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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

James Patterson with Michael Ledwidge
Hachette Book Group (2008)
ISBN 9780316002929
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads (8/08)

Superman, Batman, Spiderman, He-man… enough; I am through with these super men.  After all, they are mere mortals… with some extraordinary powers.  James Patterson, the prolific author…rather institution, has now, with “The Dangerous Days of Daniel X” started a new series.  It is his own version of a super hero, and unlike our umpteen supermen, Daniel has a few extra powers up his sleeve, the most important being the power to create. So is Daniel the Almighty in a new avatar? Is he God himself? You have to read the book to find it out.

Anyway, without being a spoilsport let me say a few words about the book. As already said, this is the first of a planned series. The novel starts with the murder of the parents and sister of little Daniel by an alien called ‘The Prayer.’ From then onwards Daniel’s mission was one single thing…to wipe out aliens from the face of this earth. And the target in this first outing is Alien No.6, otherwise known as Ergent Seth. With powers almost equivalent to that of Daniel, Daniel can only overpower him by exploiting Seth’s one and only weakness.  The catch lies in the fact that Seth should not realize that he is being exploited. How Daniel does the same, through a fine game of cross, double-cross, triple cross and quadruple cross, forms the plot of the novel.

I enjoyed the novel, especially giving a new heroic image to the Saviour (whether Daniel truly is the Saviour is for you to find out). One thing’s sure, James Patterson, the institution of an author has carved another neat success with this latest offering. I for one am looking forward to the next books in the series. The teaser chapters of the two next books in the series given in this book have sure intrigued me. Wonder whether Hollywood is taking note of this novel.

  

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