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Title: The Jakarta Plot
Author: R. Karl Largent
Narrator: Ron Verela
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-08-08
Publisher: Books in Motion
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
But a powerful group of Communist terrorists has other ideas. With the backing of the mainland Chinese government, the terrorists attack the hotel in which the meeting is taking place and hold the world leaders - including the vice president of the United States - hostage.
The terrorists have an ultimatum of their own: The WEC must abandon its policy of interference in the Third World...or one by one the hostages will die.
Members Reviews:
Had A Great Time
I originally read this in 1999 and never reviewed it until now, in 2015. R. Karl Largent is one of my favorite authors and I really miss him. This was another one of his one-off stories and the plot involves a meeting of world leaders in Jakarta to give the Chinese an ultimatum on nuclear testing. Mayhem ensues.
While some have debated technical issues with the story, I could care less. Iâm neither versed, nor that picky about details like that and have a fairly high suspension of disbelief unless itâs particularly egregious. I didnât find any of that.
Thankfully told in his usual third-person point of view, I was able to enjoy every page and had a great time while closing the book with a smile on my face.
Canât ask for better than that. Highly recommended.
Characters, Places, and Plot come alive under deft writing.
R.Karl Largent has once again taken the genre of techno-thriller to two capital 'T's. If you haven't read THE JAKARTA PLOT, do it now. If you haven't read R. Karl, where have you been? You've missed one of the best.
THE JAKARTA PLOT captures the characters so well that I feel, regardless of nationalities, I know them well enough to invite them to dinner at my house (provided the bad guys are securely cuffed and hobbled). The writing in this novel is alive. I can touch the places, especially the room where all my friends could live or die at the capricious will of the Communists; I can smell the odor of Java and our President's cologne, and see into the dark hearts of the terrorists. Their threats bounce in my head and against my ears.
It's all so real. Maybe it really happened. Maybe it's happening now.
"Good Plot, Poor Execution"
Very little drama in this story. The author failed to deliver a sense of crisis. The characters were not very captivating and some of the situations were not very credible. Several run-on sentences also made for a bumpy read.
The Jakarta Plot
Above average, although it still is not in the Clancy Class. Slow at times. Worth reading but don't look for an edge of your seat, nail biting, action thriller. It isn't.
Out-Clancys Clancy
Largent is one of the best writers of techno-thrillers, and his latest is one of his best. His plots match Clancy and his prose is much more compelling.
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Title: The Jakarta Plot
Author: R. Karl Largent
Narrator: Ron Verela
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-08-08
Publisher: Books in Motion
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
But a powerful group of Communist terrorists has other ideas. With the backing of the mainland Chinese government, the terrorists attack the hotel in which the meeting is taking place and hold the world leaders - including the vice president of the United States - hostage.
The terrorists have an ultimatum of their own: The WEC must abandon its policy of interference in the Third World...or one by one the hostages will die.
Members Reviews:
Had A Great Time
I originally read this in 1999 and never reviewed it until now, in 2015. R. Karl Largent is one of my favorite authors and I really miss him. This was another one of his one-off stories and the plot involves a meeting of world leaders in Jakarta to give the Chinese an ultimatum on nuclear testing. Mayhem ensues.
While some have debated technical issues with the story, I could care less. Iâm neither versed, nor that picky about details like that and have a fairly high suspension of disbelief unless itâs particularly egregious. I didnât find any of that.
Thankfully told in his usual third-person point of view, I was able to enjoy every page and had a great time while closing the book with a smile on my face.
Canât ask for better than that. Highly recommended.
Characters, Places, and Plot come alive under deft writing.
R.Karl Largent has once again taken the genre of techno-thriller to two capital 'T's. If you haven't read THE JAKARTA PLOT, do it now. If you haven't read R. Karl, where have you been? You've missed one of the best.
THE JAKARTA PLOT captures the characters so well that I feel, regardless of nationalities, I know them well enough to invite them to dinner at my house (provided the bad guys are securely cuffed and hobbled). The writing in this novel is alive. I can touch the places, especially the room where all my friends could live or die at the capricious will of the Communists; I can smell the odor of Java and our President's cologne, and see into the dark hearts of the terrorists. Their threats bounce in my head and against my ears.
It's all so real. Maybe it really happened. Maybe it's happening now.
"Good Plot, Poor Execution"
Very little drama in this story. The author failed to deliver a sense of crisis. The characters were not very captivating and some of the situations were not very credible. Several run-on sentences also made for a bumpy read.
The Jakarta Plot
Above average, although it still is not in the Clancy Class. Slow at times. Worth reading but don't look for an edge of your seat, nail biting, action thriller. It isn't.
Out-Clancys Clancy
Largent is one of the best writers of techno-thrillers, and his latest is one of his best. His plots match Clancy and his prose is much more compelling.