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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Riveting, intelligent thriller, 22 Aug 2005
The Devil's Halo is the story of a CIA contract agent who specializes in economic espionage. Set five years in the future the action kicks off with the theft of a new Hollywood movie and quickly propels the reader into a spy adventure tale with heart and intelligence. Terry Weston likes the relative safety of working with the CIA's CAFÉ, which focuses on industrial espionage. When he uncovers a French plot to attack U.S. assets through an electronic means he puts not only himself, but his brilliant wife and beautiful daughter at risk.Told from Terry's prospective the details of spying and of the electronic and psychological give the book a background and depth that will keep the reader turning pages. The military aspect is as thrilling and realistic as any book ever written. Author Chris Fox has used his extensive subject knowledge to create a world thick with danger, intrigue and thrills. This is an absolute must-read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A cracking read!, 15 Jun 2006
The best thrillers, in my opinion anyway, will take a premise that is plausible and realistic and then take the reader on a twisting, turning roller coaster of a ride as it hurtles through exotic locations, encounters interesting characters and periodically turns their perception of what they think is going on upside down by executing a believable twist.
Chris Fox manages to achieve all of this with The Devil's Halo, a thriller set in the world of industrial espionage. The novel begins with what appears to be a fairly routine assignment for Terry Weston as he infiltrates a clandestine meeting in Moscow. It soon becomes apparent, however, that this is just the tip of the iceberg and the real reason behind the theft of a soon to be released Hollywood blockbuster encrypted with military strength technology is much bigger than both he, and us, the readers, first thought.
Set against a political background that is only a half step away from reality, that in which Europe mistrusts America and has broken away from the traditional alliances to form a new Greater European Union presided over by France and Russia, the novel races along at a breakneck pace. Crossing three continents, Weston and his wife Maria, a brilliant scientist, find themselves unsure as to who they can trust, their every move being telegraphed ahead of them making by a mole somewhere in their own trusted inner circle.
With The Devil's Halo, Fox has crafted an eminently readable and enjoyable espionage thriller that never sags, maintaining its fast-paced momentum right up to the final chapter, and a very clever about face that I certainly didn't see coming. A must for all lovers of thrillers, this is an ideal book to pack for your summer holiday.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A futuristic story that may not be so furturistic, 6 Feb 2006
Terry Weston is an agent of the CIA Café or Contract Agents for Economics. He is a spy in a game where there aren’t a lot of guns, death or people getting badly hurt. His wife, Maria, works as a consultant to DAPRA, the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Projects Agency. They have a six-year-old daughter named Ariana.The whole terrible tragedy starts with a movie master copy being stolen. The catch – it has military-level encryption. Terry is asked to help. That is no problem. What happens after that is something that I hope only happens in this book. But with the happenings of 9/11, I can believe anything is possible. Once Terry has made the movie useless to the people who stole it, it only gets worse. Now the American government wants Terry and Maria to help them and use their daughter as leverage. The new European group, no more United Nations, wants to make sure that America doesn’t control space. By doing so, our GPS systems are targeted and in making the final effort, they create a trapped-radiation event that causes an aurora called “The Devil’s Halo”. Why is this significant? If I told you, it would spoil the book. I am not up on military strategy but I was able to follow “who did what to whom” and “who’s on first” in Mr. Fox’s book. You need to pay attention to the characters and make sure you know which side they play on. Also Mr. Fox writes with the ability to put in unexpected twists and turns making this book hard to put down. The very last twist is one I never saw coming. The bottom line -- grab a copy and get reading to find out just how good this book is. I would especially recommend it to anyone who loves military strategy but even if that is not your genre, it is still a book that will hold your interest to the very end.
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