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Daniel X: Watch the Skies

James Patterson & Ned Rust
Little, Brown, & Co. (2009)
ISBN 9780316036184
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads.com (7/09)


Lights On…
Action….
Cut….
That  ‘endertainment’ is for you. Nope what I wrote is ‘endertainment’- it's no typo. And endertainment is the word to describe the newest intergalactic game show, the biggest to hit the universe in a long time. The contestants are humans, the viewers are aliens, and after the end of the show- after the end of the entertainment, the contestants are killed of.

And Daniel X, the prodigious alien hunter who brought to book the devious alien Seth Ergent (Alien No. 6) in his first outing “ The Dangerous Days of Daniel X” has now the task of bringing to book the mastermind and director behind this endertainment- Alien No. 5. Whether Daniel X succeeds in his new venture or not forms the plot of the novel.

This is James Patterson’s sixtieth published work and 52nd novel. Having read most of the novels by James Patterson (we know that he is an institution and not a person), there is something we expect from Patterson. The Maximum Ride series covers a wide range of subjects, each plot is different from the earlier; The Alex Cross series is spectacular, each novel being a stand alone in itself. However, I couldn’t find anything different in this book compared to the earlier. The characters are same and I felt safe for the name of the villain, there was not much different from the earlier Daniel X novel. Of course, the first time Daniel X reader would enjoy this one but for a seasoned James Patterson fan; this book would not be upto the mark.

However, James Patterson fans have a lot to cheer about. 2009 is packed with JP novels- with “Witch and Wizard”, ‘Swimsuit”, the new Alex Cross thriller all coming our way the next six months. “Daniel X; Watch the Skies” is all in all a good book, but not a grand book. 

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