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The Demon Code (2012)

by Adam Blake(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0751545783 (ISBN13: 9780751545784)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Sphere

series

Leo Tillman & Heather Kennedy

review 1: The blurb about the author tells us that 'Adam Blake' is a nom-de-plume for am 'internationally bestselling author' . Well may he (or she) wish to remain anonymous for this really is a very silly book, presumably written to keep his/her pot boiling. I have given it two stars as I managed to finish it and it is quite well written, certainly better so than D*n B***n. While I can swallow the most unlikely scenarios, this is so full of holes as to make the willing suspension of disbelief impossible. It posits a group, the 'Judas People' who have been elected by God to eventually take over the world from the rest of us poor souls, known as Adamites. Quite apart from the totally misconceived theology (As in Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive), this select g... moreroup live apart from the world in a cave city. Apparently this volume is a sequel to an earlier one where the protagonists managed to destroy the original city, the vast number of the Judas people moving to another such under New York City. We are not told how this mass emigration went unnoticed but, perhaps, the most security conscious nation on earth. Nether are we told how they manage to survive underground - where does their food come from, for example. They have access to the most sophisticated weaponry, and one schismatic group has been acquiring such and shifting it around the world. Oh yeah? Did no government agency in any country notice that someone unauthorised was buying up vast quantities of munitions. We aren't talking about the IRA here and a few boxes of rifles, but whole warehouses full. Where did the dosh come from to buy all this stuff? For all these reasons and more, the book just did not ring true to me. Ar least, my copy only cost 50p in a nearly new shop, Do people really pay full price for such codswallop?
review 2: Much better than his first book "The Dead Sea Deception", almost a 4*. The characters this time are beautifully formed, almost to the point that you can visualise them and hear them. The book is a little too wordy for my liking as it detracts from the pace of a pure thriller. It is not necessary to have read book 1 to enjoy this, but it is advisable to fully appreciate the drive of the main characters. My advice is to plod through book 1 and enjoy book 2. less

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