Book Pub

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Authors Scott Oden and Christopher Reichs

This past week I've read several books, among them Science Fiction, a Mystery, a Suspense Thriller and a Historical Novel.

SCOTT ODEN:
Scott Oden's "Men of Bronze" is a Historical Thriller set in Ancient Egypt during the time when the power of the Pharoah waned and the Persians waxed strong and conquered the land of Egypt. An ancient battle, a storyline set in a time of Egypt that most authors do not set their stories in. I found the book had rich detail and each character brought something to the story.

Scott's second book Memnon will be released in August 2006. I'll be reading that as well. Scott runs his own blog and website if you'd be interested in seeing what these
books and their author is about.

http://scottoden.blogspot.com/

I enjoy well written Historical Novels. Especially if the author can invoke a sense of place and time for the reader.

CHRISTOPHER REICHS:
Christopher Reichs writes suspenseful thrillers. I discovered Christopher's books last year at the library. The first was "Numbered Account." The lead character
embarks upon a quest to find out who killed his father, and why his father was brutally murdered 17 years before. The trail leads to his father's employer, the
United Swiss Bank. The story takes one through the financial wheeling and dealing of the mightiest of Swiss banking and across the European terrain before it's conclusion.

I don't normally read books about high finance but this author knows the financial world, and has made the story interesting enough that even I found it an enjoyable
read.

His second book I've read was "evils Banker." This story dealt with Forensic Acounting. Following the money trail to find and deal with the shadowy group planning another high level terrorist tragedy. The reader is transported
through France, Germany and Saudi Arabia, from Pakistan to Europe before the unmasking of the story's ending.

Christopher Reich has another book, "atriot's Club"which I read this week. It's more of a political thriller, another type of book I usually do not read unless there's something intriguing about the plot. Patriot's Club has it's roots in earlier America with tentacles reaching into the modern USA. Conspiracies, plots and power. It has it all.

Christopher has two other books that I haven't read as yet. The First Billion, and The Runner.

http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/reich/newnovel.html

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