Fifty ATF agents raid a remote compound outside Waco, Texas, at dawn to execute search and arrest warrants. The search warrant identifies two .50-caliber Browning Machine Guns; the arrest warrant names Jesus Christ. The ATF agents don’t make it to the front doors.
Ninety miles south in Austin, Professor John Bookman reads a letter from an old woman whose daughter took her two young girls to … girls to live in a religious cult six years before. Her daughter wrote that the End of Days is near. She fears they might drink the Kool-Aid. She begs Book to save her granddaughters. The cult inhabits a massive compound called the Garden of Eden outside Waco.
Book and his intern travel to the compound intent on bringing the girls out peaceably, only to find the Feds there first—and to learn that peace is not an option.
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I like all of Mark Gimenez’ books.
Wasn’t sure where this book was going. Lots of caracatures of today’s media and government. Very tongue in cheek at the same time being very perceptive of modern day cults. JC seems like the real thing, but is that possible. Seems to be based on Waco. Not as good as Con Law.
One of my favorite authors goofed! Way too much political rant and way too cutesy dialog.
Unexpected topic that kept me very interested. Different storyline.
Mark Giminez strikes again with a wonderful plausible story based on fact with his own spin. Couldn’t put it down.
Thought provoking
Good stuff. See review of “Absence of Guilt” for more.
One of my favorite authors. And I am pretty picky. Dud. Repetitive, slow, and a bit crazy. Read anything else this guy has written; it will be good. This book not so much. I really like the characters. Just the plot and story line suck.
Mr. Gimenez does it again! Another page turner with the very likable Professor Bookman. A great story of End of Days set in modern times. And of how the FBI would handle it.
The author had a field day by inserting and developing a bunch of stereotypical characters. It is fairly obvious that this was a satirical commentary on the present day political landscape of the United States.
Mark Gimenez should stick to his usual type of writing. I have read all of his books and I love his satire and funny sense of humor. I laughed a lot through this book, but it got less and less funny. I did finish it but it was painful in the end. The whole book could have been written in half the pages and it would have been pretty good. So much of the satire was repeated over and over. He did manage to poke fun at almost everyone though and in a very funny way. I will read him again but will not finish another book like this.
I really like this series. The author always includes an interesting perspective on Constitutional Law that makes me think a bit. So much of the legal thrillers are made up of whimsical happy endings that just do not always happen in real life. Even though this was fiction it made me think about a situation like this in real life. So much of what we get on all of the media is slanted by the reporter and editor of the outlet reporting. One never can be sure of what is really going on. I think this book pointed out just how that can happen. I would recommend this book to anyone who like a look at contemporary issues.
A story that could have been interesting succumbed to the intrusion of clumsy parodies of the political, journalist and other aspects of the current USA.