Trust Me by Jeff Abbott
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- Pub. Date: July 2009
- 384pp
- Sales Rank: 53,024
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- Pub. Date: July 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 384pp
- Sales Rank: 53,024
- ISBN-13: 9780525951216
- ISBN: 0525951210
Synopsis
Luke Dantry tells people he has a job on the cutting edge of the war on terror — only he knows it’s nowhere near as adrenaline-filled as he makes it sound. Luke’s nightly task working for his stepfather’s Washington think tank: Go undercover from the anonymous safety of his computer and seek out a wide spectrum of extremists who vent and organize online — a group he comes to call the “Night Road.” Now and then he encounters someone who may have the capability to make good on his threats, but Luke figures that the vast majority of his targets are simply frustrated malcontents.
When Luke is kidnapped at gunpoint and left for dead in an isolated cabin deep in the woods, he realizes his work has made him a target, and that the Night Road is far more organized than he thought — and much closer to home than he could have ever imagined. After a daring escape, with both the Night Road and the police on his heels, he must quickly decipher a complex, murderous, and global web of connections that takes him to Chicago, New York, and Paris. The final questions extend deep into his own past, and Luke alone may hold the key to stopping the Night Road before their horrifying plans turn America — and the world — into a battlefield forever.
Publishers Weekly
Luke Dantry, while working as an intern for his stepfather's think-tank in Austin, Tex., stumbles on a group of home-grown terrorists known as the Night Road (because of their nocturnal Internet chatter) in this furiously paced if less than compelling thriller from Abbott (Collision). The Night Road has held several warmup activities-plane crashes, train derailments, chemical explosions-and is now gearing up for Hellfire, the code name for a secret mission that's supposed to be the mother of all terrorist acts. As Dantry scrambles from city to city (Houston, Chicago, New York) to thwart Hellfire and bring its planners to justice, the story strikes a number of false notes-convenient plot twists, hard-to-swallow dialogue and a main character who all too easily goes from wimpy grad student to brawny crime fighter over the course of just a few days. Still, Abbott has an instinctive feel for how to draw adrenaline from words on a page. (July)
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Nominated for three Edgar and two Anthony Awards, Jeff Abbott is the author of eight novels, including Panic, Cut and Run, Black Jack Point, and A Kiss Gone Bad.
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TERROR BY NIGHTby GailCooke
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July 31, 2009: Terrorism is certainly in the news today, and it's the focus of Jeff Abbott's race-against-time thriller. Luke Dantry has what is really a pretty uneventful job (although he likes to pump it up a bit for friends). He's employed by his stepfather to put in computer time tracking extreme thinking folks who may be possible terrorists. A lot of them let off steam, make threats, promises, and Luke calls one such group "Night Road" because of their nocturnal doings.
In Luke's mind most of thesepeople are probably loud mouths showing off. But when his life is suddenly on the line he realizes that at least one group, "Night Road," is dead , literally dead serious and he must move fast to keep America and the world from becoming vast devastation. The chase to find the masterminds behind this devilish scheme takes Luke from Houston to Chicago to New York to Paris, always one small step ahead of his pursuers. Professional actor Luke Daniels (yes, another Luke) gives a no-holds barred reading to this fast paced story of an incipient terrorist act that threatens our homes and our world. - Gail CookeA fast-paced thrillerby harstan
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June 23, 2009: Although he is a low life in his stepfather's think-tank in Austin, Texas, Luke Dantry brags that he is a big shot in the global war against terrorism. His actual task is to monitor by joining the night time chatter of apparently angry web users. He calls his nocturnal Internet friends the Black Road.
Luke quickly recognizes who he is communicating with as these are lonely braggarts like he is. Few if any have the will let alone the way to carry out terrorism acts. However, Luke soon revises his opinion of at least some of the Black Road Internet users when he is kidnapped and left dead at a remote cabin. He now knows his web comrades are much more organized and prepared for what he thought was inane chatter. They rehearse for the big event Code name hellfire by causing plane and train crashes and chemical plant explosions. Dantry escapes with Black Code and those pursuing the terrorists chasing after him; as he begins a desperate quest to prevent a plan to make 9/11 look like a minor incident.This fast-paced thriller filled with several spins and twist is a fun lighthearted tale that requires a major ignoring of plausibility as no one will accept the nerd turning into a superhero almost overnight. Still the audience will enjoy Dantry's efforts as we root for him to overcome the odds; reminiscent of Patrick Dempsey's enjoyable but improbable 1991 movie Run.Harriet Klausner
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