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Title: Zimmerman's Algorithm
Author: S. Andrew Swann
Narrator: Sunil Malhotra
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
The breakout novel that puts S. Andrew Swann in the technothriller ranks of Clancy, Coonts, and Cussler!
Veteran writer S. Andrew Swann turns his talents to a mainstream technothriller that combines the authentic detail of Tom Clancy, the global intrigue of Jack Higgins, and the sheer adventure of Clive Cussler. Gideon Malcolm was a Washington, D. C., cop who stumbled into the midst of a high-level sting operation gone wrong and nearly paid with his life. Now he wants answers. But the government wants him to forget the whole thing. Yet Gideon wasn't about to give up, and what began with a stolen supercomputer soon led him on the trail of a missing woman, Dr. Zimmerman - and into the heart of a conspiracy so vast, so devastating, that the entire world would be caught up in its power!
Members Reviews:
If I could, I'd rate this book Star-null
I hate giving bad reviews. Some people enjoy trashing things; I'd rather rave about an excellent book I would recommend to others. Usually, if I don't like a book, I just go on to the next one. Unfortunately, this one is so bad it deserves a warning label. I only managed to make it to the end because I never abandon a book.
This is the worst novel I have ever read. I am amazed that it was even accepted by an agent, much less a publisher. If this publisher had bothered to put it before an editor, it probably would have died there. It has potential, but is so flawed that even a good editor would probably be unable to salvage it. Unfortunately, there wasn't even a _copy_ editor for this book: the protagonist, Gideon, managed to "rack" [sic] his brain--not once, but twice. He also drinks expresso [sic], and even the facts in the book change (first we are told one of the main characters went to UCLA, then later on it was Berkeley; first Gideon had never been to New York, but later on he somehow knows that LaGuardia would have been closer than JFK). It is sad to say that the most entertaining part of this book was a direct result of it not being copy-edited: "The sky ... was a livid blue...." A professional copy-editor (like me, for instance), would have corrected this to "limpid blue", which actually makes sense.
But the junior-high grammar and spelling wasn't the worst part of this book; a good plot and characters can overshadow such trivial things. There is much lacking in this department as well, but I'll just break it into a few bullet points:
- Almost every person in the story gets shot. All of them die, too--except for Gideon, conveniently enough. And hardly a page goes by that we're not reminded that the protagonist was shot at the beginning of the book, and for an exceptionally stupid reason at that.
- The protagonist is a thoroughly confused person. It is an impressive achievement to have him be so muddled, yet maintain such a high degree of one-dimensionality at the same time.
- The good-guy-who's-actually-the-bad-guy is obvious the first time he's introduced. However, we're supposed to be surprised when this is revealed 300 pages or so later.
- The protagonist gets kidnapped.