Fiction of the Week for July 20: The Devil's Breath
The Devil's Breath by David Gilman
The urban dictionary defines "devil's breath" as: "a noxious or toxic smell".
In terms of this novel by David Gilman it refers to the fact that our hero has uncovered an environmental polluter who is ruining the waters in Africa by dumping drugs and pharmaceuticals. But let's backtrack on this a little bit - how did our hero Max get from England to Africa?
Max is looking for his dad, Tom Gordon - who is missing and presumed dead. Max follows the paper trail to Nam-bia looking for him and brings along his computer whiz friend and a 17 year old female who is the co-pilot of the air-plane and they meet up with a native boy who they befriend there as they need his help.
This politically charged thriller can sort of be seen as James Bond Jr. Max and his friends get into many tricky and dangerous situations and they have to use their skills, cunning and wit to get out of . There are swarms of monkeys, gangs of bad guys, poisonous arrows, starvation, shape shifting and extreme weather patterns. They go through all of this in the hopes of finding Max's father and exposing the polluter and bringing them to justice.
This is an excellent novel, filled with danger and intrigue and keeps you reading. It can be seen as being a bit of a lighter read, but come on - its summer - what's wrong with a lighter read?
Jr. Mint is a youth librarian with the Toronto Public Library. He needs more free time to read.
Ohhh...The Devil's Breath sounds cool. I can't wait to read it!
Posted by: Ruby | July 22, 2009 at 02:58 PM
haha i spend my whole summer reading "lighter" reads, its the best
this book sounds intense, im going to try and borrow it
Posted by: Michelle | July 22, 2009 at 02:58 PM
I think that I heard of David Gilman before, he's a good arthur. And boy does this book sound dangerous!
Posted by: Ruby | July 22, 2009 at 02:59 PM
I'm just trying to figure out how did he get to africa from england without noticing............
O.O
Posted by: Adam | July 22, 2009 at 05:29 PM
OOOH wow this book sounds great, great title.lol
swarms of monkeys, gangs of bad guys, poisonous arrows, starvation, shape shifting and extreme weather patterns what dosnt this book have!
Posted by: yashen taher | July 22, 2009 at 05:58 PM
It sounds intresting but isn't it alittle scary?I think I might read this but I might also be a bit scared!!!
Posted by: Monica | July 22, 2009 at 06:08 PM
I always read 'lighter' books in the summer!Once when I was bored I even read The hungry caterpillar!!!!
Posted by: cMonica | July 22, 2009 at 06:16 PM
lol
Posted by: Monica | July 22, 2009 at 06:17 PM
This book sounds interesting. I am going to check out sometime this week.
Posted by: Loyda | July 22, 2009 at 07:25 PM
I read this book, and it was very interesting! I even finished it in one day. I find it similar to the Alex Rider series.
Posted by: Agnes | July 22, 2009 at 07:56 PM
Shape shifting! I'll read any book as long as its fantasy.
Posted by: Mustafa | July 22, 2009 at 08:51 PM
Wow, this book sounds really good.
And the definition for the title of the book is something I wouldn't have thought had a meaning like "a noxious or toxic smell". :-O
Posted by: Kyle | July 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Putting it on hold right now. Can't wait to read it.
Posted by: Iffat | July 23, 2009 at 03:07 AM
Yay, I have a friend's going to lend me this book. I'm excited to read it as soon as I get home!
Posted by: Sarah | July 23, 2009 at 09:43 AM
This book sounds good to me.
Posted by: Jaya | July 23, 2009 at 01:15 PM
I'll put it on hold, can't wait to read it!
Posted by: Devi | July 23, 2009 at 02:18 PM
yaaaay i put a hold on this book :D
sounds interesting....the characters sound really familiar to me, because i read this another book series with characters similar to this book and even the coverpage to tht book was similar to this book!
anyways, hope it'll be good! if anyone's read it, tell me if its good or not?
sounds good tho!
good choice Jr. Mint! :)
Posted by: Lola | July 23, 2009 at 02:58 PM
sounds interesting. not something i would usually pick up but its always good to step outside the box we've created for ourselves :)
Posted by: princess | July 23, 2009 at 03:58 PM
wow this book sounds amazing. It also reminds me a lot of the different teen spy books like the Alex Rider series and the Young Bond series. Anyway, i can't wait to start reading this book!
Posted by: Cindu | July 23, 2009 at 04:17 PM
wow *
This book seems I N T E N S E
I'll get around to this soon
i just fisnihed a DRAMATIC book , called heart breakers, it was gud :)
Posted by: Ruhiii | July 23, 2009 at 04:55 PM
not bad of a book...i read it n it wasn't bad...i hope the author writes more novels for teens to enjoy.....
Posted by: sara | July 23, 2009 at 05:10 PM
Though i havn't read it yet, my sister did and she said it was ok, so i'll probaly read it soon
Posted by: Mary | July 23, 2009 at 06:52 PM
This book sounds interesting, but i just have so many i want to read this month i don't know if i"ll be able to fit it in. However i just finished "Take someone like me by jayne Buxton" yesterday, it the first book of hers I've read so far. Has anyone read it before and what did/do you think?
Posted by: Sara M. | July 23, 2009 at 07:27 PM
This is my July's booklist I've read so far starting 07/03/09 !
-Solution: Marriage By Barbara Benedict
-Chocolate Kisses By Francis Ray, Maryann Reid and Renee Luke
-The ruthless marriage proposal By Miranda Lee
-The spaniard's blackmailed bride By Trish Morey
-Cinderella's convenient husband By Katherine Garbera
-The power of love(12original stories) By Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy, Toni Blake, Dianne Castell, karen kelley, RosemaryLaurey, Janice Maynard, LuAnn McLane, Lucy Monroe, Patricia Sargeant, kay stockham, J.C. Wilder
-Take someone like me By Jayne Buxton
Yeah i know they are all romances, what can i say I felt like reading romances so far this month! I'm trying to read at least 18 books this month so i can excide my last months 17 books i read, I'll post the list another time you never know we may have share interest in books.
Has anyone read any of these before? what did/do you think? If not check them out you nerver know if you may not like them.
Posted by: Sara M. | July 23, 2009 at 07:29 PM
hmmm, nice title
Posted by: S.Sivanesan | July 23, 2009 at 09:13 PM