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Featuring the debut of a brand-new Bond and set in a number of spectacular European locations, Casino Royale is the latest addition to the most successful film series ever made. Working alongside cast and crew, premier showbiz photographer Greg Williams creates a unique visual record of the making of the movie.
Customer Reviews:
If you loved the DVD, this is a nice addition........2007-08-24
A wonderful compliment to the DVD. I loved the movie and was not disappointed by the extremely candid photography taken on the set of Casino Royale. Greg Williams captured the film set beautifully. My only request would have been to include more photos of the entire cast. Otherwise, this is a true example of professional photography at its' best.
Nice but could have been more........2007-05-15
I liked the book,but it's a little thin on imagery. I would have loved more photo's of the characters and scene's. A stronger narrative of the movie. And the ladies,what a missed opprotunity!
COOL BOOK - GREAT PRICE.......2007-04-03
This is a COOL BOOK! Mainly just pictures - no distracting graphics, text, etc... except for some candid thoughts here and there. Eva Green being funny, smoking at the piano between takes... And you see how Daniel Craig really put himself into the physical side of the film: nursing a black eye with an ice pack, busting through a wall of sheetrock (it's really him), wearing bandaids on a swollen hand (cover picture).
The color and black/white photos are large, close-up and feel almost vintage/period. A favorite already is one of Bond resting between takes through the window of his stunt car... all black/white/silver looking. Very cool.
As others have also commented, I was unsure of this new Bond until I saw the film - now it's my favorite. This book is definitely worth more than the Amazon price - I added it on a whim to my order of the soundtrack - and am glad I did.
Best Bond.......2007-04-02
I've always been a Sean Connery Bond man. Some guys are Roger Moore guys...etc..
I even thought Pierce Brosnan was the best since Connery. So when the announcement of Daniel Craig as Bond surfaced I was not too thrilled. But as soon as I saw the movie I was sold! If not actually better than Connery (I'm still debating), he's right on par with a new take.
"Bond on Set" is a great picture essay all about the making of "Casino Royale". It puts you there like a little visit to the set. If you like Bond and if you like the reboot of "Casino Royale", pick it up!
Fans of Daniel Craig and Casino Royale will love this book.......2007-03-30
This stylish coffee table book is filled with stunning color and black and white behind the scenes shots. The book also contains concise and interesting commentary about the filming of Casino Royale and its various cast members, Daniel Craig in particular. I could not resist buying this book. Not only is Daniel Craig my favorite actor, but I also collect film/cinematography books.
Book Description
You know the name. You know the number. Now know the rest of the story.
Published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dr. No, the first James Bond film, James Bond: The Legacy is the official, definitive guide to the 007 phenomenon. Loaded with anecdotes, facts, and illustrations, the book provides features on the key actors, from Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan, directors, costume and set designers, and others working behind the scenes. Without a doubt, this is the book of the Bond World.
James Bond: The Legacy takes readers through a comprehensive-and fun-history of the movies. The book places the films in the context of their times, showing how producers Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman drew inspiration from the Cold War and from suave, glamorous icons like Hugh Hefner and JFK, and how later world events shaped story lines-and even how closely the series presaged actual technological developments. As the films move into their fifth decade, the book traces the total Bond impact, through fashion, the Austin Powers films, the Robbie Williams video, and much more, on a whole new generation.
Illustrated with over 550 rare photographs, illustrations, and storyboards from the Bond archives, James Bond: The Legacy ties in with major events and promotions marking 007's 40th anniversary. This will be a must-have book for the 2002 holiday season.
Customer Reviews:
A must have for every 007 fan.......2007-07-04
This book is very complete, with rare production pictures and facts, splited by movie chapters, up to Die Another Day. It is essential for fans that wants to know about detail of each production. I recommend it!
essential book on the 007 franchise.......2007-01-28
Basically, this is a coffee-table book that is long on great photos, long on great text, and short on boredom. If you're a Bond fan, you're gonna want to pick this one up.
