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Dead Wrong

(The Rho Agenda: Inception #2)

Richard Phillips (Goodreads Author)

4.17 · Rating details · 2,323 ratings · 91 reviews

After the riveting events of Once Dead, Jack “Ripper” Gregory remains host to a homicidal alien bound to his soul. Now Jack has been hired for a suicide mission: journey to South America and rescue an imprisoned shaman. One problem...both the National Security Agency and a gang of neo-fascists are hot on his trail.

Neither group plans to let Jack live.

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Published January 6th 2015 by 47North

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Aug 10, 2017 Trish R. rated it it was amazing

This was just as exciting as Once Dead. I mean, Jack killed so many bad guys and then when Janet joined him they just went nuts with the killing. Not that they didn’t deserve dying. They were all neo-Nazis, looking to take over the world, again.

And Anchanchu the mind worm is still inside Jack’s brain, trying to take over and make Jack a mindless killer. Wow, and Jack got so close to getting rid of Anchanchu. BUT it was a choice of getting rid of him or Jack and Janet dying in an explosion.

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Dec 02, 2014 Koeur rated it liked it

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Publisher: 47 North

Publishing Date: January 2015

ISBN: 9781477825532

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 3.0/5

Publisher Description: Ex-CIA assassin Jack Gregory has been hired for a singular mission: to journey to South America and rescue an imprisoned shaman. Beloved by the struggling masses and feared by the ruling elite, shaman Tupac Inti is destined to unite Bolivia’s indigenous people and bring down the corrupt government. But Jack isn’t the only one trying to tra http://koeur.wordpress.com/2014/12/08...

Publisher: 47 North

Publishing Date: January 2015

ISBN: 9781477825532

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 3.0/5

Publisher Description: Ex-CIA assassin Jack Gregory has been hired for a singular mission: to journey to South America and rescue an imprisoned shaman. Beloved by the struggling masses and feared by the ruling elite, shaman Tupac Inti is destined to unite Bolivia’s indigenous people and bring down the corrupt government. But Jack isn’t the only one trying to track down the shaman. For only Tupac knows the location of the immeasurably powerful Sun Staff, and both the National Security Agency and neo-Nazis are hot on his trail…and neither group plans to let him live.

Review: Well Jack is back doing jobs that pay well into Cayman accounts and venting his super human skills with a mind worm fastened to his limbic system. Did I get that right? Janet comes along for the ride as well (snickering) only this time she is playing the long game (still snickering) where she has to pretend she’s a neo-Nazi torturer with a dancers body….”OH THE HUMANITY!!!”.

I rated the first novel in this series pretty high, which was surprising when you read it. The errors in logic, the un-believability of, well, everything that the RIPPER DOES….er…..is doing ….um, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!. Take for instance Janet that is oh so hot, deadly, fast and lithe (all at once) who is able to kick a 7 foot tall psycho albino henchmen’s (insert cliché here) ass, with just her naked body (voluntarily strips). I would laugh but I think the author is serious about getting a movie deal and who am I to trample dreams?

The novel starts out in prison where Jack, with red eyes glowing, takes out 4-6 neo-Nazi jail birds by generally rending flesh, popping eye balls and crushing skulls in less than a minute. Why? Because he’s da RIPPER! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!! And of course we all hate Nazis so its a win win in terms of vile retribution. Jack and Jill….er Janet eventually hook up and as in the first novel, there is a spy within the upper ranks of the NSA that expedites the novel to its conclusion in a most convenient fashion. Deus X to the rescue! Ho hum.

This novel is a “have no worries” kind of novel. It is glutted with action scenarios that showcase Jack and Janet’s skill as operatives in a make believe world set in Bolivia. Just read it, enjoy it and forget the absurdity of it all.
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Feb 07, 2015 Cathy Ryan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-thriller, sci-fi-fantasy

The second of the Rho Agenda prequels centres around a very powerful and ancient Incan artefact known as the Sun Staff, formerly held by Pizzaro after conquering the Incan empire hundreds of years ago, now being hunted for the mystical and alien powers it’s believed to possess.

