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Title: The Searchers: City of Iron by Chet Williamson ISBN: 0380791870 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book I've read this year.
Comment: If you like the X files, you'll love this book. The characters are all entertaining, flowing through your minds eye like a good movie. The possibilities for future volumes are limitless and I can't wait to see what happens next. I'v never read any of Mr. Williamson's stories before, but I'm definately going to look him up. If his other works are as good as this one, I'v got another fine author to look forward to. This was a three day read for me, and I'm a slow reader. Hard to put down.
Rating: 5
Summary: The truth is even further out there
Comment: A team of CIA agent charged with investigating paranormal phenomena uncover hints of a centuries-old conspiracy. Who is involved? Is their own superior part of it? Who can they trust?
Clearly, this book owes its existence to the success of The X-Files (as does Charles Grant's Black Oak series). But that's just a marketing issue. The important question becomes: can an author like Chet Williamson take advantage of X-Files' popularity, producing a story that slakes the public's thirst for similar stories while still creating something new and distinctive? In this case, the answer is a resounding yes.
Certainly, the nature of the mystery the characters find themselves exploring heads into areas network television would hesitate before entering. No matter how edgy X-Files gets, I can't see them even suggesting the possibility that the mysterious prisoner in this book might be who the book suggests he might be. (How's that for not giving anything away?) And the characters are a lot more violent and ruthless than one would expect to find on TV. These characters are charming and likeable, and it always comes as a shock when the reader is reminded that they are professionals, and part of the job means killing.
It's also a good, exciting adventure story. After the first couple of chapters introducing the background stuff, things proceed at a fairly leisurely pace as we meet the characters and follow them on their first mission together. Once everything is in place, though, the book takes off like a rocket and only slows down for a page or two at a time. Williamson brings in a number of different mysteries and paranormal ideas, but manages to integrate them smoothly into one story without things seeming overly cluttered or tied together artificially. Along the way, the book manages to get the reader thinking about proof versus faith in religion.
All in all, City of Iron is a fun, fast-paced start to what I hope will be an exciting trilogy. I just wish I didn't have so many other books to read before I buy the next part. (I hate having a backlog build up.) Speaking of which, I should probably mention that the story doesn't so much end as reaches a stopping point. I expected as much; the cover clearly says that this is book one, so I assumed there would be stuff left over for future volumes. I like that sort of serial storytelling. However, if you're the sort of reader who insists that everything be wrapped up by the final page, with no loose ends, you're going to be disappointed or upset.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating,can' t put down book .
Comment: I began reading the novel thinking it would be a rip-off of the X-files.I couldn't have been more mistaken.Although these C.I.A. operatives are on a mission to investigate the paranormal,that's where the similarities end. This book is as exciting as any .The action is vividly described.The plot is full of surprising twists with an intelligent,thought provoking conspiracy.The characters are well developed,interesting and realistic. I particularly liked Joseph,whose belief system is brought to question.The only problem I had with the paperback was probably due to the editors or proofreaders ,as in some parts names of characters are mistakenly interchanged.Hopefully Mr.Williamson noticed and will bring this to their attention for the following volumes. Overall,this is one entertaining novel.It,s my favorite book of the year(and I,ve read over a hundred fiction novels this year).
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Title: Empire of Dust (The Searchers, No 2) by Chet Williamson ISBN: 0380791889 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Siege of Stone (The Searchers , No 3) by Chet Williamson ISBN: 0380791897 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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