Operation Brushfire
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- Author：Rhett C. Bruno
- ISBN：B094DS76JX
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Reviews
Christopher Morgan，
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A alt history cop mystery Doing a history degree and loving history just makes any book of fiction based on history or alternative history will always attract my interest。 Rhett C。Bruno also has done other alt history books like thr Luna missile crisis and both that book and this book are amazing。 This book Is set like a post ww2 crime mystery and its also a genre I love so mixing both history and mystery together ❤will get a 5 star review any day
Denis Wheller
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In 1944， presumably in a parallel universe， World War II ended with an Armistice but no side， as such， would appear to have been the victors。 At a pace which it would be an understatement to describe as precipitous the whole of Eurasia and North America has settled into a state where there are no countries only provinces of The Coalition。 Everyone has been fitted with an electronic implant which feeds directly into their brain and is the fount of all knowledge （a sort of Google- Wikipedia hybrid In 1944， presumably in a parallel universe， World War II ended with an Armistice but no side， as such， would appear to have been the victors。 At a pace which it would be an understatement to describe as precipitous the whole of Eurasia and North America has settled into a state where there are no countries only provinces of The Coalition。 Everyone has been fitted with an electronic implant which feeds directly into their brain and is the fount of all knowledge （a sort of Google- Wikipedia hybrid） delivering answers before you have even asked the questions。 This is a satellite based system working by some version of WiFi。 Everyone also has a personal recording and communication device built into their wrist， operated by brass wheels。 Everyone， but especially Stasik， is up to the eyeballs on drugs （upper， downers and all points in between）。 The implication is that the story is set in the 1950s， though how such a range of developments could have occurred is left unsaid。 As in all dystopias， there are people who fight against the system， in this case Nationalists。 Coalition Specialist agents Stasik （probably from Connecticut） and Mallinson （probably from England） are guarding one such， an apparently Russian young woman， Nata Danicheva， who is due to stand trial in Moscow， but possess information which would be devastating to the Coalition and believes she will be killed before she gets there。 I say “probably” and “apparently” because it is clear that the Coalition is the source of all personal information。The trio are being hunted by Bahr， a former Nazi Special Ops （or something like that） guy， who is actually being controlled by a senior Coalition Operative called “Textile” – who is probably a supercomputer and may actually be the sole upper echelon and de facto is The Coalition。Against this background we have a standard chase thriller， not intrinsically different from Bourne， Reacher， Dr Who， pick your favourite。 There are structural flaws but it rolls along at such a speed that these don’t get in the way。 Cerebral it isn’t。I would like to thank NetGalley， the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review。 。。。more
Jenny
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This was an interesting book， but not an easy read。 I definitely liked the second half of the book more than the first， when I was comfortable， I guess， with what was going on and the background - I did wonder early on whether this was the sequel to another book that I had missed （no）， but gradually things came together。I found this to be a book that could span many genres， and at times it felt quite disturbing， however there were some brilliant ideas and I did enjoy it， particularly the later p This was an interesting book， but not an easy read。 I definitely liked the second half of the book more than the first， when I was comfortable， I guess， with what was going on and the background - I did wonder early on whether this was the sequel to another book that I had missed （no）， but gradually things came together。I found this to be a book that could span many genres， and at times it felt quite disturbing， however there were some brilliant ideas and I did enjoy it， particularly the later parts。I perhaps have been rather spoilt by the wonderful and easy to read Scifi from Rhett Bruno， which I love， and so if asked to rate this book in the early stages of my read， may have given four stars， but the thought provoking images conjured up later in the book did make me revise my opinion。 。。。more
Ron
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Henry Stasik is an internal affairs agent for the Coalition a global state that has brought peace to the world。 Henry is renowned for his tenacity when searching for the truth。 But when a international super star model asks him for help against the Coalition who she says want her dead。 His search to uncover the truth could bring his and everybody's world crashing down。 Full of intrigue and mystery with excellent characters this book move's at a cracking pace。 There are numerous surprises along t Henry Stasik is an internal affairs agent for the Coalition a global state that has brought peace to the world。 Henry is renowned for his tenacity when searching for the truth。 But when a international super star model asks him for help against the Coalition who she says want her dead。 His search to uncover the truth could bring his and everybody's world crashing down。 Full of intrigue and mystery with excellent characters this book move's at a cracking pace。 There are numerous surprises along the way which keep you guessing what's coming next。 But the final revelation is the best。 Rhett has definitely excelled himself this time and I would definitely recommend this book 。。。more
Norma