Tupac Inti, a shaman in the Quechua tribe, is currently in Palmasola prison, Bolivia. Only he knows the whereabouts of the Sun Staff. Jack Gregory has been hired to keep Tupac alive and out of the hands of an evil group of The second of the Rho Agenda prequels centres around a very powerful and ancient Incan artefact known as the Sun Staff, formerly held by Pizzaro after conquering the Incan empire hundreds of years ago, now being hunted for the mystical and alien powers it’s believed to possess.

Tupac Inti, a shaman in the Quechua tribe, is currently in Palmasola prison, Bolivia. Only he knows the whereabouts of the Sun Staff. Jack Gregory has been hired to keep Tupac alive and out of the hands of an evil group of Neo-Nazis led by Conrad Altmann, the bastard son of Klaus Barbie, who needs Tupac in order to gain control of the Sun Staff. Barbie realised the Sun Staff had mystical power and had managed to return the artefact to Bolivia. Now Altmann was about to lay claim to the reality.

Janet Price is employed by the NSA and accountable to Admiral Jonathan Riles, who has been working towards the opportunity to study the Sun Staff for the last three years, although he doesn’t subscribe to the theory claiming the activation of the Sun Staff will be the catalyst to bring a master race back to earth. Janet’s assignment is to get to Tupac Inti before Jack.

Jack is slowly succumbing more and more to the entity known as Anchanchu, and understanding more of it’s interaction with human hosts makes it vital that Jack controls Anchanchu rather than the other way around.

Jack is no stranger to dreams of a past not his own but now vivid waking visions plague him, of memories that also aren’t his, about Pizzaro and the Sun Staff. They give his mission a new meaning when he realises what they imply. It’s more than just a job to Jack now, it’s a matter of survival. Can Jack free himself from the being that controls his mind and wants to kill him? The ever more violent emotions Anchanchu evokes in Jack threaten his state of mind.

The characters, and Jack and Janet’s relationship, continue to develop as more of their back story is revealed, along with an extraordinary and well thought through storyline full of action, suspense, Neo-Nazis and corrupt officials. The writing is descriptive, detailed and powerful and it’s really a confirmation of that writing, and narration, that I was totally engaged in the story.

And again, each short and compelling chapter is from different characters’ perspectives, which works extremely well. I always enjoy MacLeod Andrews’ excellent, and wonderfully voiced, narrations and I’m looking forward to the third instalment to see how it all plays out and ties in with the Second Ship.

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Mar 14, 2015 Liezl Ruiz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense, thriller

Dead Wrong is a highly suspenseful book that moves along at a faster pace than the previous book, Once Dead. While the first half felt like watching your usual action film involving the CIA (NSA for this one), the second is like watching an Indiana Jones film.

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It is riveting especially when it involves a mysterious artifact that is wound with fractal patterns on its length that form a complex function for which scientists at NSA are compelled to find solutions to. Just how w ...more

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Jul 06, 2015 Melinda rated it liked it

Good but not as Good as the First Rho Agenda

I think Jack Gregory, Super Spy is a fantastic character. Burdened by his parasite, he must force control over his impulses and emotions or the parasite will take control of him. Jack can shoot better, further and more accurately than anyone than Janet Price, his female Super Spy counterpart and romantic interest.

In this book, they work opposite ends of a job. He works for a Jewish Senator in Bolivia to free a native Shaman from prison. Janet is in de ...more

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Jan 07, 2015 Nichole ~Bookaholic~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs-netgalley-edelweiss, xx_2015, action-adventure-thriller

I loved this second installment of the Rho Agenda Prequels, Jack is one of my favorite characters and I really like how we get to see how he becomes who he is with the prequels. I also love the audio versions and will be doing a re-read via audiobook on this one soon, the narrator on this series does a great job. The writing just sucks you in, my intention had been to read this over the course of 3 or 4 days and I finished it in a day, I could not bring myself to put the book down.