The text follows the Bond franchise from its inception all the way through the 20th official movie, "Die Another Day." Plenty of background on Ian Fleming is given, and at various points the authors touch on "other" Bond media such as the comic strips and the video games, but the main course here is obviously the film series.
One thing this book does not do: it does not simply rehash the same info that is presented in the behind-the-scenes documentaries on the 007 DVDs. Those were also written by John Cork, and it would have been easy as pie for him to simply tell the same stories over again. A few of them DO get retold, of course, but only a few. Mainly, this is stuff you may well not have heard before.
The book is extremely strong on the subject of placing the films in their proper historical context. For example, over the course of the years 1962-1967, the spy movie as a genre was at a great level of popularity, and Cork goes into thorough yet succinct detail in discussing how this cultural trend was both a product of the Bond films AND one of the reasons for the inevitable slide of the series from all-pervasive popularity to "mere" exceptional popularity.
Cork and Scivally also keep solid track on what was going on in the world (in terms of politics, warfare, and other such factors of interest regarding a spy film) at the time of each successive film. The authors' narrative on this subject is so strong that it makes me feel as if I understand some of the films a bit better. This falls down somewhat toward the end f the book, at least for me. I was not entirely persuaded by Cork/Scivally's analysis of certain world events during the era of the Brosnan films; considering the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal in light of the plot of "Tomorrow Never Dies," for instance, just didn't work as well for me as similar assertions about other of the films.
That, however, is a very mild complaint. This is a GREAT book, not just for Bond fans, but for any serious fan of pop culture.
Good Book but No CASINO ROYALE.......2006-11-27
This is a good book of the James Bond films up to CASINO ROYALE. That's the problem. CASINO ROYALE is the best James Bond film of all time but they did not update this book for the 21st Bond movie. The 21st Bond movie, that's quite a milestone wouldn't you say. This book is very complimentary about Sean Connery's contribution to series as well as George Lazenby's. It is objective enough for me.
THE ULTIMATE BOND BOOK.......2005-02-09
Unfortunately, this is the ultimate, but not the definitive. Not with the ongoing series, as a matter of fact, Bond 21 has just been announced, and it has a name and a director already, despite the fact that producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson don't have a man for the job at hand!
But never mind, this is the kind of book that never gets out of date, it is brilliantly written, not only full of exciting pictures from the series and from behind the scenes, as well, but also, and foremost, it is filled with all the details a hardcore Bond fan would ever dream of.
A true LABOR OF LOVE. The authors are well renowned historians, responsible for the DVD's documentaries, and the outcome are amazing. A very comprehensive book, depicting political, social and economics facts that were intertwined with the films.
One of its most memorable deeds, and remarkable strength is the fact that it comprised not only the official films, but also, the two spin-offs of the series, considered, by many, as "bastards", namely, CASINO ROYALE (1967) and NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. It also includes some breefing on the american TV broadcasting BBC production as of 1954, CASINO ROYALE, starred by Barry Nelson.
Don't miss out on this one, it is sure a well addition to any Bond lover as well as movie buffs all around.
A must have for the Bond fan.......2004-12-20
This is the story from the creation to the present day and is a not only a fascinating film history in itself, but an perceptive study of how what should have been just another action film became the longest running engagement in cinema history. Definitely to be savored, preferably with a vodka martini, shaken-not stirred.
Book Description
In page after page of colorful imagery, The Incredible World of Spy-Fi captures four decades of espionage eye candy from our favorite fictional spies. From Maxwell Smart's Shoe Phone to James Bond's Walther PPK to Austin Powers' eyeglasses and classic spy gear from Alias, Mission: Impossible, The Wild Wild West, and more, this visual gallery reveals to the public for the very first time the world's largest collection of spy props and artifacts. Danny Biederman, creator of the Spy-Fi Archives, has spent the better part of his life tracking down over 4,000 rare pieces. So thorough is his collection that the CIA visited the Archives and invited Biederman to display a portion from his massive treasury at CIA headquarters. Here, Biederman profiles over 200 of his coolest, most captivating gadgets, offering enough juicy trivia and insider stories to make any spy proud.
