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Adept - Robert Finn

Description: ISBN 0954575911 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Robert Finn / Edition: First Edition / Paperback / 416 Pages / Book is published ... more

Adept - Robert Finn ... 2004-07-31 by Snowbooks

Newest Review: ... investigator) and Susan (the now much-clichéd academic), stumble across a secret and set out to investigate it; the bad guys ... more

... try and silence them. There could have been the temptation to complicate matters by building a convoluted back-story around the secret sect comes from and why they spend as much time apparently fighting each other as they do tracking down David and Susan. Doing this could have seriously slowed down the pace and so is pretty much ignored. Some might find this lack of detail frustrating; I found it liberating and a refreshing change. Rather than burdening the book with unnecessary plot development, Robert Finn wisely c...more

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Adept - Robert Finn: Adept enough at entertaining (1094 words)
by - written on 28/05/09 (Very useful, 44 readings)
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Just occasionally a book comes along about which you know absolutely nothing and so have no expectations. That was exactly the position when I sat down with The Adept. Within a few short chapters, I was hooked. The Adept turns out to be a slightly silly, but immensely fun tale of a secret sect fighting each other using magical powers, all set against the backdrop of our world. This is one of the strengths of The Adept, mixing a strong fantasy element with the style and pace of a thriller. The plot is preposterous, yet always seems to remain within the realms of the possible. Each revelation takes the book further away from reality, yet at the same ... Read the complete review