- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson; First THUS edition (April 15 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1404185682
- ISBN-13: 978-1404185685
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.1 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,426,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
In the not-so-distant future, Andy Moss, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intern, discovers documents that implicate the U.S. government, now controlled by a fascist version of the EPA, in a massive political cover-up involving a nuclear testing project called THOR. Moss is killed by the authorities, but not before he turns the THOR documents over to his supervisor, Dale Crawford. As Crawford rushes against time to get the documents into the right hands, he encounters a country deeply divided by the restrictive policies of a corrupt political regime. Although the thinly drawn characters are mostly caricatures of particular political opinions, Burkett's (The Illuminati, Nelson, 1992) novel is filled with the fast-faced action, suspense, and intrigue of a Clancy thriller. Recommended for public libraries.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
It begins in the 1960s-an unimaginable series of political machinations leading to one act of greed and destruction after another, until in the twenty-first century, the world faces a single, global dictator. Behind the takeover is an odd, yet frighteningly effective, alliance of international governments and inner-city gangs.
Lining up against the tyrannical forces are three men, each committed to exposing the fifty-year-old conspiracy, and together capable of mounting an undeniably formidable resistance. If they succeed, the world has a chance. If they fail, the world is doomed to the prospect of a Fourth Reich. The key to the worlds future is The Thor Conspiracy.
Previously published by Nelson Books, The Thor Conspiracy has sold 50,000 copies.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Book I've read in 5 Years,
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This review is from: The Thor Conspiracy (Paperback)
This book is crammed so full of errors and simple mistakes I could barely finish reading it, in fact I am surprised I did. You can tell that the author is a far right-wing wacko just by how he structures the whole plot.
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Excellent Book of Fiction?!?!?,
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This review is from: The Thor Conspiracy (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book and once I started, I found it hard to put it down. Burkett sounds an alarm to all that will hear. He shows us how laws that are made supposedly for our own good, can also be used against us. Burkett challenges each of us to really think long and hard before we so casually give away our rights and freedoms. Although this book is fiction, it has an erie resemblance to actual current events.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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very implausable plot...,
By Michael Young - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Thor Conspiracy (Paperback)
This is an interesting book, and compelling for political conservatives like myself, but I still find many points of the plot to be very implausable. For instance: 1) We are led to believe that "Aunt Anne" was killed by government enforcers after she blabbed about the top-secret "THOR" conspiracy. But then we are expected to believe that these same enforcers blindly had all her personal belongings sent to a relative without a search? Okay, maybe. 2) Andy Moss's estranged brother decides to send the original copies of the top secret "THOR" documents to Andy with no apparent goal in mind? And this after Andy's brother has realized the significance of the documents and has plans to cash in on his inside knowledge? This makes no sense. (Except to bring Andy into the plot for the purpose of bringing Dale Crawford into the plot.) 3) Andy Moss gets a 'funny feeling' for no reason and takes these incriminating top-secret files along with him when he fortunately decides to get dinner at the local fast food chain -- the same night that his apartment is ransacked by police looking for him and the evidence. TOO coincidental! 4) After Andy Moss's murder, Dale Crawford can think clearly enough to question his and the government's role in the cover-up, and to decide that he is going to flee Washington DC. However, Crawford can't think clearly enough to realize that government enforcers would be totally unaware of his involvement at this point. Duh. Anyway, I could go on. I'm not claiming to know exactly how the book *should* have been written, and I did enjoy the book, but it would have been more satisfying if there weren't the little snafu's that plague this plot line. 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
It goes to show what can happen to America if she turns on Israel.,
By J. T. Knowlton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Thor Conspiracy (Paperback)
This was a really good book. It shows just how bad things can get here in America in the event of a second great depression. This two book series also shows what happens to a nation that turns it's back on Israel. God said to Abraham in Genesis, "I will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you." In the first book of this series, The Illuminati, the US actually TURNS ON Israel. America goes through some very rocky times with the next depression and people losing their personal freedoms. Here in this book, America has gone from being a free, prosperous nation to a totalitarian, impoverished nation. It just goes to show what can happen to America should she turn on Israel.It also goes to show what can happen if gun ownership is outlawed. You will be at the mercy of violent street gangs. It even indicates in this book about law abiding citizens going to prison just for owning guns. If citizens have no means to defend themselves they would be at the mercy of outlaws and thugs mentioned in this book. One thing Burkette didn't mention was the gangs most certainly also practiced rape and forcing young women to be prostitutes. that have to have been practiced on a large scale. One other thing Burkette should have done was more research on Gangs. sorry if i sound nitpicky, but he mentions a crip in this book being of latino ethnicity. Since he was latino, Burkette should have made him Mexican Mafia, 18th St. Gang, or MS 13(Mara Salvatrucha). Crips are, for the most part, an African American gang. Good book though, it shows an ordinary, docile, man manning up and doing the right thing in taking action against the evil totalitarian regime that has taken part in America. It somewhat reminds me of the book of Judges. |
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