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60's Spy Show Expose.......2005-07-28
If you were born in the 1950's this book is for you! All the great shows are here (U.N.C.L.E., Wild, Wild West, Mission Impossible, etc) The book is nicely illustrated and features the author's incredible collection of props from many different shows. Much of the author's prose illustrates his considerable knowledge and love of the subject. I wonder if the former Soviet Union has books like this one? It is my theory that the Soviet Blok collapsed because it simply wasn't very fun. This book is fun. Buy it, or you will be shot with a sleep dart (while you are sleeping, of course, so you will never know that you have been shot with a sleep dart)
UNIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION PUBLICIZED.......2005-07-13
Danny Biederman is the actual author--the forward was by Robert W. Wallace. Biederman's collection of fictional spy artifacts is interesting to both movie buffs and to those involved in real-world espionage. I hadn't heard of most of the movies in "the Incredible World of Spy Fi," so I'll be looking them up on DVD. The spy gadgets and props are almost as important as the actor--the gimmicks are characters, too! Who can forget John Steed's steel-lined bowler, Maxwell Smart's shoe phone, the U.N.C.L.E. Special, James Bond's PPK and tricked-out sports cars, or Jim Phelp's self-destructing tape recorders? I enjoyed reading this book and it will be a valuable reference in my personal library.
CAN'T PUT IT DOWN, AND I'M A GIRL!.......2004-12-26
Christmas present, birthday present, valentine's present, no-special-occasion present: this book makes me HAPPY! I can't imagine anyone not falling in love with it. It brought back floods of ecstatic memories -- and of course, I had to read it while drinking a shaken/not/stirred martini! BRAVO! MORE BOOKS from Mr. Biederman's archives -- and WOW, can he write! Wry, witty, charming, impeccably researched -- 10 STARS!
Absolute Nirvana for the Inner Spy Geek in All of Us.......2004-12-25
Danny Biederman's THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF SPY-FI is not only the perfect coffee table book for those of us who grew up wanting to be James Bond (and maybe still DO want to be James Bond), it's also a brilliant and deeply enjoyable work of scholarship and pop-culture history. Biederman's personal collection of props, costumes, and other arcana from the Bond films, TV shows like THE MAN FROM UNCLE, and even spoofs like AUSTIN POWERS, has been justifiably legendary for years; now he's given us the gift of an intense look at just a fraction of that collection. One word of warning: Don't just get lost in the incredible photos, because Biederman's insightful, humorous, and intelligent prose (which accompanies the pics) is every bit as pleasurable as the visuals. My only complaint? I just wished this book was six times longer. Can we hope for a SPY-FI 2 sometime in the future, Mr. Biederman? Sure hope so.
Great Gift for the Spy Who Loves You.......2004-11-17
This book should be in the library, or, more likely, on the coffee table of every aficionado of espionage. Most of us of a certain generation were weaned, so to speak, on the exploits of the imaginative and edgy TV spy series of the 1960s, so there's much here to bring one back to one's formative years. Danny Biederman gives it all his intelligent, informed, and indulgent commentary. There is simply no book like this.
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Namesakes (Alias)
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What's in a name? Apparently everything.
A killer is targeting women in the Los Angeles area who share a name with Sydney Bristow's former aliases. Sydney wants the case, but she's already hot on the heels of a terrorist armed with a secret formula for a super-explosive.
While Sydney and Dixon try to prevent the terrorist from creating a man-made tsunami aimed at the United States, Weiss and Nadia are tasked with catching the Alias Killer. Jack and Vaughn quietly embark on their own investigation into the alias killings and begin to suspect that the murderer may be an ex-coworker resentful of Sydney for shutting down the shadow organization SD-6 years ago.
