"Double Drop." H. A. Hurtt. Self-published through Createspace Books;
2009. ISBN 978-14-4990-699-3. 5 by 8 inches, 278 pages, softbound.
$14.99.
A thriller with plenty of action to satisfy your inner sadist.
Conspirators plot to take over the United States and then the world to
fulfill their destiny as white Christians. This is to begin by
discrediting the FBI so that a private international security firm can
take over law-enforcement. Somehow this is supposed to be accomplished
by framing a group of caving friends as international terrorists and
killing them. A lot of the action takes place in Big Spring Cave, the
longest cave in California. Even though Googling "longest cave in
California" will tell you its real name a half-dozen times on the
response page, I suppose an argument could be made for disguising the
cave. But using aliases for the National Speleological Society and
even Facebook is just plain silly. The author is a caver and NSS
member and displays a lot of knowledge about equipment, techniques,
and the "Cave Research Institute" project at Lilburn, but spoils the
effect somewhat by calling that thing a cow-tail.
The bad guys are caricatures, most of the incidents are implausible,
and the overall plot doesn't make a lot of sense, even though I read
the whole thing. I had to, because I'd promised to write this review.--
Bill Mixon
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