Scarecrow Returns
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006UHY8N2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 427 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, a top secret base known only as Dragon Island houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been reactivated. At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin. When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the Army of Thieves, the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the balance.
Finally, a fix for my action overdose craving! CoachD After several years, Scarecrow indeed returns. Almost non-stop action all the way in this exciting novel. Scarecrow & Mother both return, plus a couple of French commandos that originally appreared with the intent of killing Scarecrow. Of course everything gets thrown into total disarray once the Army of Thieves annonunces their mad plan to "burn the sky".It was refreshing to have Matt Reilly return to writing Scarecrow stories, as opposed to his last 3 books dealing with Jack West Jr. Those novels were really geared up for Young Adults I would say. May. Gunta007 said A return to form.. This is my first book review, so please bear with me.I have been a fan of Matthew Reilly's books for a long while and enjoyed them thoroughly, whilst still being able to acknowledge their shortcomings. I was dissappointed with 5 Greatest Warriors, and to a lesser extent with 6 Sacred Stones, as I believed they were becoming a little too "over the top". I know, this is Matthew Reilly I'm talking about, but these ones should almost have been comic books rather than fiction books. I was somewhat concerned that this new book may have suffered from a similar. Another Great Ride! Ian J. Hayes This is the latest in Matthew Reilley's series about the character Scarecrow. Fans of the series know already that when Mr Riley writes a book, you want to clear your calendar for the day and stockpile lots of fast food - because fast is the very essence of these books. The action scenes are extraordinarily imaginative and fast-paced, and there is little time wasted on dialogue. What character development exists is usually measured in bullets spent or explosions rendered. These books typically read like a pinball machine going crazy at full speed. If s