As Sydney struggles to stay focused and stop a ruthless man with mass destruction on his mind, she can't help but wonder, Will APO find the Alias Killer before another one of my unsuspecting namesakes pays the price?
Customer Reviews:
Good Read, Entertaining.......2006-08-03
This series so far has been pretty entertaining, obviously more so if you were a fan of Alias. It's an entertainig story, well written and easy to ready. It won't win any awards so don't expect a classic, but it's worth the price and you won't be disappointed. I was a huge fan of Alias, so honestly, I may be a bit biased, but like I said, the story was entertaining and the series is a winner.
Book Description
Internal Memorandum
For Your Eyes Only
The contents of the dossiers herein are top-secret government files. This information must be kept completely confidential to ensure not only the safety of the field agents who risk their lives daily but also the continued effectiveness of the agency.
Enclosed is a comprehensive collection of Agent Sydney Bristow's mission briefings, beginning with her time working as a double agent for SD-6 and the CIA. These files chronicle the downfall of SD-6, the rise of the Covenant, and the creation of Authorized Personnel Only, a secret branch of the CIA that's existence is at once sanctioned and denied by the federal government.
In addition to these briefings, the attached files contain profiles detailing each agent's personal history and psych evaluation, comprehensive analyses of the members of other U.S. intelligence agencies and enemies of the state, a combined SD-6/CIA ops tech report on the gadgets supplied for various missions, mission maps, and the official report on Renaissance prophet Milo Rambaldi, including a catalog of all collected artifacts and deciphered codes leading up to his apocalyptic prophecy.
Should these CIA files fall into the wrong hands, the results could be disastrous for the United States and its allies. Proceed with the utmost caution.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2006-10-23
After Mark Cotta Vaz's adequate first volume, I was hoping for a follow-up from Ruditis that at least matched it and hopefully surpassed it. Sorry. Didn't happen.
This guide is kinda flashy but isn't constructed well. It's written as fiction, like you've been handed a dossier on Sydney Bristow and the gang and are having their missions explained to you. But all the energy spent on assigning made up file numbers and access codes comes across as taking focus off the show and sounds just plain corny. As usual with Ruditis books, there's little real-life info on the show. Do they not like this guy?
If you've collected the 'Alias' magazine, you've got a thousand times more info than you'll get from this. For the completist only.
A true Alias dream guide.......2006-01-28
It's been a long time since the Alias TV series went on air, but there hasn't been an official guide to complement with its popularity. And now finally, there is this book to satisfy our need for Alias(and give us "the story so far...")while we watch the current fifth season.
I got this book from a store, but initially I hesitated on buying it, since I'm reliant on book reviews and there isn't one as yet on Amazon right here. This official guide is written by Paul Ruditis, who wrote several tie-ins to Alias, Star Trek and Charmed, to name a few. He also co-wrote Angel: The Casefiles Vol.2 and Vol.3 of the Watcher's Guide. I bought Angel: The Casefiles Vol. 2 and I must say I was quite disappointed that Paul Ruditis' version was not as detailed and long as the previous Vol.1, which was written by another group of writers. So I was quite wary when I bought this guide, but it turns out Paul did a good job on this one.
Enough on the history already. Let's get on with the contents of this official guide. Inside, the Alias: Authorized Personnel Only guide is fully coloured with photos from the series. Contained in this book are:
(a) Agent Profiles
A fully detailed description of every single core member in the SD-6, CIA, the recently formed APO unit, civilian information and their current status.
(b) Milo Rambaldi
The history of this visionary architect from the past is detailed in this section, plus a full guide on the various devices he created and the items that revealed his prophecy on the Chosen One and the Passenger.
(c) Mission Archives
In this part of the guide are the detailed mission logs from Season 1 to 4. There are also major plot points that move the story and profiles found scattered throughout this section.