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Feb 28, 2018 Maria rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction-fantasy

Definitely more in the science fiction/fantasy line than the first in the series, although the first certainly had elements of it. I am finding Jack Gregory and Janet Price much more interesting as the series continues. For example, Jack is not always fool-proof in this one. He makes mistakes. And Janet has a more active role in the fighting. Also, Janet has doubts about Jack for the first time, although they appear to be going to work together (officially, at least) now. Before, Janet and Jack ...more

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Dec 08, 2016 Jeff R Hawkins rated it it was amazing

Starting to come together.

This second book of the second trilogy begins to pull together the pieces that I imagine will connect the underlying, "big picture" background of this trilogy with those of the first trilogy. I expect that the next book will place Jack's mind worm, Anchanchu, into its galactic context. Although there is no hint of it here, I wonder if it's somehow related to the fourth headset from the second ship. (Pure speculation on my part).
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Mar 01, 2015 Emily G. Seanez rated it it was amazing

This is another awesome book settling the stage for the next series.

I read the second series first, before I found this one. I loudly proclaimed that series was for young adult readers. This series seems seems to be written for older people. I have enjoyed all the ones I have read so it doesn't matter what age group(s) they are intended for. ...more

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Jul 20, 2014 John rated it it was amazing

This is an interesting prequel to the RHO AGENDA trilogy. A lot of action, centered around an artifact known as the "Sun Staff". The development of the characters and their interaction bodes well for future books in the series. ...more

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Jan 14, 2018 Fred Wagner rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

More of a 4-1/2 but an upgrade since "downgraded" the previous book in the series. Quite enjoyed this novel. Actually had something resembling a sci-fi foundation though still relied very heavily upon the action-adventure / thriller genre. In this instance, however, the means to representing this literarily was done much better than prior. Also, and perhaps this is personal for me (though if I had been able to keep my mouth shut early in WWII and prior the SS and Hitler would've considered me pa ...more

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Apr 15, 2019 Eric rated it really liked it

so far the series is keeping great pace with its predecessor books. The writing is detailed and focused on a good storytelling craft. the descriptions of the tactical narrative is fairly accurate with loads of supporting and tactic.

The characters are believable and being more of the origins of jack and Janet for the future Rho books you really start to get a better picture of whats to come.

I liked it quite well, crunched it out really fast but thankfully there are more books to follow on with. ...more

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Jul 02, 2017 Sean rated it liked it

Good to okay

There was some good action. Pretty good story. The attraction between the 2 main characters was cooll, but that cooled by the end. The staff assembly at the end was anti climactic. I wanted to see something magical happen. The rest of the final battle was good to okay. I wish they fought they're way out instead of being rescued. There were some goofy location names. Cochibamba? The villains lair sounded like a reggae dance. Next time try a sinister city name. This story felt a little ...more

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Oct 26, 2017 BridgetT rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017, audible, kindle-book

So unexpectedly good!
A few days ago I started the RHO AGENDA 'The Second Ship'. But halfway through I discovered it was book #4 of the RHO triple trilogy series.
Even though The Second Ship had me totally engrossed, I decided to bookmark it until I read (listened to) the prequel trilogy.
SO GLAD I DID.
What a thriller ride.
Jack and Janet--such an explosive team. (In every sense of the word)
Government conspiracies.
An alien?
I could go on and on.
But - Now on to RHO #3.
Then back to the kids I met i ...more

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Nov 30, 2017 Diane Johnson rated it liked it

So far this is my least favorite Rho Agenda book by far (this is the fifth one I have read in the last two weeks). The combination of Nazis (not again!), mysticism, way too many descriptions of torture, and the entire chapters that were cut-and-pasted from Once Dead, made it much less fun to read than any of the other books. I am hoping that this is not a sign that the author has run out of ideas.

And Richard Phillips, what is your obsession with showers and baths? I swear the characters in all y ...more

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Sep 06, 2017 Carey rated it really liked it

Just as exciting as the first book. More of what you've come to expect from Richard Philips. The back stories of Jack, Janet, and most of the support characters from the Rho Agenda series provides good character insight. However, the neo-Nazi/Sun Staff/Golden orb storyline was a little uneven in my opinion and somewhat underdeveloped but still an enjoyable Jack "the Ripper" Gregory romp nonetheless. ...more

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Feb 22, 2017 Dave T rated it it was amazing

Another great story in the trilogy.

In this trilogy the author appears to have written each story as a separate entity with no clear lead in to something to follow. I appreciate that because they can be read as individual novels. These books are so intense and so well written that I plan on reading all of them.

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Jun 14, 2018 Laurence Brockman rated it liked it

Small tweaks

The only reason this didn’t get a four or five star rating from me was due to the amount of cut and paste from book one. Similar character introductions or topics were almost cut from book one verbatim. As a reader of book one, it came across as lazy to have the same language pasted into book two. I would have loved to see slight differences, summarization, etc.

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May 24, 2019 Tommy Mills rated it it was amazing

Exceeds in every way

Jack "the Ripper" Gregory and Janet Alexandria Price are back in action. This time they find themselves on opposite sides; Janet trying to prevent Jack from unknowingly screwing up an NSA mission. There's so many twists and the pace is breathtaking. Loved every breakneck minute of the ride. ...more

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Oct 05, 2017 June Finnigan rated it it was amazing

Again, I need time to think about reviewing this brilliant book!

I want to complete the series before writing,what will be a five star review. Richard takes my breath away with his incredible imagination and graphic imagery.
June Finnigan - Writer

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Dec 01, 2017 SamGH rated it it was amazing

Great Read!

3rd book I’ve read with these characters, accidentally read 1st book of Rho agenda “The second ship” first... this Author keeps me wanting more, lucky for me he has lots of books! Happy times for me!!!

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Aug 13, 2018 Robert Keefer rated it really liked it

Jack "The Ripper" Gregory saves the world again, but much differently than the first book in this prequel trilogy. Also sets up the third volume, as we wonder how Jack will get together with Janet (which will happen, as seen in the Rho Agenda trilogy). ...more

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Nov 24, 2018 Derek Vice rated it liked it

A fun addition to the series

Fun, easy reading with some interesting ideas. If you are on book two of the prequel trilogy you probably don’t need to know much except that if you enjoyed the others you’ll enjoy this one.

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Mar 12, 2019 Peter WOOD rated it really liked it

Our male and female marauding do-gooders continue on their world saving adventures. Their life-work balance is deteriorating as less sex is replaced by more killing. Mostly a thrilling adventure with some fantasy and even some sci-fi thrown in. Off to read #3.

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May 07, 2019 John R. Goyer rated it it was amazing

Book two of this series did not disappoint - both books have been close to perfect for my taste and mood I guess. I'm completely loving the characters and stories, and the endings have been just the right pace and closure to leave me satisfied. Good stuff - highly recommended! ...more

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Oct 04, 2017 Kevin Handley rated it it was ok

a bit too much detail and violence for my general reading interest. however, i am somewhat hooked to learn what happens next.

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Oct 09, 2017 Michael Shanks rated it it was amazing

5 stars OUTSTANDING

2nd prequel to Rho Angela trilogy

Can't wait to start final book to this trilogy

Highly recommend

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May 06, 2018 Kenneth Potts rated it it was amazing

A terrific continuation of the first story. I can’t wait to read the third and last book in this series.

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Jan 16, 2019 Anthony Jones rated it it was amazing

Jack is becoming one of my favorite characters to read aboutkeeps me wondering how he's going to continue to deal with his little ride along partner ...more

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Feb 27, 2019 Sing rated it really liked it

I have read the complete series and liked them all. I rated all the books a 4 or 5 stars. I would recommend the series especially to a YA audience.

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Richard Phillips is the million copy bestselling author of the Rho Agenda scifi series, the Jack 'The Ripper' Gregory series, and the epic fantasy series, The Endarian Prophecy. He is a retired Army Officer, West Point graduate, and has a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School. H ...more