River of Ruin (Philip Mercer Book 5)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002DMZ9W2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Another hit! Gripping, timely, and highly interesting." according to Thomas D. John. Again, Dubrul starts us with a history lesson. This time, it's the Panama Canal. Painstakingly researched, amazingly realistic, politically quite timely, this book is a thriller from start to finish. Geographically, we go from Washington DC, to Paris, then on to Panama. We are introduced to new characters, check in with some of the old cha. Wyoming reader said Great book!. I enjoy Jack DuBrul's booksI've read all of his Philip Mercer series. They are intelligently written and each one has a different location, with a lot of historical information.. Kindle Customer said Great story. Very long chapters and that's my only complaint. Otherwise great read and I hope the rest of the books in the series are this good.
But Mercer isn’t the only one who wants it. Discovering it means surviving the unpredictable black waters of the River of Ruin. It begins at a Paris auction house, with a favor granted by an old high school friend to geologist Philip Mercer: the opportunity to buy a rare diary written during the French attempt at digging the Panama Canal. Army officer Lauren Vanik, a cell of tough French Foreign Legion commandos, and a crusty eighty-year-old retired sea captain named Harry White—can stop them. . Three Chinese assassins have been dispatched to get it, forcing Mercer into a subterranean game of cat and mouse that takes him from the hellish maze of l&rs
army officer, and, to a different extent, when his recollections of an old mentor prevent him from succumbing to diabolical Chinese torture. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Though teeming with up-to-the-minute technology (such as an experimental but deadly long-range cannon), the novel possesses a surprising Cold War perspective toward China. This time he's in Panama, where he uncovers a Chinese plot to bomb the canal with nuclear weapons in order to strong-arm the U.S. From Publishers Weekly Jam-packed with action and larger-than-life heroics, DuBrul's latest (after Pando