(d) Op Tech Manual
This section contains all the equipment and gadgets featured or mentioned (surveillance, computer processing equipment, stealth technology, lockpick/entry tools, tranquilizing agents, weapons, assorted items) throughout the series.
(e) Mission Key
A list of all episodes from Season 1 to 4, their original airdates and the mission log nos. that were featured in the episodes.
(f) Travel Log
A guide detailing the travel log of Agent Sydney Bristow on missions throughout the world, and the organisation she was doing the missions for.
Overall, I must say this has been a good official guide, if not more, and I'm satisfied with the way this guide was written. I highly reccommend this book to fans and ongoing viewers of Alias, plus first-time viewers who are interested and intrigued in this suspense and action drama series.
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- A good start
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Two of a Kind? (Alias)
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Taking orders again from Arvin Sloane is enough for agent Sydney Bristow's life to feel turned upside down. But when an old adversary resurfaces and begs specifically for her help, Sydney is forced to confront ever-changing alliances -- and the disturbing question of just how much she and her former enemy have in common.
United by an urgent goal but for separate reasons, an inconceivable team is forged. From the luxury hotels of downtown Singapore to the frenetic streets of New Orleans's French Quarter, Sydney finds herself with little time to decide if she's been given the chance to amend ancient history or if she's being lethally played.
Customer Reviews:
A good start.......2006-06-22
I was terrified of starting this book because the author, Greg Cox. In Tales of the Slayer volume 2, his big monster, is an overly massive vampire squid???! Vampire Squid? You're kidding me, right? Luckily this book wasn't so crazy. Most parts were pretty realistic, except for the end. I enjoyed it, but the most of the other books in the series. Read it if you want, but not 100% neccesary unless you're a fan.
Poor research.......2006-05-21
Nice enough story, but if you include German in your book, please please do NOT run it through some online translator but get someone who actually speaks it.
page 190 : "Töten Sie sie! Lassen Sie sie entkommen nicht!" should be: "nicht entkommen!".
page 195 : "Verdammen sie!" Is just the literal translation of Damn you. "Verdammt noch mal" might be what's used in stead but that's more of a general curse.
Too Long Winded.......2005-06-24
A top secret prototype plane has been stolen. It just took off and kept flying. Recovering it is the top priority of the CIA.
APO has received a lead from an unlikely source. Maya Rao is an Indian assassin who has crossed paths with Sydney in the past. But she steps forward with a lead and a request to work together with Sydney. Naturally, Sydney doesn't like the idea, but what else can she do? Even more disturbing are Maya's constant comments that she and Sydney are more alike then different. Can this be true? What are Maya's real motives? Will they track down the plane?
This book started out well, but died under the weight of its story. It felt entirely too long. Maybe it's just that this is longer then the prequels were, but I was ready for it to be done long before the climax came. I was also distracted by the constant references to events from the show. While a few are good, it got to the point of excess very quickly. The climax did stretch believability; I didn't have as big a problem with it as I might have, probably because I was ready for the book to be over.
While never classic literature, I have enjoyed the Alias tie in novels in the past. Hopefully this is an exception and the next will be back to the enjoyable quick reads that the others have been.
Alias book review........2005-06-14
I liked this book. It had a lot of action and was not hard to follow. Some parts in the book where a little out there. I also like how it follows the tv series. I won't tell you what happened because I have read some of there and had the ending spoiled so I won't do that. I would read this book if given the chance.
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The Ghost, a legendary figure who has gone by so many aliases his real identity is a mystery, has created a double-edged hallucinogen that is both a blessing to psychiatry and a powerful weapon that can ignite mass hysteria. When the mad scientist is double-crossed by one of his own minions, Agent Sydney Bristow must accompany him to his undercover clinic in Switzerland and help him learn which of his protégés stole the drug and sold it to a chemical weapons dealer.
However, this plan doesn't sit well with Jack Bristow, who shares a past with the Ghost....In fact, he thought he killed the man in a Vietnamese jungle years ago. Now Jack must determine if his mind is playing tricks on him, or if their wartime encounter was just another one of the Ghost's twisted psychological experiments....
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- Pleasant and Entertaining
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Agent Sydney Bristow has always held her own in the traditional boy's club of espionage. In fact, she's grown comfortable in her well-earned role as respected go-to girl. But with the recent addition of her half-sister, Nadia, dynamics inevitably shift as Sydney finds herself with a new partner, roommate, and -- even if unintentional -- competitor.
APO's mission to retrieve a mysterious biological weapon is compromised, and in the melee Weiss is infected. Driven by concern and guilt, Sydney searches for the only known vaccine -- until her cover is blown and she must watch Nadia assume her field role next to Vaughn. But when Vaughn and Nadia's cover is blown, only Sydney and Nadia's collective strength can keep Sydney's "family" alive.
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Pleasant and Entertaining.......2006-02-23
Sibling rivalry is a fascinating and intricate motivation for a story line. Replaced captures just the tip of the iceberg of potential stories in this journey into Sydney's emotionally handicapped family. I am looking forward to future scenarios from this author on the subject.
Jealousy.......2006-01-19
This is a great read. For everyone who reads all these definatly don't miss this one. It lacks none of the action you expect from an Alias novel. Sydeny is starting to find that she gets a little jealous and annoyed of Nadia. Its a great read and fills in a lot of the gaps. The author lets you in on how Sydney really feels about staying with Nadia.
Frustration Builds as the Book Progresses.......2005-08-31
When the APO team goes to arrest Dr. Lance Bergin, things go from bad to worse. It ends with his escape and Weiss being infected by a deadly virus. With time running out, Sydney tracks the bad doc to South Africa, where she is sidelined. While she fumes, Vaughn and Nadia are called in to complete the mission. Only with this case, nothing is ever easy and the bad news just keeps coming in. Can the three agents stay alive long enough to find the cure for Weiss?
The Alias books seem to be hit or miss recently, and this one is no exception. The story starts out well, and I was enjoying it. As the book progressed, I got more and more frustrated. The plot relies on the agents making critical mistakes. While I found the first few believable, by the end I was rolling my eyes as they were doing things I knew better then to do. Sydney gets more and more annoying as the story progresses as well, snapping at everyone around her. And one final complaint, although this one is minor. The book keeps saying they need to find a vaccine for Weiss, when in reality they should have been looking for an antidote.
Making the Alias books longer has not been the best decision. I am about ready to stop reading them and just enjoy the series on TV when it comes back on the air.
Sydney and Nadia in APO - Finally!.......2005-08-22
Finally, the authors stopped writing the prequel series and starting filling in some of the gaps in between seasons. This book is one such novel. While the storyline is great, and the action is typical Alias action, I took issue with the fact that Sydney was made to be ALOT more immature in this book. By now, she's almost 30 years old, and is the older sister between her and Nadia, yet several times she's acting like a petulant child who doesn't get her way. She becomes socially and emotionally stunted for a while in this book. I love that the writers are giving more backstory on why she's hesitant to get back with Vaughan, but they are making her regress in age instead of progress and mature. Overall, an excellent read for Alias fans worldwide!
Just okay........2005-08-02
I really enjoy these books because I love anything Alias-related. I did enjoy this book BUT Sydney was just whiny and insecure. Nothing like she is on the show. Take out all the silly whiny parts and it would have been a lot more readable.
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A Russian controller and his teenage daughter are taken hostage with merciless precision by a terrorist who fancies himself an artiste of chaos. After the CIA fumbles, Sydney and the black ops unit APO are called in for the rescue. The stakes are high. In less than forty-eight hours the controller must deliver a critical international forum speech, or the result will be widespread economic disaster.
But sometimes even the best intel is incomplete. The true threat is bigger, and closer at hand, than anyone considered, and only an emotionally shattered teenage girl can make everything right -- or single-handedly cause a scale of tragedy unimagined.
