Every once in a while I pick up random books that hook me with their jacket blurb from the bargain big at the book store. Barnes & Noble’s discount section is especially good at it. So that is how I came upon Tremor by Craig Dirgo.
What attracted me to the book was simply the mention of Nikola Tesla. I’m a nut for science based science fiction. (Its one of the many reasons I prefer Angels & Demons to The Da Vinci Code.) So when I saw that the crux of the book was that someone had a machine built on Tesla designs that could cause earthquakes… I was in.
Sadly, this is the second book in a series, but fortunately does not rely heavily on the reader having actually read the first book. The first book is about Einstein. I’m going to have to track down a copy.
Anyway, it was a good book. If you like Dan Brown or Clive Cussler or those types of books, you’ll probably like Craig Dirgo’s stuff too. Its typical “male adventure” … smart and/or skilled guys tracking down bad guys and fooling around with inordinately hot women mostly in exotic locals. I mean, the main character, John Taft, who is a spy, goes to sneak a peak at some of Tesla’s old papers at the Tesla museum in Belgrade, only to find that the curator just happens to be a really hot chick who he charms and sleeps with in a matter of hours so he can steal her keys and break in. Its par for the course in books like these.
Overall, fun, but not something I’d find myself reading more than once.