Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Dragon Factory / Jonathan Maberry / 486 pages

Joe Ledger, a former Baltimore police officer, ex-ranger, and charter member of DMS, is a fragmented individual.  He has "at least three different and occasionally incompatible inner selves.  The civilized man, the cop, and the warrior.  The civilized part of [him] was, despite everything, still struggling to be an idealist.  The cop was more cynical and less naive - and luckily for all of us, he's usually in the driver's seat.  But when things got nasty, the warrior wanted to come out and play."  He desperately needs all three personas to battle a worldwide evil nemesis.  The Nazis did not disband after World War II.  They simply went underground and international and continued their evil research into genocide.  Can Joe and the Department of Military Science stop them in time?  I really, really like Jonathan Maberry.  He is one of my favorite authors.  The Joe Ledger series, however - while still awesome - is my least favorite, because of all the fight scenes.

"Denial is always a bear trap.  You'll forget about it and step in it later."

"Most atheists are closet agnostics or disappointed believers."

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