Gideon Crew Series: Gideon's Sword (Hardcover)

from suetu

"A gentleman of singular and diverse endowments" The quotation above refers to a secondary character in Gideon's Sword, but it just as easily describes Gideon Crew, the protagonist of a new series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The opening of this novel is a little unusual. The first fifty...

from Deankut

I'm hooked-a new fan. While within this book isn't the best writing I have ever seen, the voice is clearly there and it is very engaging.Unfortunately, there are no true what I like to call ah-has in the book, but it is engaging enough to keep you reading until the end.I look forward to reading t...

from imabookworm

I look forward to the new Pendergast novel by Preston and Child every year and in 2011, they will have two new books to offer: Cold Vengeance, the next Pendergast, out in August; and Gideon's Sword, book one in a new series about a man named Gideon Crew. Gideon is a genius and a retired art thief...

from dasuzuki

I am a huge fan of Preston's & Child's Agent Pendergast books and was a little disappointed to hear that their latest book was about a new character but I should have known better. This was another great book and an interesting introduction to a new series. From the book description I thought the...

from nettie195

I am a huge fan of the Preston Child books, but this one left me a lttle flat. The story was really slow to evolve; it seemed that the authors were rushing the character development. When it was over I said to myself, "Is that all? Where are the twists and turns we are so used to?" Now that Prest...