Book Review: Deadlock by Robert Liparulo

Robert Liparulo introduced us to John Hutchinson in Deadfall, and his hero returns in Deadlock, still obsessed, and still fighting the evil he first encountered in Deadfall.

Having defeated Declan Page and his fire from Heaven weapon in Canada's Northwest Territory, John "Hutch" Hutchinson is still not convinced that Brendan Page -- billionaire Special Forces veteran, American military contractor, and father of Declan Page -- had no involvement in his son's Canadian reign of terror. So obsessed, in fact, is Hutch that his son has grown to feel neglected by Hutch.

When Hutch agrees to meet with Brendan Page in his commando-style military compound, everything goes wrong, and the hunter -- and his family and friends -- quickly become the hunted. As Robert Liparulo has done so far in each of his books, he takes the reader on a thrill ride in Deadlock that will find you literally immersed in the story. I would be surprised if you don't complete this book faster than nearly every other book you've ever read.

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Joe

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BOOK GIVEAWAY: Comes A Horseman by Robert Liparulo

You can be the proud winner of an autographed copy of Robert Liparulo's Comes A Horseman, absolutely one of the best novels I have ever read (click the link for my review).

I will be giving away several autographed copies of this awesome book over the next couple of weeks. To be one of the first three winners, simply send me an email and tell me the date I reviewed the book on Average Joe American.

Include your name, email, and mailing address. I'll draw three winners at random on Friday morning. Winners will also receive a link to download the audiobook for free (provided Liparulo and Nelson continue to provide the free download).

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Book Review: Germ by Robert Liparulo

I have just finished reading the third Robert Liparulo book in my library. He has only written three. This was actually his second book. I'm sort of glad I read it last.

I first read Comes A Horseman, followed by Deadfall, both very compelling page-turners. It took me considerably longer to finish Germ than it did the other two. Not because it wasn't a good book. It was a very action packed, fast paced read, as two Average Joe American readers have commented in prior posts here. But there was just something too -- familiar, I guess, about it.

Germ is about a scientist who engineers a virus that, when released upon the population, will spread rapidly, giving ultimate control of the world to he who holds the cure -- which, of course, is the same scientist who engineered the virus. In a nutshell, that's the storyline. Everything that proceeds from there involves (a) a hired thug responsible for ensuring that enemies of the virus fail; (b) a group of protagonists that discovers the threat of the virus and risks their lives trying to stop the mad scientist; and (c) the hidden lair that the scientist is holed up in, making his evil plans for domination.

Now, I found this to be quite familiar to another story line that I have reviewed both here and here. This other story line is about a scientist who seeks a virus that, when released upon the population, will spread rapidly, giving ultimate control of the world to he who holds the cure -- which, of course, is that same scientist. In this case, the mad scientist finds the virus he desires as a mutation of a vaccine created by a leading pharmaceutical lab and engineers a way to force the mutation and to sustain. Slightly different method with the same result. Much of what proceeds from this story line involves (a) a hired thug responsible for ensuring that enemies of the virus fail; (b) a group of protagonists that discovers the threat of the virus and risks their lives trying to stop the mad scientist; and (c) the hidden lair that the scientist is holed up in, making his evil plans for domination. Wow. Seems like it could be the same story, right? Except that this second story, the epic Circle saga from author Ted Dekker, goes so much deeper into the story as to create two different worlds spanning some twelve novels to date.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Germ, and it is definitely a fast paced book worth the time spent reading it. But, if you haven't yet embarked on the journey that is the land of the Histories, please, read Black, Red, and White first. But don't stop there. Continue with the entire Circle saga. You won't be disappointed.

Then, when your finished, pick up the three works of Robert Liparulo. He's a solid, talented author whom I hope to see on the bookshelf again soon.

Joe

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Book Review: Deadfall by Robert Liparulo

If you're a hunter, an outdoorsman, you might already have known this, but for someone like me, it took me nearly the entire book to learn exactly what "deadfall" is. Dictionary.com provides two possible definitions of the word, both of which fit the context of Robert Liparulo's latest work, Deadfall:

1. a trap, esp. for large game, in which a weight falls on and crushes the prey.
2. a mass of brush and fallen trees.

Liparulo takes us deep into Canada's Northwest Territory with an unlucky group of four friends trying to get away from their streaks of misfortune. Little do they know that their luck is about to turn from bad to worse.

To go into too much detail about Deadfall would be to give away the entire plot of the story. Imagine, if you will, finding your vacation interrupted by the most unlikely group of people, in the most unexpected place, with the most unimaginable weapon -- and they're out to kill you. To kill you with a weapon that sees all, knows all, and can strike out and reach you wherever you go, without warning. That there is no place you can hide from this ultimate weapon, not even underground.

Robert Liparulo does not disappoint in his latest tale of action and suspense. Just as he did in his debut novel, Comes A Horseman, Liparulo delivers a heart-pounding page turner that demands to be read. To be entered. To be lived. But be careful, because the world of Canada's Northwest Territories becomes so very real in Liparulo's Fiddler Falls, and lends proof to the theory that the best place to hide is right under the enemy's nose.

Joe

Book Review: Comes A Horseman by Robert Liparulo

Robert Liparulo's debut novel, Comes A Horseman, is one of the best debut novels I have ever read. Liparulo takes prophecy and, from it, weaves a tale that could be told in the newspapers in this very time.

Two FBI agents are pursuing a serial killer whose victims seem to have nothing in common. A vicious killer who mercilessly slaughters men and women alike. As the Pelletier killer treks across the western states of Utah and Colorado, the agents, who are not officially on the case, employ the latest in FBI "test" equipment in their quest to track down the killer.

But as they close in on their killer, he closes in on them, and the hunters become the hunted. It is then that the heroes learn that there is a far more evil power behind their attacks -- and the rest of the serial killings -- than even they could have imagined.

Is Antichrist walking the Earth today? Could he be here now, among us, orchestrating his rise to power? Are there those in the financial position to help this ultimate source of evil attain his goals on Earth, leading up to the battle of Armageddon foretold in the Bible?

If you have any doubts as to just how possible this might be, you owe it to yourself to read Robert Liparulo's Comes A Horseman. With a very hectic work schedule, I finished this 615 page book in just one week, and that includes a day or two that I didn't get to read any at all.

This book is the mother of all page turners! Do yourself a favor and give it a read.

Joe