- Hardcover: 488 pages
- Publisher: Glass House Press (March 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 098167688X
- ISBN-13: 978-0981676883
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 4.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #894,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This review is from: Gauntlet: A Novel of International Intrique (Hardcover)
With realistic, three-dimensional characters and a dynamic, completely plausible blockbuster plot worthy of today's headlines, Richard Aaron has brought himself screaming into the writing world with this debut thriller - the first of a planned series.Gauntlet features a main character who is diagnosed with autism and shows us the inner world of a person trying to make a living and a life for himself and the struggles associated with societal misunderstanding of the condition. But they need Hamilton Turbee's uncanny intellect and computer-like mind to stop a terrorist attack. Security forces from Canada and the US combine for an international espionage/terrorist plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Rarely does a debut author create such a stir. Rarely does a debut author get me so excited over a book. Rarely does an author (debut or not) get five stars out of me. To my recollection I have only ever given 5 stars to one other fiction writer - and it wasn't his debut. Looking forward to the next release!
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3.8 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Absolutely phenomenal...!!!!,
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This review is from: Gauntlet: A Novel of International Intrique (Hardcover)
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Gauntlet by Richard Aaron,
By Becky - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gauntlet: A Novel of International Intrique (Hardcover)
Gauntlet is not an easy or mindless read. It required me to pay attention to what was going on and think about what was happening. When I started this book, I was a little overwhelmed. Not only with the size of the book but the complexity with which the author discusses the various government agencies involved in the plot. Once I finally got into the book a few chapters I started to connect with a few of the characters. Once that happens for me, I tend to have an easier time sticking to the book.There were places in this book that became too in-depth and more detailed than I needed which seemed to drag things out a bit. I also think that this is much more a man's book than a woman's. However, even with the length of the book, I found that I got more interested in it toward the end. The further that I got, the more that I really wanted to finish it. But I wanted to finish it because I was invested in the characters and I wanted to see how things ended for them. Not because I wanted to know what happened. The last 100 pages of the book were definitely better than the first 100, but I didn't like the end. I really feel like it left me hanging. I believe that Aaron intentionally left the ending hanging since there is a follow-up in the works, but I don't know that I'm invested in the story enough to pick up the sequel. That being said, I still liked the book. It took me a while to read (I wasn't giving up sleep because I couldn't put it down) but it was good enough to keep me interested. I didn't ever think about putting it down or quitting altogether. I just felt that I was more interested in what happened to the people than the missing Semtex. I guess that says a lot for character development, huh? 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Thrilling and frightening,
By Valorie T. "Morbid Romantic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gauntlet: A Novel of International Intrique (Hardcover)
In Richard Aaron's Gauntlet, about 4.5 tons of a highly explosive plastic material known as semtex has gone missing and is in the hands of Afghanistan terrorists plotting against America. Authorities don't know where the attack will take place and have only a month to find out and stop it from killing a lot of innocent people. The terrorists, skilled at what they do, evade detection and catch at every turn. A major hub of the action is a group known as the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, or TTIC. One of their most vital employees turns out to be an autistic math genius named Hamilton Turbee who is good at cracking codes and doing quick calculations in his head.The plot will take you everywhere from the caves of Afghanistan where terrorists hide and plot, the deserts of the Middle East, the Canadian border where a cop is investigating drugs, and to Washington and back. While reading, you will jump around the world, and this constant movement gives a sense of scope to the plot such that you realize how widespread and serious an issue like the one in the book really is, and of all the work that goes into cracking the plots of and stopping terrorists. Everything is fast paced, jumping from one character to the next, and there are A LOT of characters. Each character is distinct, though, even the terrorists that you come to understand the motives of. Gauntlet is a book to read when you don't have anything else to do because you will not want to put it down. With each page, the suspense builds until you feel like it is going to crack. What makes the book even more immediate and hard to put down is that everything within it feels real, as if it is happening or has happened. After all, we are living in a world aware and fearful of terrorist attacks. The thought that something like this could happen, or could be happening behind the scenes, is quite frankly very terrifying. This is really the first time that I have read a book like this and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love a complex plot that twists and connects all over the place, and this book certainly delivered a well thought out and wonderfully written series of events. I don't want to give too much away, but suffice to say that you will be on the edge of your seat. |
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