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Title: Red Heroin
Subtitle: Paul Crane, Book 1
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Narrator: Lance Axt
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-29-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
When engineer and army vet Paul Crane agrees to accompany his police officer friend on a night cruise, he never expected a deadly shoot-out would lead to his being recruited in a CIA sting operation involving China and the heroin trade.
Members Reviews:
First Pournelle, a spy novel
I've enjoyed Pournelle's science fiction and was happy to find this, Âhis first published novel - as he explains in the afterward, the first he finished.Â
Pournelle's books usually deal as much with the psychology and thoughts of the characters as with technology and action. This book is no different, Âand is full of interesting and irritating anachronisms appropriate to the Â1969 time frame and mindset. ÂThe "girls" Âare expected Â- and expect - to cook, for instance. On the other hand, Âthere's no double standard expressed about sex.
Five Stars
Great non-science-fiction story from the prolific and great science-fiction author--his first fiction published!
Pournelle's first novel is a great cold war thriller
Red Heroin is Jerry Pournelle's first novel, originally published under the pen name Wade Curtis. It is a tightly crafted cold war thriller written in the style of Donald Hamilton. The Kindle edition includes an afterward by the author which is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
The genesis of the great Jerry Pournelle
Gis first nkvel shows the talent that mace him the scifi writing idol of my youth. Read it, enjoy it, savour it.
Great cold-war spy thriller
Written back in the cold war, this spy thriller is a great look back into the issues and atmosphere of the time. The story is gripping and while the hero may at times be too perfect, the details especially in the sailing scenes really flesh out the background and enhance the overall storytelling. A very fun read.