Product Description Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything there is to know about his quarry-and their hidden agendas are just as dangerous as the killer he's trying to catch. Meanwhile, with their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club must fend for themselves, even as they try to protect him. As Knox closes in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him far from Washington, D.C., to the coal-mining town of Devine, Virginia-and headlong into a confrontation every bit as lethal as the one he is trying to escape.
Well written fast paced thrillerNovember 24, 2008 Stephen M. Charme(Cranford, NJ United States) 18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of David Baldacci and have read virtually all of his books, including the Camel Club series in which an unlikely group of friends band together to help one another and then solve some problem that affects the public at large.
In this book, one of the friends (Oliver Stone a/k/a John Carr) kills two prominent public figures for whom the reader loses all sympathy as the story unfolds as to what they did to Stone.
Stone does not have much of a plan for evading pursuit by an arch enemy who now wields considerable power and wants to make Stone "disappear" in retribution for the murders. Stone winds up in a rural Virginia town named Divine by a happenstance rescue of a young man who is traveling on the same train as Stone. It turns out that Divine is teeming with intrigue, murder, and drug runners.
Most of the other reviews discuss further details of the story line as to how Stone's friends find and help rescue him from an assortment of evil doers, and also how Joe Knox, a CIA agent who has been assigned by Stone's arch enemy to find Stone, instead winds up befriending him.
I totally disagree that this book is not as interesting or well written as other Camel Club books, or as other Baldacci novels. To the contrary, not only is the action fast paced, but there are interesting insights provided into Stone's character.
Not only did I find this a page turner, but I thought it deftly brought together multiple plot lines, with an ending that was realistic given how politics and top secrets work.
If you are a fan of David Baldacci, or want to read him for the first time, you will not be disappointed with this book.
Divine Justice by David BaldacciApril 10, 2009 Robert H. Ouellette 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book came in a very timely manner from the seller and was in excellent condition. Since I am a hugh fan of the author, I must admit that I wasn't disappointed and thoroughly enjoyed this book. I recommend it to others as an excellent read. Thanks for allowing me to give you my views.
Bob
By far the best of the Camel Club seriesJuly 19, 2009 D. Crain(NJ United States) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've read most of the series, and I was always hoping that there would be more substance in each subsequent novel. Unfortunately, while I like Baldacci's writing, it usually leaves me feeling a bit too breezy or maybe shallow would be a better word. But there is indeed enough to keep me coming back for more with each installment looking to see what happens.
Divine Justice on the other hand, was the meatiest and most multi faceted book so far. I could feel this way because I know the characters well enough now that he pushed their personalities farther this time that they finally clicked... so that part could be me.
But what I really liked was that this was a book about more than just government conspiracy and goofy power plays in Washington DC. The addition of the new characters in southern virginia's mining country really grabbed me, and made for a substantial contrast with the often shallow DC/govt characters Baldacci has tended to favor in the previous Camel Club incarnations. This time, there is a richer American context, with all sorts of eccentric personalities, from trailer park country bumpkins, to ego maniacal Washington Brahmans...
Personally, I always read Baldacci when I was in between other authors releases, more as a fill in, rather than a devoted reader. Divine Justice may have just turned me into a devoted reader!!
The name's Stone... Oliver StoneDecember 17, 2008 RebeccasReads.com(Austin, Texas) 4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads (12/08)
I am slowly turning into a David Baldacci fan... a fanatic of David Baldacci thrillers. Ever since I read "Absolute Power" (and later saw the movie starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman) I have been in the habit of reading the novels of David Baldacci. And its not often you hear of a lawyer author who has carved success in a genre, outside the legal thriller genre.
But when Baldacci introduced the "Camel Club" series, I just went bonkers. The concept of conspiracy theory was given another dimension, a facelift by Baldacci, and I just had to buy and read, re-read, re-re-read all of his books. Thus, I bought and read "The Camel Club," "The Collectors" and "Stone Cold," and I became a fan of Oliver Stone. For the uninitiated Baldacci reader, Oliver Stone is the series protagonist. And if you confuse him with the real Oliver Stone, I can't blame you: like his eponymous, this Oliver Stone is also one big conspiracy theorist; in fact the origin of this Oliver Stone is also shrouded in conspiracy.
"Divine Justice" ties up some loose ends in the Camel Club series. The origin of the man Oliver Stone is dealt with in this book. John Carr was one of United States' leading assassins. However, he soon got fed up with his job and wanted to call it quits. His bosses disagreed and to keep Carr as an assassin, they developed an idea: simple, kill off his family. But the plan goes awry, and a bereaved Carr takes his guns against those in CIA and the power circles in United States. He kills the CIA chief, as well as a Senator and goes into hiding. The CIA deputes one Macklin Hays to trace John Carr. (And oh...before I forget, Carr was the earlier avatar of Oliver Stone.) But now Stone is in a place called Divine in Virginia. It is a sleepy coal-mining town, but with Stone arriving there, the `sleepiness' doesn't last long...
With their boss in hiding, the other members of the Camel Club are also at a loss of what to do, but they know one thing, they must rescue their chief, they must help him...but does Stone really require their help?
Frolicking between the past and present, alternating between the life of John Carr and the life of Oliver Stone, David Baldacci offers a unique thriller with an absorbing (and twisted) plotline, which culminates in a finish that is vintage Baldacci. Highly, highly enjoyable, I really absolutely devoured the book.
A hard-hitting thrillerApril 14, 2009 Midwest Book Review(Oregon, WI USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ron McLarty's an author and actor with extensive experience in high drama: a perfect pairing for DIVINE JUSTICE, a hard-hitting thriller telling of the Camel Club, the most wanted man in America, and government-condoned assassinations. Danger is part of his life and intrigue his mainstay of experience in this hard-hitting thriller, recommended for any audio library catering to general-interest listeners.
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