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  <title><![CDATA[The Reckoning: A Thriller]]></title>
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  <default_description> Bestselling author Jeff Long's apocalyptic thriller Year Zero was hailed as &quot;superbly original...terrifying and exquisite.&quot;
-- Dan Brown, &amp;#351 bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code
Now Long enters new territory with an intricate,suspense-charged journey into the Vietnam War'shaunting legacy.
The killing fields of Cambodia hold nightmarish secrets of the past -- and the present -- for Molly Drake, an intrepid photojournalist covering the U.S. military's search for the remains of an American pilot shot down during the Vietnam War. A flight helmet buried among the Khmer Rouge victims is her first discovery -- and far from the most explosive. Led by a mysterious expatriate to the ruins of an ancient city, Molly embarks on a harrowing search for evidence of an entire GI patrol, lost thirty years ago. Now, as a typhoon descends on the remote jungle fortress, Molly discovers that a war she never knew never ended -- and it's up to her to solve a forgotten murder among the warriors left behind....Jeff Long's unnerving novel of predation, betrayal, and resurrection is a masterwork of &quot;excellent storytelling&quot; (Rocky Mountain News).
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jeff Long]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 15 04:54:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I recommend this book to any reader of horror that wants something beyond what you can find at the grocery store. There aren't a whole lot of answers here, but this one of of the creepiest ghost stories I've ever read. It is a very cerebral type of horror novel rather -- not like most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15234452">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 24 13:26:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My 2nd Jeff Long novel.  I enjoyed &quot;The Wall,&quot; so rapidly put this one on my reading list, and enjoyed it even more.  This time I found the ending satisfying, if a bit abrupt.  Again a variation on the ghost story.  Again with an interesting setting and strong sense of place.  This time in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20756226">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 27 01:11:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 27 01:12:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like Long's books but I didn't care for this book. It had a pretty generic, Indiana Jones plot to it and not much of interest going on it. It seemed forced. ]]></body>
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    <review id="9871263">
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 03 05:13:55 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 03 05:17:23 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[*Mild Spoiler Alert*<br/><br/>I enjoyed Long's &quot;Year Zero&quot; and &quot;The Descent&quot;, so I was excited to pick this up.  <br/><br/>The sci-fi/adventure'ish elements in here are very good. I could have done without the odd character traits of the female lead and particularly the plant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9871263">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 09 09:48:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 09 09:52:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you enjoyed The Ruins, you might enjoy this one even more. The plot is faster paced and more robust. There's also a bit of Stephen King horror of the unknown happening. A page turner to the end. Left me feeling still just a bit confused, but I really enjoyed the book. ]]></body>
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    <review id="23000870">
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 25 11:19:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The jungle imagery and mythical elements are very well-done, but the final revelations are a bit obvious and the author's attempts to add spice to the female lead come off more weird than attractive.]]></body>
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    <review id="3569887">
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 26 09:37:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This really was not Jeff Long's best book, it wasn't exciting at all, just odd. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3569887]]></url>
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    <review id="15657682">
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    <name><![CDATA[Vickie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 17 18:26:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good ghost story. Not as good as his other books I've read, but good. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15657682]]></url>
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    <review id="11540998">
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 03 10:39:24 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[English books were a little scarce in Korea...don't read it]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11540998]]></url>
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    <review id="29458757">
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    <name><![CDATA[Keanne]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ghost story meets thriller.  Interesting and lyrical.]]></body>
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    <review id="26893474">
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    <body><![CDATA[Interresting book! verry good.]]></body>
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