Description
The Vince Flynn for the 21st Century is here!--John Fasano, producer of Another 48 Hours and Darkness Falls
"Hostile Intent kept me up most of the night. Hold on, is all I can tell you."--Jay Nordlinger, National Review
It starts with the unthinkable--the most horrific act of violence ever committed on American soil.
Only one man can stop them.
Hostile Intent
Code named Devlin, he exists in the blackest shadows of the United States government--operating off the grid as the NSA's top agent. He's their most lethal weapon-and their most secret. But someone is trying to draw him out into the open by putting America's citizens in the crosshairs--and they will continue the slaughter until they get what they want.
"Six pages into Hostile Intent and I began to feel uneasy. By page nine I'd been punched in the gut. And it just doesn't stop." --Bill Whittle, author of Silent America
Born on the United States Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, N. C., Michael Walsh comes from a long line of American servicemen, including veterans of the Spanish-American War, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Walsh grew up among veterans and intelligence officers in duty stations around the world, including Washington, D.C., San Diego and Pearl Harbor, and even today several members of his family are former or active intelligence professionals with high security clearances. His debut novel, Exchange Alley was a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection upon its publication in 1997. His novel And All the Saints was a winner of the 2004 American Book Award for fiction.
Reviews
The New Tom Clancy
I found this book riveting, and couldn't put it down.
The central character - Devlin - is a wonderful creation. A real American hero. The kind of guy that Jack Nicholson was talking about in A Few Good Men when he said "You want me on that wall."
I find some of the comments here - both political and technical - widely off the mark.
If you believe that all our problems are going to disappear by singing kumbaya, then this isn't a book for you. But guys like Devlin will protect you anyway.
And so far as the questions concerning the Large Hadron Collider go, well... I'm in this business. And he's right: Like the SETI project (the search for extra-terrestrial life software that you can download onto your computer) Hadon is networked in a way to both use - and allow for - massively linked supercomputing.
Walsh's writing is smart, interesting, and incisive. He's not aiming for the New York Review of Books here. But he does provide you with the kind of storytelling and subject matter that Hollywood refuses to provide these days. And in this regard, he scores a bulls eye.
Absolutely loved it!!
I loved this book!!! I could not believe it was free, and as I read it, I kept thinking that it was as good or better than most of the spy/thriller that I had purchased for 9.99 or more. The action is fast paced, and it hooked me almost inmediately.
I am puzzled by some of the reviews that state that the author used intricate vocabulary. I only read the reviews after finishing the book, and I can honestly say that I did NOT find the language contrived or anything different from other fast paced Action/Thrillers.
If you love and wait patiently for the newest Thrillers, get this book. You have nothing to lose (its free), and will be on the edge of your seat for the whole ride. I looked up the author, and was willing to buy full price, but it seems that this is his first (and only) novel of this genre.
Fast-Paced and Well-Written
Hostile Intent is an excellent book that grabbed my attention from the first few pages and didn't let go. Oftentimes in this genre, the author attempts to introduce a legion of characters and settings in such a whirlwind of activity that I have trouble keeping everything straight. In this instance, while the book maintains the convention of several key characters and simultaneous scenes, I found the organization coherent enough to keep track and maintain my interest in each of the various plot lines. The pace was exciting enough to keep me reading well into the wee hours of the morning. This book is well worth the price (free as of this review) and, more importantly, worth the time it takes to read it. In the current political environment, I wouldn't say this book is politically correct, but it is a page turner.
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