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Book Review.......2006-03-15
CIA agent Sydney Bristow is on another challenging, highly impossible mission: to defeat fellow agent Michael Vaughn at Scrabble. Well, she was anyway until both of their beepers signal that Arvin Sloane has assigned them another deadly task. This time the former SD-6 leader wants them to go in with Agent Dixon and recover Russian Representative Anton Sorokin, along with his wife and daughter, Anna and Faina, who had been kidnapped by Victor Pushov, a sociopath "art expert" killer, formally associated with the KGB of Russia. As Sydney goes undercover as a Prague coroner, she's also battling with romance and family issues, but she can't let that distract her from unzipping Vaughn out of the black body bag that wreaked of dog and child waste, mainly thanks to the genius Marshall. To their despair, Vaughn and Sydney find that they are too late: Anna Sorokin had been killed. That means the seventeen-year-old Faina is still hostage. Just as they two loaded killers rapidly search the high security building full of corpses, Anton is being suited with a bomb to wear to the world oil meeting. Alias: Faina is a thrilling, suspenseful novel that outranks the original series.
Besides the main mission, the females, Sydney and Nadia, are dealing with personal missions as well. Sydney and Vaughn used to go out, but when he was about to propose, he surprisingly turned and married another agent they worked with, whom he later left for Sydney. However, instead of the expected open arms to greet him, Sydney is having quite a few doubts, which Vaughn had proved during the mission, so she made a decision and planned to stick by it: if he didn't mature by the time the job was over, Vaughn would continue to be her co-worker...but nothing else.
Nadia, the newest addition to the top secret CIA task force, was having a cold war with her long lost father and new boss Arvin Sloane, who once tricked Sydney, Marshall, and Dixon into working for the evil SD-6. He wants to spend more quality time with his newfound child, but Nadia can't seem to forgive him for all the malice he was responsible for. Of course, no one on the team blamed her. Naturally, growing up without a dad figure, she too wants to get to know the man, but right now, they'll just start with a dinner.
The whole plot of the book has the ability to keep its audience flipping the page in order to find out what happens next to the young killers. It turns out that Faina, the Russian diplomat's teenage daughter, is Junebug, the notorious computer hacker in the world and was the one who Pushov forced to build the highly complicated and complex bomb system that was strapped to her father's body. After Sydney was able to intervene and jam the bomb, Faina knocked out Vaughn and tracked Pushov through the bomb signal that came from his jacket all the way to the airport. Just as the was about to push the button that would end the terrorist's life and the lives of hundreds of innocent flight passengers, Sydney finds Faina and convinces her to stop as the older Bristow, Jack, her father sat next to Pushov and escorted him and his men off the plane, claiming they were doctors transporting a liver and had boarded the incorrect plane.
Overall, Alias: Faina was the best original show based novel I've ever read. The action, romance, secrets and most importantly, the mind, of the characters just added to the suspense of their latest mission.
R. Turner
Faina reveiw.......2005-08-22
I thought this Alias book was good. Some parts of it were fantastic and some were just good. I liked how Sydney was trying to relate to Faina while the other operatives were just looking at her and seeing there mission. I am also glad that Sydney acted under an alias, the books seem more dull if she isn't pretending to be someone she is not. Over all I liked this book.
Alias book review. .......2005-06-14
This Alias book was okay. I laughed at some parts. The book was a little slow at some parts, but I could still not put it down. You also could see what was going to happen next. It did not have a lot of action because it was all one mission. I would read this book again, though.
Weak Writing but Engaging Second Half.......2005-05-25
It doesn't seem like that unusual an assignment. A Russian controller and his family have been kidnapped 48 hours before he's to present a speech at an international oil forum. The CIA is trying to keep their distance, so Sydney and the gang at APO are called in to rescue the man in time to give his speech. Syd and Vaughn infiltrate the hiding place to perform the rescue, but are only able to find his daughter, Faina. Debriefing her, they learn the stakes are much higher then they could ever image and a race starts to prevent an international crisis.
