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Title: Should've seen this coming...
Review: I admit, I'm pretty biassed against this book, having not cared much for the first installment of the Hydra trilogy, "Evil Reborn." Dan Schmidt, the book's real author, seems to focus too much on the action part of action/advanture. I prefer the adventure part take precedence. The body count of this book--and its predecessor, come to that--begins pretty much on page one and keeps going at a relentless pace, all the way to the last. Problem is, there are so many bodies flying every which way, with bullets and brains and misiles and planes and helicopters and cars and trucks and chases and everything else--oh yeah, and there's this organization called the Coalition that's readying this conspiracy. The pattern is an all too familar one with this series: plot overshadowed by action. Pity, too--this could've been quite a good trilogy. I'll read the third installment, "Assault Reflex," but I don't hold out much hope of it being any better.
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