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Title: Mayday by Thomas Block, Nelson Demille ISBN: 0-446-60476-3 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (74 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A not so easy cover up
Comment: Coupled with a person that has a life of aviation much like my own, Nelson Demille has pleased me with another book again! Thomas Block, the second author to Mayday, grew up around aviation. He started to fly airplanes when he was fourteen years old. At age seventeen he obtained his pilot's license and later joined the Air Force. The book Mayday is a book that I bought on my way to Dallas. I was waiting in the airport terminal and I wanted something to read. After browsing through magazine rack, this book caught my eye. Knowing that Nelson Demille writes about airplane and army related issues and predicaments and reading books of his before, I had to give this one a try.
The Straton, a large Trans united passenger jumbo jet, is flying just above Hawaii when it is struck by a drone missile. At sixty thousand feet above the earth this is a problem. Afflicting oxygen deprivation to most of the passengers and all of the flight crew, only a few lucky passengers are now faced with landing this airplane. This is a very suspenseful type of situation. Put yourself there, not knowing what any of the hundreds of flashing buttons and switches are meant to do while you are landing and flying this large aluminum bird. Now, the United States Army is wanting to just brush this asinine situation under the rug. How are they going to do that?. Things gone wrong thousands of feet off the ground tend to attracted attention.
If you like this book, or the writing style of Nelson Demille, you will definitely like the book CHARM SCHOOL. It follows a very different plot and has a bit of different pace as well. None the less, it is another master piece by one of my favorite authors.
Rating: 2
Summary: edge of the seat with plenty of cliches
Comment: A high tech world meets the night of the living dead. It impresses me that even a ten year old reviewer who I read before responding to this challenge recognizes some of the weaknesses of the plot. Did this entertain me? Yes... for the three hours I spent reading it. Since I am not a speed reader, I guess I must admit that the predictable parts of the plot did not keep me attached to the text. Should a prospective purchaser purchase it? Compared to Plum Island, this is not much of a book. It is, however, laden with some technical details I found fascinating. Good triumphs, which should surprise no one, and helps at the end. I came away feeling that this was a better short story than novel. It was worth an afternoon. My slower reading friends who spent days in it might not have spent their time as productively. If you want a potboiler and plan to make a quick read of it, go for it. If you want the best book I have read by DeMille, get Plum Island. The characters are more interesting and the suspense is real, not contrived. By the way, before writing this review, I found and purchased another book by DeMille. I may have my doubts but enjoy DeMille's work.
Rating: 5
Summary: FOR SOMEONE WHO NEVER READS A BOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH
Comment: This book had me from the first page i read. I am the type of person who likes the thought that im actually reading a book. Then , after about 50 pages i put it down for ever. well not with this book. If you are the type of person who gets bored with books or doesnt like reading this is the book for you. This novel would not let me put it down. The plot is constantly changing and keeping me interested until the last page. I highly reccomend this to everyone.
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Title: The Talbot Odyssey by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358584 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358592 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cathedral by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358576 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Charm School by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446353205 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446301582 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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