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（ Format : ebook ） "Sooner or later every drug wears off。。。"There is always a moment， a frisson of excited anticipation， upon opening a new book by Rhett C。Bruno: he's a painter of words， a great story teller and his tales are unusual， often unexpected， no matter the genre。 Operation Brushfire is a -what？ - political mystery conspiracy S。F。thriller set in an alternative universe。 An impeccably honest agent， Henry Stasic， and his partner， Diane Mallison， get pulled into danger as their whole beli （ Format : ebook ） "Sooner or later every drug wears off。。。"There is always a moment， a frisson of excited anticipation， upon opening a new book by Rhett C。Bruno: he's a painter of words， a great story teller and his tales are unusual， often unexpected， no matter the genre。 Operation Brushfire is a -what？ - political mystery conspiracy S。F。thriller set in an alternative universe。 An impeccably honest agent， Henry Stasic， and his partner， Diane Mallison， get pulled into danger as their whole belief system is challenged by Nata， a model who asks Henry to help save her life。 The books draws the reader in further and further， finally spouting them out， rather chewed up， at the endYes， all the hallmarks of Bruno's usual excellence and unexpectedness with a certain something else added in his writing in conjunction with James Wolanyk。 Action， suspense and a puzzle: great read 。。。more
Ziggy Nixon
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---I received an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest opinion。 My input will be provided on Amazon France as well once the book is offered there。---3 1/2 stars。 Though very well-written and -edited， I found this to be a very difficult book to get through。 I base this on its decidedly depressing tone and dark plot， both of which for better or worse were quite effectively conveyed in this alternate - and quite disturbing - historical tale。 I'm sure others will be more attuned ---I received an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest opinion。 My input will be provided on Amazon France as well once the book is offered there。---3 1/2 stars。 Though very well-written and -edited， I found this to be a very difficult book to get through。 I base this on its decidedly depressing tone and dark plot， both of which for better or worse were quite effectively conveyed in this alternate - and quite disturbing - historical tale。 I'm sure others will be more attuned to what and HOW all transpired here， but I can't escape my， well， expectations for what a Rhett C。 Bruno book should entail。 I am truly hesitant to admit that my reaction was this "less than overwhelmingly positive" because I adore Bruno's work。 I recently commented in a Twitter thread that I find that RCB is simply the best scifi writer out there today （to which little argument was made。。。 yes， I pick my friends on social media well）。 His works are consistently exciting， as well as invariably - and wonderfully so - complex。 Simply put his books are filled with a range of focal points - from the worlds he creates to the （anti-）heroes he embraces - that make him easily one of my favourite authors in this or any genre。 And I truly do respect his， well， willingness if you will to try out new topics and to skew the definitions of his collection as it grows at an almost dizzying pace。That being said though it would be somewhat impossible to like every approach he took。 For example， I thoroughly enjoyed the weighty gloom of "The Roach" or even some of the darker aspects of "The Luna Missile Crisis"， which remains by far my all-time favorite alt-history novel of ANY genre！ However，"Operation Brushfire" to me was just too dark and - well， not maudlin but almost totally self-defeating - to truly ENJOY in that sense of the word。 The plug for this book states that this book is a "breakneck science fiction thriller， set in an alternative history rife with political intrigue， espionage， and a conspiracy you'll never believe。 Ex Machina meets Bladerunner with a dash of The Man from U。N。C。L。E。， all set in a dystopian world evoking shades of 1984 and V for Vendetta。" And I still think much of that is true after all， with the exception of disbelieving the overall "conspiracy" （it seemed rather obvious even early in the book）。 However， what the book does NOT have that many of these other titles provided （ok， with the exception of "1984"） is that special someone to pull for， a character with whom we could sympathize in any way， shape or form。 To be blunt， I found that our main protagonist Henry is not just an addict for the truth but a sad addict in every sense of the word。 This was not a welcome characteristic and certainly not one I could relate to in any way at all。It's almost then to me like the book took these general descriptions I quoted above， re-worked them and then had it all filmed by a post-war Soviet production company。 You know the mood: making sure that we never see light unless it shines to cause or indicate pain and that the threat of not obeying must weigh on everything said， done or otherwise experienced。 All Hail the State！ and damn the body counts along the way！ For me then it took - in my own mind's eye - the desperation of "Bladerunner" and combined it with the sheer anguish and soul-crushing frustration of Franz Kafka's "The Trial" or "The Castle"。 Oh， maybe then we could even have had the ghost of Ingmar Bergman to film the whole shebang！ Even the ending - which again seemed somewhat obvious to be honest - left little to sway me from this reaction or to find any kind of feedback other than a bit of nausea and a big dollop of sadness truth be told。 Still， I think if you are a fan of dark fiction in any form or even what I consider to be the "hit-or-miss" sub-genre of cyberpunk， this book could be just the thing for you。 I would emphasise in closing that even though it wasn't MY taste， it was still a very well produced novel！ 。。。more
Lori
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