I was a little surprised when I learned that the novels would be jumping ahead from prequels (which I was enjoying) to the current setting for the show. Even more surprising was the increase in page count. Still, I settled in to enjoy a fun read. Unfortunately, the first half was rather poorly written. While the story moves forward well, the writing is extremely weak. I finally figured out it's because the story is told, not shown. We are told what characters are feeling instead of them acting it out for us. What's even worse, we are often told that character A knows what character B is going through.
I was becoming very frustrated when I reached the half way point. From there, the book really picks up. It's basically one long mission, and the action moves quickly from character to character, filling us in on everything going on. At this point, I was frustrated every time I got interrupted and couldn't wait to get back to it.
This book fits in perfectly with the first half of the season. Overall, it's a wise choice to move the novels to the current time so they can feature the characters and situations the freshest in the viewer's mind. Hopefully future books will have just a bit more polish to the writing.
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- Alias the series lives on!
- lots of errors
- Great light reader!
- Even with a low expectation I was displeased
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What begins as a routine assignment -- infiltrate a public building and retrieve monitoring equipment set up by APO -- goes horribly wrong. With the mission suddenly compromised, the true question becomes, Who's monitoring whom and why? Resourceful Sydney manages to complete the objective, but a split-second miscalculation during her escape endangers a civilian caught in the cross-fire.
When haunting details of the victim emerge and the lead suspect is murdered, Sydney's carefully compartmentalized life threatens to unravel. Has she always made the right choices, knowing the inherent danger posed to those around her? Vaughn and Jack are understandably concerned. For a field agent, even the tiniest loss of focus can prove deadly....
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Alias the series lives on!.......2007-01-11
It's fun to have new stories to read about Alias. After watching the show for so long it's hard to just go without!
lots of errors.......2006-09-14
It was a good book just like the others but there were a lot of mistakes for example he wrote Milo Rambaldi as Carlos Rambaldi there were other name mistakes and errors in word choice but aside from that this was a good book.
Great light reader!.......2005-08-19
I'm in school right now and love books that don't require thought but do let me get lost in them! This book is just like that and that's a good thing! It really sucks you in and transports you to the world of Alias!!!
Even with a low expectation I was displeased.......2005-08-16
I understand when I pick up an Alias novel that it will be a light read. I don't anticipate overly in depth writing or storytelling. I don't expect it to be anything harder than what a 5th grader might read.
Nonetheless, I was still highly disappointed by this book. The prequel books that I've read have had some problems, but I found this one from the APO series to be the most offensive. I found myself wondering if the author had ever seen an episode of the show to which he was penning a story.
The plot itself was intriguing, if disjointed. Too many aspects did not fit with the actual missions. Another reviewer mentioned the misspellings and other technical mistakes that any casual viewer of Alias would have known, had they bothered to do the research. Misspelling Rambaldi is just unacceptable, both in the writing and editing of this novel. However, the thing that bothered me even more was the characterizations. For one thing, I don't think Weiss and Vaughn even know what handball is. Picky? Yes. I don't expect good writing, but I expect writing that comports with the series.
Sydney and Jack's voices especially were out of character. There was a point in the novel where Jack actually called her 'Syd'. You tell me the last time you heard that on the show.
One good thing I will say-- the author did have his technical research down. The plot was enjoyable, as long as one didn't pretend they were the Alias characters we know and love. The author did have the voice of Marshall down pretty well, and he gave good performances during his briefings and throughout the book.
All in all, I'm not overly anxious to read anything else this author has written, and if I hadn't already bought another APO book (bought 2 at the same time), I'd probably be far more hesitant to go and purchase another Alias book, period.
collateral damage Alias books.......2005-08-12
I really enjoy the Alias books, they are just as exciting as the show and hard to put down. I look forward to each one and it is hard to wait for the next one.
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