Asterisk Destiny

by Campbell Black, Campbell Armstrong

Asterisk is America's most fragile and chilling secret. It waits somewhere in the Arizona desert to pave the way to world domination or damnation.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Pseudonym for Campbell Armstrong

Reviews

[Jeremy Herbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Campbell Black has written some top-shelf potboilers, but Asterisk Destiny reads like a Mad Libs draft of better work. You already know the plot. There's a briefcase with a thing in it that government stooges young and retired would really like to get their leather-gloved hands on. That's my kind of catnip, or at least it should be. But the Relatable Protagonist is the least interesting character in a novel lousy with eccentric alternatives, the twist doesn't add much, and there are only so many times you can read "had had" before your eyes cross.

[Damon Noel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Small parts and pieces I really loved, but overall very on the nose. Some nights when I had trouble getting to sleep this would put me right to bed. I liked the reveal but not the ending. The focus on the very main character was misguided, I felt Hollander was a much more interesting and compelling character. Thorne is supposed to represent us as the audience but it was so straightforward. A political thriller, probably not the worst but definitely not the best. Still a fun light read.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this story about the cold war but was disapponted with the ending