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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780446580342 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0446580341 Label: Warner Books Manufacturer: Warner Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 420 Publication Date: April 24, 2007 Publisher: Warner Books Release Date: April 24, 2007 Studio: Warner Books Editorial Review: Product Description: David Baldacci's much-loved protagonists Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are having trouble adjusting to life in the wake of the terrible events that drove them to the brink in HOUR GAME. Dogged by hidden demons from her past, then almost killed in a barroom brawl, Michelle agrees to try therapy at a mental-health facility, where she simultaneously busts a criminal drug-dealing ring! Meanwhile, to right their shared career in the private security sector, Sean accepts an offer to investigate a mysterious death at a scientific think tank called Babbage Town, located suspiciously close to the CIA's infamous yet covert training camp--"The Farm". In Babbage Town, the security is tight as the world's scientific geniuses race to invent technologies powerful enough to conquer the most sophisticated microprocessor. Michelle soon joins Sean, and before long both find themselves pawns in a terrifying game whose elusive players cite threats to national security as justification for their most heinous crimes. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - likeable, plain and simple.i believe READING the book would have been duller than listening because simple genius is dialogue-heavy. i quite enjoyed this in audio format in my car running errands. narrator scott brick's voice was enjoyable to the ear. mr. brick brought mezmerizing accent inflections to differentiate between the characters and that added the zing that kept it fresh. although some of the plot seemed thinly plausible, and the perfectly timed coincidences a little too coincidental, i just like ... Read More Rating:  - Expected so much more!A friend recommended this book and gave it great hype. He did listen to it on tape as he is vision impaired. Perhaps that made the difference. I did not relate to any character in the book, no one in particular made me care. The constant dilemmas the main characters got themselves into were often foolish and could have been avoided. For example: a child with severe emotional issues, integral to the mystery, is supposed to be guarded. Upon reporting for his a.m. shift, the guard leaves when ... Read More Rating: - Strong start; weak finishHaving read Split Second, I was familiar with the 2 main characters, King & Maxwell. The story starts out promising, with karate expert Ms. Maxwell having some unexplained inner demons. Her time in the mental ward is interesting but it turns out to be pointless in the grand scheme. Enter Sean King, reeling from his partners' mental breakdown and his now lack of income without her. He contacts his former lover Joan, who gives him a murder case at Babbage Town. Aside, any compSci reader ... Read More Rating:  - It's like an explosion in a thesaurus factoryWell, it's for sure that Baldacci will never be accused of word economy. I've read several reviews suggesting the quality of his books are on the decline. I disagree. I read his early work and his later, and both seem spectacularly and consistently and excessively and terribly over-written. His words just get in the way of what might have been a good story had the characters not made so many implausible decisions to support an overly contrived plot. I just want a good story without having to wade through ... Read More Rating: - A bad war produces bad effectsThere is a fascinating style in Baldacci's books. We are always dealing with state business and crime intertwined in the plot. In this case the CIA, the FBI and the DEA are concerned. They are shown as shady and even dangerous if not criminal from the very start. Then two intriguing levels are woven into the narrative fabric. Babbage Town, a research center next to a major CIA base in Virginia. That highly private and secret research center is dealing with quantum computers, the generation promised to us for ... Read More |
