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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great new thriller! Jul 29, 2008
I just finished Quantum Ethics this morning and I truly enjoyed it.
I can't wait to read more missions about John Thunder and Quaalude;
The section that had Quaalude talking about his conversion to the amazonKindle, he sounded just like me when I tell my friends about the Kindle, a true convert! Not sure it fit in the book but that may be because he sounds just like me and maybe that is what I am comparing it to?
Quantum Ethics is one of the best reads I have read in a long while and
belive me I have read just about every thriller that is released. Brad Thor, Dale Brown, John Connolly, Jeffery Deaver, Paul Christopher, Joel Rosenberg,
David Stone, Mark Alpert, James Rollins, Christopher Reich, Jon Land, Steve
Alten, Steve Martini, Robert Ferrigno, Richard Hawke, and of course Lee
Child who signed my amazonKindle, his and my first. No more Cussler or Patterson for me they have sold out in my opinion.
Now I have added Keith Ellis to the top of my list and I would love to have Keith Ellis sign my amazonKindle some day. Casey C.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
More than a thriller... Jul 29, 2008
Quantum Ethics is more than a thriller. It bravely tackles the scariest and biggest questions of our day. Through his vivid characters' conversations, actions and backgrounds, the author has a way of bringing those questions to life in scenarios that really did keep me on the edge of my seat. Somehow he even gives the characters a sense of humor to keep them (and the reader) sane through it all..
This book would make a great movie. It's packed with action and twists and turns so make sure you take your blood pressure medicine before reading this book.
 A Great Writer and a Great Read Jul 09, 2008
In my opinion, the sign of a great writer is when you read an author's book and find yourself riveted to the page, when you're compelled to keep reading not just to find out what happens next, but because you are blissfully drawn into the world that the author has created. This is what happened to me when I started reading Quantum Ethics: A Thriller. And I can honestly say that, for the most part, it is indeed a thriller of the best kind.
One of the most compelling characters in the book, and now one of my favorite fictional heroes of all time, is a man named John Thunder. He's an enigmatic man who seems to have almost supernatural perception of the world around him, a sixth sense that makes him a tracker and investigator of unmatched skill. His backstory, and the means through which he acquires these skills, is a tragic tale full of ancient mysticism and real-world horror that somehow only makes what could come across as an unbelievable character all the more real. The entire book is filled with colorful and well fleshed out characters like the young genius Cassy and the hulking sidekick to John Thunder named Quaalude. These characters, plus many others whom we get to follow along the way, help to enhance this book as a modern epic tale of the violent and precarious world in which we live today. Unfortunately, I think this is also precisely where the flaws that prevent this excellent book from being perfect are the most evident.
While the story is indeed a thriller, and may I say that Keith Ellis writes extremely well throughout, handling both action and dialogue masterfully, at times the story veers too long from the main plot. There are sections of the book where discussions about Quantum Physics and, as the title suggests, the ethics related to the subject as they relate to the main plot of this story, seem to take a time out to give us lectures on these topics. Well written lectures, mind you, but they are misplaced, distracting and disrupt the forward momentum that this author has the uncanny ability to build with seeming ease. Admittedly the story, about the creation of the world's first quantum computer, the moral and life threatening implications of its very existence, and the fight resulting for control of the device, is rife with deep and real moral implications. But at its heart the book is supposed to be a "thriller" and not a dissertation on social/moral ethics. There are times throughout the book where it loses sight of that fact.
I had the pleasure to read the Amazon Kindle version of this book, and to my delight and surprise I discovered a mention of the device in the midst of the story. And while this in itself should have been a cute moment for us Kindle fanatics, the story again veers off to have one character give the other a lesson on what the Kindle is and how it works. I would love to see a commercial about the Kindle during the commercial break on the Sci Fi Channel for the movie version of this story, but it just doesn't belong in the middle of the book.
And finally, without giving away the ending, I found that some of the characters behaved as if deranged or had no moral compass whatsoever. I love stories where the bad guys and the good guys aren't so cut and dried, because in real life, very few things are indeed clearly black and white. But the good guys should generally be good, and when they suddenly become lustful for death and destruction, particularly when they are people of power and respect, I found it hard to believe. The final confrontation that decided the fate of the world seemed more like the author's proselytizing for an anti-war stance. And I find that particularly regrettable since I don't believe that was the author's intent.
But overall, I loved this book, and though I felt it could have been even better had some of the pauses in action been shorter and less "lecture-like", I would recommend that anyone considering buying this book definitely do so. Another sign of great writing is when the writing itself outshines any flaws you may find in the work, and Quantum Ethics: A Thriller, shines very brightly indeed.
- Gregory Bernard Banks, author, reader, reviewer
Quantum Ethics - A Thriller Jul 03, 2008
This is a keeper. It's a real page turner with virtually non stop action from front to back. A great read! I couldn't put it down. This would make a movie that would put Indiana Jones to shame. How about it Hollywood?
I hope Mr. Ellis is working on another one and that it comes out soon.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
I couldn't put it down! Jul 02, 2008
WARNING! Don't begin to read Quantum Ethics unless you are prepared to read it all, RIGHT NOW!
As I began to read Quantum Ethics I found it to be a fast-paced, suspenseful, intriguing "thriller," but I was also impressed with the craft Keith Ellis brings to his first novel. About a third of the way through, however, I stopped thinking about all that stuff -- I couldn't wait to find out how Quantum Ethics ends, but at the same time, I didn't want to run out of pages to read.
What a marvelous story! You'll be talking about the book and the characters and situations in it for months.
But try not to finish it like I did -- at 3:30 in the morning. Remember, you were warned....
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