{"id":5589,"date":"2025-02-17T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2025-02-17T21:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:28:46","slug":"monday-book-pick-the-perfect-assassin-a-doc-savage-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/monday-book-pick\/monday-book-pick-the-perfect-assassin-a-doc-savage-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Book Pick: The Perfect Assassin: A Doc Savage Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Perfect Assassin: A Doc Savage Thriller<\/a><\/strong> by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

If you have been following this blog, you should have noticed that I’m a long time Doc Savage fan. So when I saw this, I had to give it a read. I didn’t expect much, since I was disappointed with the Patterson Shadow book. I’ve read enough Shadow books to do more than hum the tune, and I wasn’t impressed. This “Doc Savage” book took a different path, and I got the impression that Sitts is a Doc fan and read a lot of the books, unlike the Patterson co-author on the Shadow book. Brandt Savage has a doctorate in anthropology, and is a mild mannered professor at the University of Chicago. He is also the great grandson of Clark Savage, Jr., the famous adventurer active in the early 20th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life for Brandt is pretty calm, until he is kidnapped, and forced to partake in a odd regiment of exercise and diet by a woman is clearly dangerous and beautiful. Over a surprising brief period of time, Brandt gets leaner, stronger, and taller. Then things get weird. He and his former captor end up in a bunch of danger as they travel to exotic locations where people want to kill them. There is even a tip of the hat to the Rocketeer comics, where was his great grandfather who invented the jet pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. There is a sequel out, which I also enjoyed, and it’s clear more are in the pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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