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The Hammer of Eden
The Hammer of Eden
Author: Ken Follett
The FBI doesn't believe it. The Governor wants the problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: an extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out. — Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cul...  more »
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PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780449227541
ISBN-10: 0449227545
Publication Date: 11/2/1999
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 151 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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F250 avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 44 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is one of my favorites by this author. The non-stop action kept me up well into the night thinking with just one more chapter I'd be able to put it down and get some sleep. Wrong! It's one of those books you read with the adrenalin pumping the whole time.
nrlymrtl avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 297 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Ken Follett gave Judy Maddox, FBI Agent, the best lines in this novel. Half Vietnamese, half Irish, only child of a cop father and dead mother, she is one tough woman. In her 30s, having dedicated her life to the FBI and putting bad guys behind bars, she suddenly finds her life a mess. Her boss took ill, and now her newly-assigned supervisor wants her fired and he is doing everything he can to make her look incompetent. He assigns her a crap job of checking into the terrorist group The Hammer Of Eden who are threatening to create earthquakes if nuclear plant building in CA is not halted.

Priest and Star have put nearly 3 decades into their valley, which is leased from the government. They founded, molded, and nursed this commune into a thriving community, without electricity, or running water, or paying taxes, or violence. Now, a damn is to be built one that will be used for power plants and will also flood their valley. A recent addition to their group, Melanie (mother of Dusty) is a seismologist. Together with Priest and Star, they hatch a plan to steal and use a seismic vibrator to set off earthquakes at locations of their choosing.

Not only did this book have a lot of action, there was also the romance side that was more witty than mushy (the way I like it). As expected with a Ken Follett book, the characters where mufti-dimensional. Priest was a joy to hate because I could understand where he was coming from without condoning his choices. Judy Maddox was awesome to watch walk into a room of men and take charge with hard work and logic. She also shoot with either hand, a skill I recommend gun-users obtaining.
rickley avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The only thing I can say about this book is that it is a grab you by the seat of your pants and not let go untill the climax.

Rickley
carlk408 avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Ken Follett remains one of my favorite authors. In this story, the pace of the storyline and the care given to the development of the various characters is top notch. I thoroughly enjoyed this story; a real page-turner...
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Helpful Score: 1
Very intriguing.
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sebastiantombs avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 123 more book reviews
Abridged. 2 cassettes, 3 hrs. Read by Lorelei King.

A novel about a group triggering earthquakes as a form of terrorism/extortion

from the back:
"The one thing Californians fear most is a full-scale earthquake.

The thing Priest fears most is the destruction of the commune he founded 30 years ago in the Sierra Nevada foothills - the one place he can hide from his mobster past.

He has to make the governor of California listen to him. And now he knows a way. He knows how to create an earthquake. And if his demans aren't met, the next quake is just 48 hours away."
reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 43 more book reviews
Good story, this is only 3 cassettes. I am assuming it is abridged.
reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 117 more book reviews
One of Follett's best!
5thsister avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 23 more book reviews
Great story. Great writer
MKSbooklady avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 937 more book reviews
This is probably the worst Ken Follett book I've read, and I have read several. The plot is very unsophisticated for a write of Follett's calibre. The dialogue is hackneyed and typical for 'thrillers' like this. The idea of causing earthquakes may not be completely unrealistic, but the plot development is just sad.
deborah-d avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 33 more book reviews
This book about a group of fanatical cult will stop at nothing including murder to get the world to notice them.
TakingTime avatar reviewed The Hammer of Eden on + 1072 more book reviews
Eco-terrorists plan to set off an earthquake - can FBI agent Judy Maddox stop the assult? The killing has started and California will soon feel its rath...
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entertaining action adventure
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This book is one of the best that I have read thus far. I would stay awake with my eyes burning from being tired just because I didn't want to put it down. It took me about one and a half weeks to read but it is very thick. I would imagine it could take some people a few months to read. I truelly think that anyone who likes Ken Follett would love this book. If you like a book with many twisted then you will love this one. I promise.


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