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Title: Formula work - only fair
Review: There are some plots which can only be described as formula. One such plot is the revenge novel - the antagonist has done something so bad the hero is out to kill or destroy him in return.In this overdone genre, for a novel to be worth reading either the characters or the specific situations of the chase must be well drawn and different from what we have seen before in this type of novel.Unfortunately, this latest novel of Higgins offers nothing new or exciting in this regard. The work is pure formula from start to finish. Futhermore, while I have no objection to a novel opening with a flashforward scene, (it is usually an exciting moment, - grabs our interest and keeps us reading) - I hate it when it takes 95% of the novel to reach that first scene in the first chapter.Alas, even the last 5% at the end is unsatisfying."Flight of Eagles" was much better.
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