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 . . .
From Booklist
Gideon Crew, the hero of Preston and Childโs new novel, has a complicated backstory. As a boy, he watched as his father, who had taken a man hostage, was shot down by a sniper. Less than a decade later, he learned from his mother that his father had been used by the U.S. government as a scapegoat for a failed intelligence project. After dispatching the man responsible for his fatherโs murder, Gideon is offered a job with a private contractor that does hush-hush work for the government. Gideonโs mission: to intercept a Chinese scientist and relieve him of the plans for a top-secret weapon. The mission doesnโt go as drawn, however, and Gideon is left with a mysterious string of numbers. Now, working mostly alone, he must determine what the numbers mean. This novel (which is apparently the first installment in a new series) isnโt as elegantly written or constructed as the authorsโ popular Special Agent Pendergast novels, but it doesโonce you get past the backstoryโhold the readerโs interest, and Gideon is undeniably a big-shouldered character, capable of supporting a series. --David Pitt
Review
"A rollicking tour-de-force. The eponymous Gideon Crew would be equally comfortable smack in a Ludlum tempest or striding onto the set of the Ocean's Eleven franchise. Preston and Child have crafted an electrifying, riveting thriller on which I could continue to heap praise, but instead I will just offer this: Read the book! And we can all look forward to the next appearance of Mr. Gideon Crew in the not-so-distant future." (*David Baldacci on Gideon's Sword * )
"Fast-paced and action-packed, Gideon's Sword is a clever, high velocity read." (*Kathy Reichs on Gideon's Sword * )
"When you read Preston and Child you know you're in for a thrill ride and that's exactly what Gideon's Sword delivers. They are the antidote for boredom. Hold on tight and let her rip; this ride is worth every penny." (*Ted Dekker on Gideon's Sword * )