Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6812 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-04
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
Tunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world, an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goal. Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture, a find of unimaginable significance. Meanwhile, halfway around the world, a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret. An elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered - but how, and more disturbingly, why? Any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remain. As the race to uncover the truth begins, a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy Armageddon. Those who live by the sword...

Customer Reviews

An easy and fun read
Sword is the third book by Kuzneski featuring the two US military characters, Payne and Jones and is a standalone story, with little connectivity between previous volumes. The author is clearly becoming more confident with the characters as the series progresses, creating more banter between the likeable protagonists. Kuzneski has adapted his writing style to feature less of the pointless cliffhangers than marred his previous book. The distracting feature of Sword of God is that for most of the book it feels like two distinctly separate plots. That said, this approach does keep the reader keen to see how they ultimately converge. In fairness, the Sword of God title is although a minor point in the story, almost added to ride the Dan Brown coattails, and as a result Sword of God is less religious-thriller than you would think. To explain the genre would be to spoil the suspense, yet the fact remains that Sword is a fascinating read, even though it's rather simple and derivative.

Don't listen to other reviews
I have read all three of Kuzneski's books and thought every one of them as great entertainment.
I have no idea why there are so many negative reviews. I don't like to over analyse books, I just like to switch my brain off and get immersed in the book and Kuzneski is the type of author that you can do that with.
I loaned all three books to the book club in my work and every one who read the books enjoyed them.
The books are fast paced full of likable characters and with twists and turns in every chapter.
So its summer time relax on the beach and chill with a few good books like these.

Boring...........
I gave his previous effort 3 stars and hoped there would be a definate improvement this time round. Unfortunately there isn't - I've read approximately half of it and put it down, I can't summon up any interest in it whatsoever.