Category: War Publisher: BookLocker.com
ISBN-10: 1601455143
Type: Fiction
Pages: 300
Copyright: May 21, 2008
ISBN-13: 9781601455147
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
A parallel sequel to War's End, the first of three novels that follow the journey of Jason Forsythe as he seeks out evil and destroys it. With each mission his experience grows, and he finally comes to terms with the greatest tragedy of the 21st Century.
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American Mole: The Vespers is a sequel to War’s End. The story opens with the unthinkable destroying Washington, D.C. and the government with it. Jason Forsythe feels it firsthand, first from the violent end of his physics class and high school life, and then the loss of his sister and parents. Ordered to leave his family home, Jason sets out for his grandmother’s home in the Virginia Mountains. He finds sanctuary and solace there but has lost his plans for college. Jason’s Uncle, Colonel James Forsythe, survives in a bunker under the Pentagon. The new President puts the Colonel in charge of an elite corps of moles to undermine and destroy terrorists, fringe groups, and cults, worldwide. Jason’s Uncle violates the rules to allow Jason in. After an Ivy League education and advanced military training, he is dropped into the world to pick his target, seek it out, and destroy. Thousands join him. Jason goes to Chicago without identification and becomes someone else. Later, in Wisconsin, he infiltrates a Roman Catholic cult of diabolical proportions with connection to the DC experience. With the help of intuition, determination and good fortune, Jason defeats his worst adversary while he still has years to serve. Jason’s on his way to Central America and years to go before he finds out the truth about his family….
Excerpt
“Longray was sick of Hector’s bellyaching. 'You might as well shut up and get busy. There ain’t no cameras or bugs here to see you diss him. I know you want ta be boss of the world, but you won't get there by pissing and moaning. I seen enough Godfather movies to know that if you suck up and do enough of the dirty for him you will rise high in the organization. It's all about fear. If you can rise above your own fear and do it—like he does—then everyone will fear you. Once they fear you, they're powerless to do anything to you. I love it. Don't you?'”
Professional Reviews
AGreat Action Story with a Chilling Kernel
By Dani Cavallaro
Format:Paperback
On one level, this is a cracking adventure yarn to rival any of Ian Fleming's, featuring nasty gizmos, exotic locations, more graphic sex than James Bond ever manages, and a deadly quest by hero JJ Olson to bring down the Baddest Of The Bad Guys who is seeking world domination beneath the cover of Roman Catholic ministry.
At a deeper level, however, the story is an allegory betraying a profound concern for the future of a post-9/11 United States in which politicians are failing to grasp the nettle of international terrorism and radical sects are running out of control threatening to destroy the most cherished American values. These and the wonders of the natural environment Ron Hull describes with compassion and a haunting nostalgia.
The book is meticulously researched, carefully crafted and engagingly written, although there are times the reader might wish for a slightly crisper pace. That said, however, it is easy to envisage the two sequels Dr. Hull is planning -- there must be plenty more villains out there to grapple with. A great read, Ron!
A nuclear detonation occurs in D.C. The heat and shock wave hit a school blowing out windows and leaving shadows burned into the wall, students evacuate the room. WHAT? I'm sorry but the heat to cause wall bleaching would have been around 10,000 degrees... no one will be walking out of the room. Besides that, people leave in vehicles. Oops - the ground would have been about 3,000 degrees and the asphalt would have been on fire. If you're that close to ground zero fission products would pose a radiological threat but people drive home to spend a night. The story could use a little work on a nuclear detonation threat. Then Jason believes his sister, mom and dad are dead so within minutes of the detonation he is having sex with another blast victim? When I read all the scenes of unnecessary sex in the story I laughed. I always said if you want to sell books, put in lots of sex– it sells. In chapter three an odd use of italics showed up... instead of focusing on the story I found myself thinking about italics. The story had way to much telling and not enough showing– it prevents the reader from bonding with the characters. At times we were even told we heard giggles. At one point radiation levels were checked and 2 paragraphs later they didn't know how much radiation they were exposed to. They were unfinished sentences, dropped letters, cut and paste errors, misuse word error i.e. zert fitting used instead of zerk fitting/ your touche used instead of your tush/ beached blond hair should have been bleached blond hair. Most of the problems could have been corrected by using an editor and a couple good beta readers. For myself, i'm not interested in mole/secret agent type stories.
“Vespers,” first in the trilogy “American Mole,” is my kind of adventure—do or die. Ronald Hull conjures high-voltage tension by painting true-to-life scenes using a palette of authentic facts applied, smooth transitions, and enough etchings of detail to put you there, all misted in danger.
Either Ron knows a lot about a lot of subjects, or he did extensive research, or both. From the effects of nuclear fallout to the necessary components with which to build a fire in the wilderness to the construction of a high-tech cathedral, Ron nailed it.
The author makes such graceful transitions from scene to scene that I wasn’t conscious of the mechanics of being transported. I was gone into Ron’s action-filled pages. I became the lead character, Jason, as he and Elizabeth frolicked naked down the mountainside. I was so captivated by the book's unique strategy for solving terrorist threats and by Jason’s strategic part in it, that I did not want to leave him.
This book precisely expands on an explosively real possibility of what our tottering world may soon become. The sequel, “Cartel,” is next on my priority reading list.
On one level, this is a cracking adventure yarn to rival any of Ian Fleming's, featuring nasty gizmos, exotic locations, more graphic sex than James Bond ever manages, and a deadly quest by hero JJ Olson to bring down the Baddest Of The Bad Guys who is seeking world domination beneath the cover of Roman Catholic ministry.
At a deeper level, however, the story is an allegory betraying a profound concern for the future of a post-9/11 United States in which politicians are failing to grasp the nettle of international terrorism and radical sects are running out of control threatening to destroy the most cherished American values. These and the wonders of the natural environment Ron Hull describes with compassion and a haunting nostalgia.
The book is meticulously researched, carefully crafted and engagingly written, although there are times the reader might wish for a slightly crisper pace. That said, however, it is easy to envisage the two sequels Dr. Hull is planning — there must be plenty more villains out there to grapple with. A great read, Ron!
