false 65390 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180837159m/65390.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180837159s/65390.jpg The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 5056 30 1262361 1998 The Hammer of Eden total:937|5:100|4:243|3:427|2:140|1:27| 937 3060 1142 51 3447 3.97 68986 12750 68225520 812106 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.25 818 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 3 0 false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:12:13 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:21:09 -0700 2009
It had two main characters on opposite sides of the fence. The first character, Priest, was a criminal turned vineyard operator. His peaceful existance is threaten by the building of a dam in his northern California valley. He desperately turns...more...]]> 53416970 851219 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:42:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:50:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 80469368 1356105 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 17:17:38 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 06:22:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39664592 1776940 1629586 3404770269 9783404770267 1 <![CDATA[Die Kinder von Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186091746m/1629586.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186091746s/1629586.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1629586.Die_Kinder_von_Eden 4.00 1 Die Nadel, in der Krimigemeinde Furore. Nun macht er mit Hammer of Eden abermals Furore -- oder zumindest tun das seine Bösewichte.

Der Roman beginnt mit einer Reihe von Rückblenden, während Priest und seine Freundin Star den Diebstahl eines seismischen Schwingungserzeugers aushecken. Hippieguru Priest, ein ungebildeter ehemaliger Straßenschläger, mobilisiert seine Gemeinde, gegen den US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien Widerstand zu leisten. Der Zeit und der Gesellschaft entrückt, baut die Gemeinde ihr eigenes Gemüse an, produziert ihren eigenen Wein und raucht sehr viel Marihuana. Doch das ruhige Leben von Priest und seiner Truppe droht durch den Bau eines neuen Kraftwerks in ihrem Tal zerstört zu werden. Sein Stichwort bekommt Priest von Melanie, einer Seismologin, die nach einer Ehekrise seiner Gemeinde beigetreten war. Mit ihrem seismischen Schwingungserzeuger und unter dem Decknamen "Hammer of Eden" wollen sie Kalifornien so lange mit Erdbeben erschüttern, bis ihnen ein Ende der Bauarbeiten versprochen wird. Judy Maddox wird auf sie angesetzt.

Die Tochter eines irisch-amerikanischen Vaters und einer vietnamesischen Mutter ist zwar ein zierliches Persönchen, jedoch eine aufsteigende Persönlichkeit beim FBI. Die Behördenpolitik hat sie auf einen lächerlichen Fall angesetzt, der sich um eine Erdbebendrohung dreht. Aber je mehr sie sich mit dem "Hammer of Eden" befaßt, desto überzeugter ist sie, daß die Drohung echt ist. Ihr Kontaktmann, der Seismologe Michael Quercus, liefert den bedrückenden Beweis, daß eine Katastrophe von größtem Ausmaß bevorsteht. Von nun an entwickelt sich die Geschichte zu einem Wettlauf zwischen Judy und Michael auf der einen Seite und dem zunehmend gefährlichen und zum äußersten entschlossenen Priest und seinen Anhängern auf der anderen. Hammer of Eden ist letztendlich nicht so bahnbrechend wie manche frühere Arbeiten des Autors -- dafür geschieht die Wandlung der friedliebenden Hippiegemeinde zu einer Truppe von Staatsterroristen eine Spur zu rasch. Nichtsdestotrotz, Folletts Talent für Verschwörertum und Intrige sorgen dafür, daß sich die Risse in der Erzählung in Grenzen halten, und daß die Auflösung mit Sicherheit den stärksten Leser erschüttern wird. --Patrick O'Kelley

]]> 1998 4 0 false Wed Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 08 22:56:19 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 13 02:54:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 74082722 1303008 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 2 0 false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 10:51:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 10:54:46 -0700 2009 51877467 1774261 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 2 0 false Tue Apr 07 18:40:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:40:46 -0700 2009 Michel gave me a more historical setting Ken Follet book - may try this later.]]> 43872105 1940237 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jan 21 18:08:28 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 18:09:34 -0800 2009 62493756 2120510 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 3 0 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:26:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:27:32 -0700 2009 47396177 1954435 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 2 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:35:36 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:41:24 -0800 2009 38302192 1735827 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Fri Nov 21 07:37:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 07:38:30 -0800 2008 75734674 2512531 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:43:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:45:13 -0700 2009 44509670 1318914 65390 075402234X 9780754022343 3 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180837159m/65390.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180837159s/65390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65390.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 37 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 08:17:53 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 08:19:58 -0800 2009 81696602 292853 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 2 0 false Sun Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 16:44:51 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 16:45:29 -0800 2009 52623414 1306930 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 2 0 false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:23:04 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 00:05:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67124656 620477 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 3 0 false Wed Aug 12 14:05:35 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:06:22 -0700 2009 66138611 2501645 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Mon Aug 10 08:39:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:18:21 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:39:12 -0700 2009 58337779 2009828 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 4 0 false Wed Jun 03 15:40:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:41:24 -0700 2009 48250923 1258270 5056 0449227545 9780449227541 41 <![CDATA[The Hammer of Eden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392m/5056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517392s/5056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5056.The_Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937 The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers. --Patrick O'Kelley]]> 1998 3 0 false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 15:00:28 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 15:00:51 -0800 2009 77388855 2920916 2984877 0449004589 9780449004586 2 <![CDATA[Hammer of Eden]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2984877.Hammer_of_Eden 3.40 25
Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind. Because Judy knows that the dying has already begun. And soon, the earth will violently shift, bolt, and shake down to its very core. . . .]]> 1998 1 0 false Tue Nov 10 19:14:08 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 06:19:24 -0800 2009 77162428 1328793 2984877 0449004589 9780449004586 2 <![CDATA[Hammer of Eden]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2984877.Hammer_of_Eden 3.27 937
Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind. Because Judy knows that the dying has already begun. And soon, the earth will violently shift, bolt, and shake down to its very core. . . .]]> 1998 4 0 false Thu Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Nov 08 19:45:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:46:19 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=65390