Overfall

by David Dun

Sam Wintripp is a man with secrets, struggling to keep his troubled past where it belongs. His future takes a deadly turn when he rescues a beautiful woman from drowning in remote Canadian waters. They barely survive the attack that follows. But the fight for their lives has just begun. As a freelance espionage expert, Sam's existence depends on absolute secrecy - even as he finds himself acting as protector to Anna Wade, whose face is instantly recognisable. Now, they must work together to unravel an international conspiracy involving a shadowy corporation, a paranoid genius, and a madman who knows too much about Sam. There's nowhere to turn and no one to trust as the pair is drawn into a desperate race to track down a terrifying new threat, a twisted technology that means power for its owners, and death for those who would stop them.

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

David Dun was born and grew up in western Washington but moved to northern California to begin his legal career. He still resides in California with his wife in a secluded home perched on the side of a mountain. He drives old cars, wears jeans whenever possible, loves reading and writing, hates exercise but does it religiously, diets with disgusting precision, and wants to be a writer even after he grows up. He has a private law practice representing family corporations. He hates to tell his age but we'll give you a clue. He was born December 12, 1949. He is quick to point out that only 20 more days and it would have been 1950. Writing, like life, he says is a race against time.

Reviews

[Teresa Biggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just could not buy that Sam, a man of many secrets would let Anna along on a mission, carrying a gun when she was a movie star or start telling her anythng about his past when she was asking people to check up on Sam. I also could not buy that Anna as a pampered movie star who has seen several men who were charged for protecting her and got gunned down in front of her would be like it was an every day occurrence to watch people DIE and still threaten the man in charge of keeping you safe.

Now the story premise was good.. I liked all the science stuff and I liked the secondary characters .. but they mostly all died I wish they explained more about Sam's mother.. there was alot left hanging but maybe in other books .....

[Karen Knapstein · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was entertaining. A departure from what I usually read ... I would read more from David Dun.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recently I discovered Doc Savage. I know, I'm late to that party. Still, as I read my first Kenneth Robeson story, in a beach chair in Maui, I was a bit amazed I'd not been introduced to the Man of Bronze earlier in life. Regardless of the reason for the delay, I believe David Dun, author of Overfall and creator of the book's protagonist Sam of the Silverwind, cannot claim the same. As I read Overfall, I saw elements of Doc Savage in Sam. Yet for all Sam and Doc might have in common, Sam, as a character frustrates me in ways Clark "Doc" Savage never will. (Okay, I'm speculating, prognosticating even, but I believe my opinion is sound.)

Here's what I mean when I say Sam bugged me.

Going into dangerous situation,"Sam kept his finger on the trigger of his assault rifle." Really? On the trigger? Not alongside the trigger guard but rather on the trigger, as if he'd never previously held a firearm. This little error is large in my mind. It pains me to see characters using heavy ordinance and making "greenhorn" errors. Having one's finger ON the trigger is just such an error.

Later on, Sam is cajoled into wearing a skirt. Sure, it isn't really a skirt but a sulu,which I understand is the Pacific Islander version of the Scotch kilt. Still, Sam didn't want to wear it but he didn't have the resolve to say "no, hell no." This was just one of those niggling little things that keep a character from greatness. In my opinion and for me...

[Chris]

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