06-29-2012, 06:49 AM
Book the fourth.
Finally the dark shadow of the early books makes his debut on the stage.
Corbett is dragooned into helping the heretofore mysterious Professor Fell. Fell has traitors in his camp and wants Corbett to feret them out. It is also a ploy to seduce Corbett into joining forces with Fell.
Corbett still lives fretfully, fearing his actions will hurt those around him. It gets worse when buildings start blowing up all over town with his name painted at the scene. Eventually we learn they are a message to Corbett that he needs to sit down with representatives of Fell in New York and hear Fell's offer.
that doesn't goes as planned but eventually Corbett ends up on Fell's Island where they are having a meeting of all Fell's heads of department. Corbett is in disguise as one of Fell's henchman. thing go wrong from the dock when others of Fell's boys try to kill him.
It is all very well written. And I really like the sense of place McCammon gives the books. My quibble is the hero of the books, is always being saved by other people. When he first get's kidnapped he is attacked by a monster Arab only he is saved by a friend from another book. On the docks at Fell's Island, he is saved by a girl. The big catastrophe towards the end of the book he has to do with the aid of the girl, who is smarter and a better fighter than Corbett. At the end, he is again attacked by the Monster Arab and again is saved by Zed. Once, I wish he won one of these battles. It's like he is an observer in his own life.
Good read. Need more assertiveness from Corbett.
Finally the dark shadow of the early books makes his debut on the stage.
Corbett is dragooned into helping the heretofore mysterious Professor Fell. Fell has traitors in his camp and wants Corbett to feret them out. It is also a ploy to seduce Corbett into joining forces with Fell.
Corbett still lives fretfully, fearing his actions will hurt those around him. It gets worse when buildings start blowing up all over town with his name painted at the scene. Eventually we learn they are a message to Corbett that he needs to sit down with representatives of Fell in New York and hear Fell's offer.
that doesn't goes as planned but eventually Corbett ends up on Fell's Island where they are having a meeting of all Fell's heads of department. Corbett is in disguise as one of Fell's henchman. thing go wrong from the dock when others of Fell's boys try to kill him.
It is all very well written. And I really like the sense of place McCammon gives the books. My quibble is the hero of the books, is always being saved by other people. When he first get's kidnapped he is attacked by a monster Arab only he is saved by a friend from another book. On the docks at Fell's Island, he is saved by a girl. The big catastrophe towards the end of the book he has to do with the aid of the girl, who is smarter and a better fighter than Corbett. At the end, he is again attacked by the Monster Arab and again is saved by Zed. Once, I wish he won one of these battles. It's like he is an observer in his own life.
Good read. Need more assertiveness from Corbett.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit