Gideon’s Sword by Preston and Child
If you watch my reading list you will know that I am a fan of this pair of authors. I love the Pendergast series. So I was most interested in trying this new series.
Gideon Crew watched the authorities kill his father, who was assumed to be a brilliant scientist who went mad. As an adult, he traces the real story and very early in the novel, deals out revenge. However, the sheer efficiency with which this revenge was done, draws the attention of a clandestine group of ‘government agents’ who enlist him to do a few favours for them. The first of those jobs is incredible.
This is very much a typical adventure story, but without the archaeology trappings that have become so fashionable nowadays. This is a good, old-fashioned, action book with no pretensions. An ideal read for those who want a touch of reality in their reading. Only a touch mind you, but at least it appears realistic.
But somehow I missed the quirky Pendergast and all the other friends from the other series. I’ll be hanging out for the new book in that series when it is released in September.
Until then, this is going to be another series to watch from this incredible team.
