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Title: Goliath by Steve Alten ISBN: 0-7653-4024-0 Publisher: Forge Books Pub. Date: 13 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (46 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ALTEN HAS THE KINETIC ENERGY OF A BIG NUKE!
Comment: I first read Steve's debut action-adventure thriller, MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, about seven years ago, and was immediately hooked by his imagination, wonderful writing style, high attention to detail, and the obvious fact he LOVES what he does.
Steve is the kind of writer who eats, drinks and breathes conjuring up great stories. He's so darned smart, knows a lot about a lot, and does so much research that he almost cannot go wrong.
And the numbers tell the tale: in the past coupla months, the mass market edition of GOLIATH has sold very well into the teen and adult markets.
Ah, but what about GOLIATH? ex-Army Ranger (hooah!) Gunnar Wolfe battles against the evil Simon Covah, whose futuristic vessel GOLIATH has come into her own. Literally. Her biochemical brain, not just some silicon thingee, has a mind of its own and is now on the prowl with a whole new agenda, i.e. different from Covah's evil deeds.
You get a kick-ass thrill within the first 50 pages, when the unthinkable happens to the USS Ronald Reagan. I won't give it away!
After the incident, one wonders whether the U.S. will ever be safe from terrorism. How could we possibly defend against something as deadly as GOLIATH?
Steve Alten has the answer . . . read it for yourself!
Dean Garner
KNI Literary
Santa Barbara, CA
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Sci-Fi, Action, Techno-Thriller...........
Comment: Take one part Tom Clancy, one part Michael Crichton, add a pinch of Ian Flemming and sprinkle liberally with Arthur C. Clarke's "2001 A Space Odyssey" and you have Steve Alten's "Goliath". It's a boffo, sci-fi, action, techno-thriller destined for the big screen. Alten effectively mixes science, with breath taking action, with a good deal of philosophy. This is book that will make you think.
At the center of "Goliath" is the character Simon Covah; a villain in the best James Bond tradition. Yet unlike the usual amoral Bond villain Covah has an almost overdeveloped sense of morality. Covah is a brilliant ex-Soviet scientist who sets out to reform humanity through force. His engine for change is the Declaration of Humanity. The means through which he will enforce his will is the US designed, massive, nearly invincible, stealth super sub the Goliath. At the heart of the Goliath is the super sophisticated bio-chemical computer call Sorceress (think HAL from "2001 A Space Odyssey").
Standing between Covah and his plans for humanity are three things: former US Army Ranger and convicted traitor Gunnar Wolfe, the beautiful ex-fiancé of Gunnar Wolfe Navy Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson and Sorceress itself.
The editing in "Goliath" is a bit sloppy. I detected a couple of misspellings and there is some confusion regarding Jackson's military service (in one instance they talk about her becoming a general, which is not a rank in the Navy, and in another she talks about always wanting to be in the Army, she's a naval officer).
These minor things aside "Goliath" is a first rate read. It provides a thought-provoking premise with edge of your seat action. I highly recommend it and look forward to the promised sequel entitled "Sorceress".
Rating: 5
Summary: AMAZING!
Comment: The critics weren't kidding when they said Tom Clancy fans will love this book! Alten really knows how to write a great thriller! Theres now much more I can say besides--BUY THIS NOW!
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Title: Domain by Steve Alten ISBN: 0812579569 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Trench by Steve Alten ISBN: 0786011149 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Resurrection (The Domain Trilogy) by Steve Alten ISBN: 0312875584 Publisher: Forge Books Pub. Date: 21 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten ISBN: 055357910X Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ice Hunt by James Rollins ISBN: 0060521562 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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