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Devil's Gate

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"No weapon formed against you shall prosper," -- Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV)

I'm somewhat skeptical of the Cussler books written with coauthors. They vary in quality. I didn't know what to expect with Graham Brown, and the book's beginning seemed less interesting than a typical Cussler opening. From there, a lot of scenes were long, convoluted, and more than a little hard to follow. But after about 110 pages, the book picked up its stride, became more surefooted, and started to entertain in a fashion somewhat reminiscent of the early Dirk Pitt books. I found myself having fun, and by the end I was glad I had read the book. Give it a chance. I think you'll be glad you did. It's a quick read. If you aren't happy by page 225, stop.

To me, the best part of the book came in the many scenes containing tongue-in-cheek humor of the sort that always made the Ian Fleming James Bond books fun to read. I also liked the wide variety of far-fetched technology inserted into the story.

Naturally, the character development wasn't very significant. But it is an adventure story . . . so that's not a fatal flaw.

The plot was well designed to keep the story moving pretty fast after the relatively slow beginning, and nicely picked up pace in the last 150 pages or so to reach a tempo I liked.

I won't go into what the story is about. Half the fun of this book is finding out what Clive Cussler dreamed up.

I'll definitely read the next Kurt Austin book if Graham Brown is the coauthor.