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Book Review of Independence Day (Dewey Andreas, Bk 5)

Independence Day (Dewey Andreas, Bk 5)
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I picked up this book by chance and I'm so very glad I did. It has been a long time since I was hooked from the start as I was on this book. Indeed it is the kind of book one might well choose to be late for his first Thanksgiving dinner hosted by his mother-in-law in order to finish. The first night I started reading I had to force myself to put it down in order to get some much-needed sleep. And, because it is far too long to read in just one or even two sittings, especially for a rather slow reader like me, reading late into the night and having to force myself to put it down became a pattern. One thing that enthralled me was the author's ability to get into the finite details of how one goes about hacking into the most sophisticated computer network without leaving a trace. It is so far over my head in terms of my own computer skills, it could easily have been total B.S. and I surely would not have realized it, but it certainly sounded convincing. All in all, for me this book was truly a 5-star reading experience, and there is no doubt I will be reading a lot more of Ben Coe's novels.