Slanted Jack
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1416591621 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very disapointing I loved the first book in this series but this one is not up to snuff. There is very little that separates this from most other military science fiction.Mostly a large number of meetings with unbelievable results. No use of the unique characteristics of Jon and Lobo. Lobo becomes a nag and a bore. Maggie is totally one dimensional and a pain in the story. Jon's relationship with the boy is unbelievable.Skip this one and hope Van Horn returns to form i. Space Opera With A Moral Compass Steve D. Poling Old-fashionied Space Opera had no problem killing off a galaxy full of chlorine-breathing aliens. Not so Mr. Van Name's novels. His protagonist is a man haunted by a past that apparently has a very high body count, but he's very sensitive to avoid adding thereto. He's paired with Lobo, a killing machine whose first suggestion is always to shoot first. Similarly, his protagonist enjoys the company of an attractive female in each novel, but all bodices . K. Maxwell said Interesting for some info on Jon's background - but otherwise didn't leave me impressed. Jon is having dinner at swish restaurant when his meal in interrupted by an old partner of his - Slanted Jack - a professional con man who wants Jon to do him a favour. Jon knows Jack never does anything without an angle but he finds it impossible to refuse his request to help with security needed by a small boy with a meeting he has to have with local religious leader.For me, after reading ONE JUMP AHEAD this book was a disappointment. It doesn't hav
The flat characters and undemanding plot may discourage more cerebral readers, but those who gravitate toward action-heavy story lines will find Moore's escapades highly entertaining. A religious fanatic who moonlights as an arms dealer, an irate gang leader and a powerful government councilor are all ready to wring Jack's neck, and Moore becomes the target of their collective fury when Jack suddenly disappears with an allegedly psychic child and a cache of invaluable artifacts. . (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. When nano-enhanced soldier of fortune Jon Moore and his sentient assault vehicle, Lobo, run into a former acquaintance, a conman and thief named Slanted Jack, Moore's kindheartedness gets him and his sarcastic battlewagon into a deadly predicament. From Publishers Weekly Whi
3. Advertising in Locus, more.Slanted Jack: a novel that bobs and weaves, takes you on a headlong race through a strange but believable future, and never slows down. Van Name: · “Van Name has created a hero worth at least a dozen more novels I want this to be a series. 1. Rave reviews for Mark L. I want to read a new one every year.” —Orson Scott Card· “One Jump Ahead is like well-aged white lightning: it goes down smooth then delivers a kick that knocks you on the floor.” —John Ringo · “Hard real science smoothly blended into action that blazes like a pinball from one exotic setting to another. This one is very, very good.” —David Drake· “Mark Van Name’s headlong pace of story-telling reminds me a lo
Van Name, whom John Ringo has said is "going to be the guy to beat in the race to the top of SFdom," has worked in the high-tech industry for over 30 years and today runs a technology assessment company in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Jon & Lobo stories have appeared in a Baen anthology and Jim Baen's Universe. A former Executive Vice President for Ziff Davis Media and a national technology columnist, he's published over a t