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Title: Rising Phoenix by Kyle Mills ISBN: 0-06-101249-1 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book but I found myself routing for the bad guy
Comment: Rising Phoenix was the first Kyle Mills book I read and I have subsequently read the rest. I feel that for me it was by far the best. I was intrigued by the plot and found myself extolling it to friends as a workable, if somewhat extreme, solution tho the drug problem in this country. Mark Beamon is a likeable enough character but the antagonist John Hobart was much more interesting to me. He had a more extensive back story than Beamon and was easily just as smart as the FBI agent which I found refreshing. If you enjoyed this book like I did may I suggest authors such as Vince Flynn and Nelson Demille. In closing one of my favorites and pick it up if you are from eather end of the political spectrum for an informitive and chilling read.
Rating: 5
Summary: OUTSTANDING
Comment: I have just finished reading RISING PHOENIX. I want to recommend it to anyone who likes Clancy or Grisham. It is a fascinating plot compelling written. You meet people that you get to know and understand. It is fast-paced and keeps the reader's interest with ease. For a first book, the author has done a spectacularly good job. It would be a good job by any accomplished author, but as a first work, it is great. I am looking forward to more from Mr. Mills. (I haven't read Storming Heaven yet, but I'm looking for it.) Highly recommended.
Rating: 2
Summary: too much wish fulfillment, not enough hard reality
Comment: Rising Pheonix is an ambitious novel; unfortunately, it just doesn't have the ring of authenticity of, say, someone like Frederick Forsyth or Richard Herman, Jr. I believe the problem is that the author is still too young and experienced to tackle the characters and subject matter and make the story real. The characters aren't mature or complex enough, the locations don't come alive like they should, many of the descriptions are off-kilter, and events seem shoehorned into the story to make the plot work (Hobart's escapades in Colombia, especially, are hard to swallow). Another major flaw is the fact that we get very little in the way of technical details, the nuts-and-bolts operations of the various organizations that come into play here. When I read a political thriller, I want insight that encompasses the big picture, not endless details into the pointless quirks and habits of the characters.
But I think the main problem is that the basic premise is flawed. To poison a large shipment of drugs would not solve the drug problem in this country-- too many addicts would keep using or switch to other drugs, and such a ploy would not bring the multi-billion dollar drug industry to its knees. Not only that, we really don't get a sense of the huge tragedy that tens of thousands of drug deaths across the country would be (Noone who is rich and famous becomes a victim? Hmmm.), not to mention the myriad social ramifications such an event would cause.
And finally, no FBI agent-- no matter how good he is-- would accept a gift from a drug-dealing Mafioso, or he wouldn't last long with the Bureau.
Pet Peeve Dept: "Ahold" is not a word.
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Title: Storming Heaven by Kyle Mills ISBN: 0061012513 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Free Fall by Kyle Mills ISBN: 0061098027 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Burn Factor by Kyle Mills, Reader 1 ISBN: 0061098035 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sphere of Influence by Kyle Mills ISBN: 0399149341 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Executive Power by Vince Flynn ISBN: 0743453956 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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