Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Michael Douglas has already bought the rights to this Sante Fe thriller of sexual betrayal and international intrigue. (Apr.)
Library Journal
The author poses the following questions at the beginning of this best-selling work: Are three decades of interest in modern physics, ecology, mystical religion, and interpersonal psychology finally synthesizing into a new spiritual common sense? Are we beginning to live this new common sense? Can it become the dominant paradigm of the next century? The Celestine Prophecy is a modern parable that begins with the disappearance of an ancient Peruvian manuscript that contains an important secret. The secret is a list of nine insights that, if understood, provide a positive vision of how we can save this planet and its creatures and preserve its beauty. Although the tale stretches credibility a bit, reader Michael Kramer performs well. Recommended for libraries where the print version did well.-Ravonne A. Green, Emmanuel Coll. Lib., Franklin Springs, Ga. Steve Decker is a former CIA operative and counterterrorism specialist who resigns his position to sell real estate in Santa Fe after botching an operation in Rome. As he settles into his new life, Decker finds love, security, and an old nemesis looking for revenge. This is a crisp spy story with plenty of action and reasonably good attention to character development. Veteran actor Peter Boyle does a terrific job in his narration. His timing and expression carry the story along beautifully. The contemporary spy novel is perhaps the last casualty of the Cold War, and genre authors like Morrell (The Covenant of the Flame, Audio Reviews, LJ 10/1/91) are clearly struggling for credible story lines. Extreme Denial seems to struggle more than most, but fans of the genre have to make some concessions to the fall of Communism. Recommended.-Ray Vignovich, West Des Moines P.L., Ia.
