Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Forge
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780312864811ISBN:0312864817
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, slight shelf wear to cover, stk #3003q9. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 352 p. Philip Mercer (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Forge
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780812564617ISBN:0812564618
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 384 p. Philip Mercer (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Forge
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780812564617ISBN:0812564618
Description: Good. No Jacket. Page Ends Lightly Soiled, Sticker Removed Front Cover, Spine Creased, Book Slightly Curled, Corners/Edges Shelf Worn, Marking On Second Page, Text Is Unmarked, Good Reading Copy. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Forge Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780812564617ISBN:0812564618
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
"Imagine a story much worse than anything Clive Cussler has written and you have Vulcan's Forge. The main character is a geologist, I mean, the best-most-awesome-smartest-best looking-military trained geologist who can do anything/kill anyone/screw anyone with a look from his deep blue gray eyes at a moments notice. The plot is that he must stop an evil Japanese genius from taking over Hawaii in a military coup AND from getting control of a big ass volcano with special properties that the Russians planted 50 years prior and is now about to sprout out of the ocean. I knew that it was garbage going in, but I was desperate for a book to read and this one was on top of a pile right next to me. It probably could have been decent, but the main character is like a God and everytime he gets himself out a jam he chugs a few beers and wants to bone the hot chick he just saved. If I had to guess, I'd say that the author is fantasizing about himself as an action hero."
"Entertaining airplane read if you have nothing else to do, which is why I bought the book. I should have finished it on the plane instead of dragging it out."
"I generally liked this book. I do have a few problems with it. The first problem is that the author thought it was necessary to have a 14 year old girl get raped in this book. Had nothing to do with the actual story, was given way too much detail.
The second problem is that the main character is a borderline alcoholic. This guy never misses a chance to get buzzed. Again, doesn't really do anything other than make me start to doubt the guy's ability to do all of the physically challenging stuff he sets off to do.
Third, although the story itself was really cool, I didn't really believe the character. Here is a geologist who seems to be a master of covert ops. Not just in skill, but in the mindset and tactical knowledge required to be better than many of the professionals he faces. His self-sufficiency needed to be dialed back a bit.
Deal with those issues and this could have been a 5 star book. Heck, get rid of the child raping and I would have given this a 4. That part was just sick and pointless.
Also, this author seems to depict Navy SEALS as people without souls. I know some SEALS and they are far from that. I was more than a little disappointed by that characterization."
"Somewhat cheesy and unrealistic, but what action/adventures novels aren't? Even though parts of the story are far fetched, there are some plot twists that are pretty uncommon for the genre. This book is an easy and fun read. For a first book in a series, it shows lots of promise. I already bought the next book."
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