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Shadows Of War (2009)

by Larry Bond(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0765321378 (ISBN13: 9780765321374)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Forge Books

series

Red Dragon Rising

review 1: This book started off to be really confusing. There are three different scenes that you have to pay attention to. This made it a little more difficult to understand the background of the characters. It is set in the future and has China running out of food. They are just starting to launch a secret military strike when an American scientist finds out about it. After about a third of the way through, it seemed to come together more and had a very long climax (which was my favorite part). I loved the fact that it told the action part of the story from two sides. I thought the girl in the city was pretty much pointless. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes action and/or mystery as it does a great job of combining both of them.
review 2: Bond paints a ... morepicture of world where global warming has thrown economies into a tizzy. As this plays out early in the book we learn that China feels forced to launch an attack against Viet Nam to deal with shrinking food supplies, etc. I won't be a spoiler and reveal some of the details, but the rest of the the book follows a scientist caught behind enemy lines and chronicles the efforts of an American intelligence operator who risks her life to pull him out. All well and good, but I'm afraid I struggled to get through the first three quarters of the thing. The action was too slow and at times felt contrived and to be honest, the whole global warming thing felt unrealistic to me; it was a bit too far fetched. Near the end, Mr. Bond brings it home and I found myself up late one night not wanting to put it down. "A" for effort, "C" for execution. less

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