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Sep 27, 2010
Not a bad story. I find myself reading these book equivalent of summer movie blockbusters more often lately - mainly because a friend of mine gave me a stack of books that she is done with. This type of story - lots of chases, mysteries to be solved, hard-nosed bad guys and harder-nosed good guys, nick of time escapes, etc - aren't my usual fare, but I do enjoy them when I read one. Thieves of Faith is a good one, very enjoyable. *Spoiler* I like the fact that, as opposed to many other simi
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Dec 21, 2011
This book is a novel in the style of Davinci Code, just without the great writing and only mediocre plot twists. Journey to an underground world beneath the Kremlin in order to stop a madman from acquiring a sacred ancient relic. There were a few typos and at times I felt like the author put chapters in just to fill pages. An easy read, but not a great one by any means.
May 17, 2010
Phenomenal follow-up to his first book The Thieves of Heaven. This time, Michael St. Pierre has to infiltrate a secret treasure trove under the Kremlin in order to save the life of the father who abandoned him at birth. Again, well-written and exciting. And I think I may have enjoyed this more than the first. If you like the Dan Brown books, you will enjoy these.
Jan 06, 2009
Rachel did it good on this one. I love the complicated scenarios and botched jobs that suddenly turn out OK. The relationship between Michael and Susan evolves with trust and through the struggles they went through. They realized that the other was of substantial material also. The switches that Michael puts everyone through keep the story going.
Jun 10, 2009
A thriller written in the Ludlum style. A good story, but too many twists and "gotchas." By the end of the story, I was too tired to say it was enjoyable.
Jan 13, 2010
Rapid unrelenting action with many 'players.' An international thriller set in New York, Moscow and Corsica. Not entirely believable but so what.
Sep 24, 2010
Great book. If I would chose for my leaving examination Russian I will have great information about Kreml for that examination.
Jun 20, 2008
Before I write this review let me just say that I stalled about a quarter of the way through this book.
With that said, I don't think the book was the reason I stalled.
Once I picked it back up it was a non-stop page turner.
I ended up really liking it.
Very fast paced and action packed. The only drawback was that now I need to go read the first one in this series (although, I didn't know it was a 2nd book, you can easily read this without reading the
With that said, I don't think the book was the reason I stalled.
Once I picked it back up it was a non-stop page turner.
I ended up really liking it.
Very fast paced and action packed. The only drawback was that now I need to go read the first one in this series (although, I didn't know it was a 2nd book, you can easily read this without reading the
Aug 22, 2011
The Thieves of Heaven was a much better book than this one, however this was still an excellent read. Doetsch's novel reads like an awesomely bad action movie; I don't think he's completely honed his writing skills yet, but it's still very entertaining. It doesn't really pick up until the second half, but from that moment on you will not be able to put it down.
Feb 04, 2009
It took me awhile to get through this because of my schedule, but oh my goodness! The end was a little far-fetched, but overall I absolutely loved it! I'm hoping for a sequel to this sequel!
Oct 06, 2011
Just like Thieves of Heaven, I could not put this book down. Michael, Busch & Simon are beginning to feel like old friends. I look forward to reading Thieves of Darkness.
Oct 23, 2009
found this hard to get into. have put it on the bottom of the stack to read, may dispose of it instead. 10/09
Aug 02, 2008
The characters have nine lives, I swear. It was a good story, just way too long.
Apr 06, 2009
Couldn't even get halfway through. Ugh. Too bad, because the premise is cool.
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