A coworker of mine wrote this book. I believe it was self-published through an online publishing house. When I had read and returned it, I told him he needs an editor, which he does.
He was going for a modern terrorist thriller and had a rather interesting compound story. Unfortunately, though, the book read little better than my journal entries---a series of events and interactions merely listed off. The characters were hardly developed, causing them to be easily confused as I read. It was little more than 120 pages (in 14 pt font, 1.5 spaced), though the plot could have easily filled the 400 pages generally given to a Clancy or Crichton novel.
The worst, though, was the distractions caused by the non-existent editing, which allowed the poor word choice, poor grammar and improper punctuation to reach the page. My advice is, still, to get an editor, then spend some time expanding the plot. It was a nice try, but a complete miss.
2/10
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