Shadow Maker (Nick Baron Series) Paperback – February 3, 2015

Delivery was quick and the book was as described. Thank you! I'm a Hannibal fan! His books are exciting and intense, but he always has a touch of humor and sometimes agent cats and doggies scamper across the pages. Heavy handed romance is, thankfully minimal.

Nick Baron is back and in for the Chess game of his life. Baron is part of a team that has used drones to deliver killing strikes at terrorist targets. But he and the others take great pains to avoid collateral damage at all costs.They have track a terrorist to his dessert home and are ready to strike. There appears to be no one there that would keep them from launching the attack. So, it is confirmed and put into play. BUT, then walks out the son of the terrorist that they are after. They try to abort the mission but it is too late. The explosion comes at a cost, collateral damage.This collateral damage will come back to haunt Nick and all his friends and workers at Romeo 7. They will be targeted for death because of this drone strike.Not only that but the world will be brought to it's knees by the terrorist who wants revenge. Can Nick and the Romeo 7 organization be able to stop the destruction or will they be eliminated one by one as the chess game plays on.James Hannibal brings us a mystery/military thriller that will give you a reason to stop and think through what the importance of our drone project is, what war is truly like, what happens when collateral damage occurs and finally what love and loyalty can make people do.The action is non-stop and you will be drawn in and not want to stop reading until you get to the end.One thing I thought about while reading this story is the historical fact that many coups that happened throughout history had the victor executing all of the family members of the former King or Dictator. I always wondered why they would do that when it included innocent children and women. Well, Hannibal gives us a good reason to understand why that practice use to happen and was more the norm than the unusual.Nick will deal with a lost breed of ancient assassins who are fanatical in their desire to bring hurt and pain to the people whom their leader wants brought down. But their work is to start by killing all those around their final victim to inflict as much hurt and pain as possible.What will happen to Nick, to Romeo 7, to Nick's family and his friends?So, why did I give the book four stars? Well, the book is good, but I am sure that Hannibal will get better with more writing and bring us another book that will be the one that hits it out of the park. Hannibal just has a little more maturing to do as a writer.The read is good, enjoy!

The second book in the series of Nick Baron edge of your seat action with an assassin trying to kill off his team.

The best book in the series. Loved every second of book 2. For chronological ease, I suggest reading this series in the following order: 3, 1, then 2. Wraith (Book 3) has a lot of back story. Don't get hung up on that. This is a series worth reading. Clean. Razor sharp action.

Be sure you have on hand the set of 3 books by this author FIRST than start reading the WRAITH first, then you might had a problem which of the other two books you should read next. It is going to be very difficult to chose which you should read next. It is very had to tell. All three books are great and in a class with any of Clive Cussler books.

This was an excellent book, fast paced and exciting from beginning to end. No obscene pandering that is found in many boooks in this genre. I. would recommend this book to everyone. Already have the second book and I will be reading it next. Keep up the good work.

Loved this book. It’s not my typical kind of book, but one of the best I have ever read.

The rating may not be fair as I am use to the Vince Flynn and Tom Clancy (both deceased) writing style, character development, sub-plots and over all ability to tie together everything together for a great read. This chap has a ways to go to be at that level.