DNF@ chapter 34. I hate to do this because I love this author’s YouTube persona/alter ego, but this feels like a bait and switch. However, once it got past that it did get interesting. I've never heard of the dyatlov party so I thought it would be like the donner party and it was a little close. The party was killed off in mysterious ways in real life but in this book, a virus infected one of the hikers and turned him into a world War z zombie for comparison. The dialogue deserves a second mention, as it is really bad. The whole thing reads like a script for a B grade, cheesy 2000's action movie. It's also very well written, that may sound like a contradiction with what I just said, but the prose is efficient, vivid and does the job. I don't think there was a moment in this book where I wasn't grounded in the setting and following the action with ease and enjoyment.

The main "hero" is extremely unlikeable and his dialogue is so incredibly cringy its hard to imagine someone would be so rude. Unoriginal characters: russian scientist. US-ex-military-hero. US-ex-militar- presumed-dead-turned-mercenary villain. Tough yet fragile female doctor. Unfiendly yet helpful ally. Give me a break.For Ryan Drake, this is just the beginning as the sniper is revealed to be Anya – the rogue former CIA agent he helped rescue from prison nearly two years earlier. Now she has allied herself with an elusive but deadly new terrorist group bent on the utter destruction of the Russian government.

Not at all my thing, although objectively speaking this book was pretty well done for the sort of book it was. Solid on all accounts with nothing egregiously stupid or gratuitously violent getting in the way of telling a story. If action is your thing (especially, high-stakes apocalyptic-flavored action), you’ll probably love this novel. It has a very cinematic sort of style to its high-octane narrative that works well and makes it a dynamic read. The sense of place, be it snowy mountains or sandy deserts is done very well too. For fans of World War Z , a chilling mystery, an ancient threat, and a race against time to save humanity--inspired by the true events of the Dyatlov Pass incident Russia, 1959. Nine members of a Soviet mountaineering team on an ambitious expedition into the Ural Mountains are found dead, victims of massive and bizarre injuries. The Dyatlov Pass incident, as this grisly event came to be known, remains unexplained to this day. Hello again Mr Jordan. You probably know that I got Ghost Target for my smartphone on Android Google Play Books. I read it and finished it. My verdict? I loved the book. He lives in Scotland with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing the next novel in the Ryan Drake series.

For fans of World War Z, a mystery, an ancient threat, and a race against time to save humanity—inspired by the true events of the Dyatlov Pass. Russia, 1959. Nine members of a Soviet mountaineering team on an ambitious expedition into the Ural Mountains are found dead, victims of massive and bizarre injuries. The Dyatlov Pass incident, as this grisly event came to be known, remains unexplained to this day. During one particular film shoot he was required to undertake military boot camp training, as he was to play the part of a World War Two soldier, and it was this training that led to his keen interest in military history and the many conflicts that have occurred. It was this interest that led him to research historical conflicts and, with his love of writing having already been ingrained from an early age, he then went onto write his first novel that was to see the introduction of Ryan Drake as a lead character. Other research included visiting Eastern Europe and America, spending time on the weapon ranges there, a journey which also took him to Washington D.C. Meanwhile Dr Lori Dalton, an epidemiologist also in Iraq with the UN learns of a disturbing occurrence at a village not too far away. There is a report of all the villagers being dead with their eyes bleeding their mouths frothing. Dalton is alarmed and wants to investigate. Her boss vetoes this strenuously but Dalton defies him and takes a small contingent of medical and army personnel to see what is going on. It’s like a zombie apocalypse as not all the villagers are dead and they swarm the investigating team. No, we don't get dudes mowing down hordes of the undead, but what action here is clinical and well thought out. One section had me almost thinking this was going to turn all Resident Evil.

Es una novela de acción (otras personas utilizarán el término thriller), que comienza en un recóndito lugar de la Unión Soviética en 1959. Una expedición desaparecida en extrañas circunstancias y una conexión con el presente que puede llevar a la muerte de millones de personas. Dos desconocidos que se encuentran en una situación límite deberán colaborar para evitar la catástrofe. Sin poder contar mucho más, este es el guión de “Dark Harvest”, una novela que no tiene más objetivo que entretener a quien la lea. Will has always been drawn to books whose characters inspire him in his own life; stories of people rising above their circumstances, refusing to be beaten down and pushing themselves to do things they shouldn’t be able to do; an element which he has tried to bring across in his own work. Time is running out for Ryan Drake. With his enemies moving against him and his allies no longer able to support him, his world is turned upside down by a personal tragedy that forces him to return to the UK. Third gripe is excessive dialogue. This is just a narrative thing for me, and I recognize it is a very subjective gripe. So much of the story is told via characters speaking to one another that I don't feel much of an overall narrative voice going on. I feel more balance between narrative voice and dialogue wouldn't have gone amiss here. Dark Harvest has a decent mix of military action that readers of Jordan's work would come to expect, as well as tendrils within historical events. Some are true to life, and others are fictional. But the lines are blurred just enough to really pull someone into this just after a few chapters.Will Jordan lives in Fife, near Edinburgh. He gained an honours degree in Information Technology and currently works in web design for Sky Digital. Aside from writing, his interests include military history, mountain climbing, fitness training, boxing and, of course, reading. For fans of World War Z , a chilling mystery, an ancient threat, and a race against time to save humanity—inspired by the true events of the Dyatlov Pass incident After graduating high school he moved on to university, gaining an Honors Degree in Information Technology. To support himself during his degree he worked a number of part time jobs, one of which was a Will Jordan is the bestselling, internationally published author of the Ryan Drake series. He was born in Scotland in 1983. His works to date include: