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Review title: The new Clive Cussler?!?
Product review: James Patterson must have been paid well for his cover blurb praising Ted Bell because he couldn't possibly have read Hawke and made such a ridiculous statement.The concept of the Alex Hawke character is a good one and should have worked but in Bell's hands, he manages to make him the most boring character in the whole story. Others have pointed out the technical errors and the awful dialouge, so I won't go into it here. The subplot involving a hispanic Marine stationed at Gitmo, is the only part of the book that is well written. In fact, the writing is so superior to the rest of the book,it suggests to me that this book was written by committee. I see that Mr. Bell is a big shot ad exec. It must be nice to have friends in high places. I'm sure it helps alot in getting your work published,even if it is sub standard.As far as being hailed as the "new Clive Cussler", Ted Bell couldn't sharpen CC's pencils.
