The Hammer of Eden
Registered by TinyBear of Almere , Flevoland Netherlands on 6/25/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Ken Follett shook the mystery world with his debut (now classic) novel, The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers.
I liked the book.
Ken Follett shook the mystery world with his debut (now classic) novel, The Eye of the Needle, and now he's shaking the earth again with The Hammer of Eden. Or, at least his bad guys are shaking it. The novel begins with a series of flashbacks while Priest and his girlfriend Star plot to steal a seismic vibrator. Priest, an illiterate street tough turned hippie guru, is rallying his commune to fight back against the state of California. Living out of time and out of society, the commune grows its own food, makes wine, and smokes a lot of dope, but the lives of Priest and his cohorts are about to be destroyed by the construction of a new power plant in their valley. Priest takes his cue from Melanie, a seismologist who joined his commune after being shaken by marital difficulties. With their seismic vibrator and under the code name Hammer of Eden, they plan to rock California with earthquakes until they get a promise of work stoppage. Judy Maddox is on their case. Daughter of an Irish American cop and a Vietnamese mother, Judy's slight in form though a rising force in the FBI. Office politics have placed her on a ludicrous case involving an earthquake threat, but the more she looks at the Hammer of Eden, the more she is convinced that the threat is for real. Her contact, seismologist Michael Quercus, provides compelling evidence that a major catastrophe is in the offing. From there, the novel becomes a race between Judy and Michael and the increasingly deadly and desperate Priest and his followers. The Hammer of Eden isn't, in the end, as groundbreaking as some of Follett's earlier work; the commune's jump from peace-loving band of hippies to state terrorists happens just a bit too quickly. Nevertheless, Follett's gift for plotting and intrigue keep the cracks in the narrative in check, and the denouement is sure to send tremors through the most sturdy of readers.
I liked the book.
Journal Entry 2 by TinyBear at OBCZ De Albatros in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, July 23, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (7/23/2005 UTC) at OBCZ De Albatros in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands
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Journal Entry 3 by OBCZAlbatros from Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Wednesday, July 27, 2005
The hammer of Eden is at the beach now, waiting for a new reader
Thanks TinyBear!
Update: This book was still at the OBCZ De Albatros (in wintertime De Jutter) on the 13th of november 2005
Thanks TinyBear!
Update: This book was still at the OBCZ De Albatros (in wintertime De Jutter) on the 13th of november 2005
Journal Entry 4 by OBCZAlbatros at Niet meer in de OBCZ De Albatros in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, February 19, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (2/19/2006 UTC) at Niet meer in de OBCZ De Albatros in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands
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Het boek stond niet meer in de OBCZ kast op 19 februari 2006
Het boek stond niet meer in de OBCZ kast op 19 februari 2006
