could happen if government gets out of control and takes over private lives. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 1997
Can't put it down.
In his second fictional work, Burkett portrays a time in the future when America is held captive by the EPA and an extremist environmental agenda based on a cover-up of a 1960's... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 1997
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