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I really enjoyed this one! I think Isaac Bell is becoming one of my favorite Cussler characters. As much as I enjoyed The Chase, I think I liked this one even more. Part of this was because some of the story took place in Ogden, Utah - my home town. Utah is a predominantly Mormon state, however, Ogden was a hub of the rail industry from when the golden spike was driven in 1869 to the 1940s and WWII. Railroad and military men gathered in Ogden and the result was a definite non-Mormon atmosphere of bars and brothels. This is detailed very well in The Wrecker. The story itself was a great actioner and quite enjoyable. The only complaint was that I didn't quite understand why Bell was unable to recognize the Wrecker from the drawing that had circulated when the Wrecker boarded the train in Ogden. Two other Van Horn agents did recognize him from the drawing and ended up dead in the Ogden back alleys. Otherwise, I enjoyed this one immensely and am looking forward to the next Isaac Bell story: The Spy, which will be published in June.
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Great action adventure book
Unlike the Chase (Bk 1) that covered early automobile travel at the time of the 1906 SF quake, I loved this story because it gives you a glimpse into early train travel. I like super-heros such Isaac Bell as they rise to bigger than life status as they triumph over evil and still gets the girl. Great read!
An adventure drama in the Issac Bell series by Clive Cussler. It is a fast paced story with Issac Bell being hired to catch an antognist called the Wrecker. The Wrecker is sabatoging key points in a railroad being build to connect the West coast railroad. There are fast cars, railroads, people out to kill Issac Bell and a sabature who seems to know what is going on before the rest of the railroad people.
A great airplane book, but missing some depth it could have had to make it great.
A great airplane book, but missing some depth it could have had to make it great.
This book would make a great movie,unless the holly wonks foul it up
I like Cussler's new protaganist Issac Bell. The action starts right away and is fast paced until the last page. The bad guys are ruthless and very smart, but not as smart at Issac. It's a nice get a way book.
This was typical Cussler. Great non-stop action. Excellent steam locomotive descriptions and well developed characters. A great read.
Outstanding. Cussler and Scott have you on the edge of your seat as Bell tracks another villian
This was a book chosen to be read by my book club. It was OK, not my favorite genre. My husband likes Clive, though, and will enjoy this book as he is a model train enthusiast.
Clive Cussler at his best weaving historical facts with a fictional character. I live in Oregon and the history was dead-on. Highly recommend this read to history buffs that enjoy a fast paced fictional novel.
Excellent from beginning to end. Hard to put down.
Excellent reading! Very exciting.
Don't forget to take a breath every now and then, this book is a race
What the author(s) do with this series: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott know how to write a book. This is part of the series called the Isaac Bell Adventures. This paragraph applies to all books in this series. Isaac is an investigator for a private firm whose motto is that the always get their man The books are set in the early 1900's and are based on the author's fascination with the leading technologies of the time â things like fast (by their standards) trains, automobiles and ships. New technologies are introduced like aeroplanes and talking pictures. Depending on the book, many of the social issues of the day are woven into the story such as strikes and strike breakers, gangs running businesses, stock speculators and manipulators as well as later in the series the storm clouds of what will become World War I. The author is skilled at bringing in the details of how society works in that era, such as how beef makes it to NYC, or how different strata of society operate in SFO
Do you need to read this series in order: Probably not, but I think you will miss out on the character development of the protagonist and his lady friend.
Triggers: there is an ample supply of violence â in this book it's at a âwar timeâ level -- people die, from violence (fires, gun shots, bombs, crashes, knives, beatings, accidents). Some of the violence is directed at kids.
The wrecker is about a man that wrecks steam trains and Isaac Bell who tries to stop them. It's fascinating but exhausting as our detective races back and forth across the US to try to prevent train wrecks and to try to catch the wrecker. It's 1907 and it's still a very wild country.
What the author(s) do with this series: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott know how to write a book. This is part of the series called the Isaac Bell Adventures. This paragraph applies to all books in this series. Isaac is an investigator for a private firm whose motto is that the always get their man The books are set in the early 1900's and are based on the author's fascination with the leading technologies of the time â things like fast (by their standards) trains, automobiles and ships. New technologies are introduced like aeroplanes and talking pictures. Depending on the book, many of the social issues of the day are woven into the story such as strikes and strike breakers, gangs running businesses, stock speculators and manipulators as well as later in the series the storm clouds of what will become World War I. The author is skilled at bringing in the details of how society works in that era, such as how beef makes it to NYC, or how different strata of society operate in SFO
Do you need to read this series in order: Probably not, but I think you will miss out on the character development of the protagonist and his lady friend.
Triggers: there is an ample supply of violence â in this book it's at a âwar timeâ level -- people die, from violence (fires, gun shots, bombs, crashes, knives, beatings, accidents). Some of the violence is directed at kids.
The wrecker is about a man that wrecks steam trains and Isaac Bell who tries to stop them. It's fascinating but exhausting as our detective races back and forth across the US to try to prevent train wrecks and to try to catch the wrecker. It's 1907 and it's still a very wild country.
