Scarecrow is back. The Army of Thieves presents itself as an anarchist group made up of once-imprisoned Pinochet regime torturers supplemented by assorted African mercenaries, rebels and terrorists. Leading the diabolical cadre is the acid-scarred Lord of Anarchy. On the island, the Thieves control a colossal thermobaric bomb capable of setting the atmosphere of the northern hemisphere aflame. Reilly (Hell Island, 2006, etc.) launches his hero, USMC Captain Shane Schofield, call-sign "Scarecrow," against the Army of Thieves. Scarecrow, recuperating from a bloody mission which roused the ire of the French so much that they put a bounty on his head, had been assigned to a cold-weather weapons-testing mission at an encampment near Dragon Island. With a narrative line suitable for the latest XBox 360 got-to-have-it gamer edition, Reilly delivers nonstop action to propel Scarecrow and his team on and off the island. Characters come, play a part big or small and get shot or blown up, and sometimes come back to life, and it's all equal opportunity mayhem. There's a modicum of backstory, and the text is interspersed with maps and line drawings of weapons and facilities, but the escapades are exaggerated Moonraker-fantastical, with more gadget magic and without Fleming's Bond-character nuances. Think testosterone-bulked automatic weapons, stolen Ospreys, mini-subs and a machine-gun-toting robot named Bertie. Action comic overkill.
International best-selling author Matthew Reilly crafts high-octane thrill rides that keep listeners on the edge of their seats. Part of his explosive Scarecrow series starring Captain Shane Schofield, Scarecrow Returns finds the Marine and his crew up against a deadly terrorist group threatening to destroy the world. "James Bond and Dirk Pitt can step aside -a new action hero has arrived to take their place ."-Booklist, on Scarecrow
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Scarecrow Returns
International best-selling author Matthew Reilly crafts high-octane thrill rides that keep listeners on the edge of their seats. Part of his explosive Scarecrow series starring Captain Shane Schofield, Scarecrow Returns finds the Marine and his crew up against a deadly terrorist group threatening to destroy the world. "James Bond and Dirk Pitt can step aside -a new action hero has arrived to take their place ."-Booklist, on Scarecrow
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| BN ID: | 2940171313715 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 01/03/2012 |
| Series: | Shane Schofield |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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