Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew)

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief GIDEON'S SWORD At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him.Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful.But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade.For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning ...

• ISBN10: 0446573728
• ISBN13: 9780446573726
• Publish Date: 22 February 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[empressbrooke]

I'd hoped that spending some time away from Pendergast would revitalize Preston & Child, but unfortunately, this debut in their new series was just as snoozey as the last Pendergast novel. Eli Glinn, who previously appeared in the writing duo's Ice Limit and other books, hires Gideon Crew to work a job. Gideon reminded me a bit of the television show White Collar's Neal Caffrey - he apparently robs art museums, likes to wear disguises, and has some legitimate job that is referred to a few times but doesn't actually seem to require his attention. Supposedly all of these things make him the perfect person to track down something smuggled into the country, but the book never quite convinced me that Gideon was chosen for any good reason, especially when Eli Glinn's company has as many resources as they do. Manuel Garza, Glinn's familiar right-hand man, also expresses these doubts, and there's some throwaway lines at the end of the book explaining Glinn's reasoning, but it all seems more than a bit ridiculous.