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Train Man (Bookcassette Adapter Required)

Train Man (Bookcassette Adapter Required)

On a dark night, a bridge is blown to smithereens, thunderously plunging a one-hundred-car-train deep into the Mississippi River. In Washington, the FBI scrambles--sending Assistant Director Hush Hanson and agent Carolyn Lang to investigate the deadly act of domestic terror.

Hanson is a team player and killer marksman. Lang has an agenda of her own. By the time the two agents leave Washington, they are on a collision course with each other. And another bridge has exploded.

Now, the investigation is exploding into an inter-agency feud. The brass is after a terrorist cell, while Hanson and Land suspect a single man--the Train Man--is bringing down the bridges on by one. But as more death and destruction strike the river, on one can guess that far greater danger is looming. A top-secret, emergency shipment of unstable nuclear waste has been sent west by train. And when the nukes meets the river there will be no way across, no time to turn back, and almost no chance to stop the deadliest disaster of all...

Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio


Price: $7.98


Train Man (Bookcassette Adapter Required)
User Reviews
The Story Still Works
rating: 4

The idea of an individual seeking to right a perceived wrong through violent means is something that many writers have used in the past, yet few have done it in as gogent a manner as this writer. The story begins with three dostinct story lines that converge, as the book progresses, into a real page turner. The chacters have depth and become more meaningful as the story is skilfully woven. The witer is from the South and his personal knowedge and lifetime experiences come through well in this work. It is easy to ascertain that he has spent a goodly amount of time in research and this does much to enrich the work. His time in the military has taught him much about beauracracies and the "back-stabbing" and the manipulation of people that is commonplace. The characters are strong and serve to make this book a most satisfying read.

A compelling and superb contemporary thriller!
rating: 5

In recent years I have become hugely disappointed in most of the mediocre scrawlings which have been recently published as novels; however, on the highest recommendation of a much-trusted literary friend, I began reading the works of P.T. Deutermann and I'm so glad that I did.

I haven't completed reading all his works but "Train Man" is my favorite so far. The story, (oversimplified), is essentially this: Someone is destroying the train bridges/trestles which cross the Mississippi River, an unrivaled commercial transportation crisis and one which takes years and billions of dollars to rectify. There is also a palatable love element which does not at all diminish the action of this superb thriller.

Deutermann is a master of sub-plots and he possesses a literary gift which is rare in the world of novelists: he gets you rooting for "the bad guy". Not outright, but readers are inclined to want to see the next bridge go down. It's a strange phenomenon but it's there for some of us who are anarchists at heart.

The atmosphere, characters, and locations in this work are all quite credible. I loved this book and I'd give it SIX stars if I could.

Bookcassette Adapter Needed To Play
rating: 5

The Bookcassette Adapter gives you balance control on your headphones and is so easy to use: Plug it into the stereo jack of your personal tapeplayer and then plug your headphones into the other side. The Bookcassette Adapter Works ONLY on Stereo Tapeplayers.

If you plan on listening to Bookcassette audio books on a stereo system where you can adjust the sound between the left and right speakers separately, such as a rack system with separate left and right speaker controls or a car stereo with a left and right balance dial, you will be able to listen to Bookcassette audio books without a problem. If you plan on listening to these audio books on a portable cassette player that does not have this capability, such as a Walkman with headphones, you will require an adapter.

As I said, it would be cheaper to buy it on the Internet, especially on eBay, instead of directly from the company (Brilliance Corporation) at 1-800-697-6797


Interesting basic idea but definitely no page turner
rating: 2

A man on a vendetta for his lost loved ones. A train killed his family so he decides to bring down the railroad traffic for good. To succeed he starts to destroy the six major railroad bridges across the Mississippi. Unfortunately on top of the resulting catastrophic traffic scenario the army plans to transport hazardous material via train through the country from Alabama to the Army's destruction facility in Utah - and there is no way around the Mississippi. FBI agents Hush Hanson and Carolyn Lang have to stop the Train Man before a major disaster plunges the area into doomsday...

Deutermann spends a lot of details on how the train system in the USA works and shows that he researched quite a lot. Therefore the technical general framework for the plot is set.
The book features some interesting characters both within the FBI and in the Army. A lot of details are spent on their problems and the rising tension among them. These parts are quite interesting.
In fact the story is more about the main characters and their relationship as well as about inner Bureau/Army tension and set ups than about solving the crime.
This is also the biggest weakness of the book and as a result the featured story is not really gripping.

Furthermore the preparations of setting the bombs at the bridges are always way too detailed. (Almost as if every reader should be able to build and place its own bomb.) On the other hand the hunt for the perpetrator is much too short and the disclosure of this identity too easy - especially since the main FBI characters have almost no input here.

The book is neither fast paced nor is the detective aspect of the story gripping. To be more precise I found the book actually a bit boring. As a result it did not keep me up late to finish it. It is easy to read but that's about it.

In his first two books "Scorpion in the Sea" and "The Edge of Honor" Deutermann showed that he can write a gripping page turner. Both books also contained passages where I had tears in my eyes from laughing. Unfortunately ever since then Deutermann's skills seem to vanish more and more with every new book. With "Train Man" the author wrote another one that is easy to read but has none of the tension and the humor from both books mentioned before. Too bad really...

PS
A very similar subject/motive can be found in Ridley Pearson's "Parallel Lies". I strongly recommend reading that book instead of "Train Man" because "Parallel Lies" is much more thrilling and entertaining. The featured characters are great as well. On top of that it has by far the more convincing overall plot and conclusion.

Stretched Inprobabilities
rating: 1

This is way down the list of Deutermann's novels. Read DARKSIDE, but skp this one. Three "Deus ex machinas" stopped me at page 110.
1. Army has 3 Russian nuclear torpedos "leaking radiation?", and decide to fly them to Utah?
2. C130 has a fire on board, and crash lands on a derelict Army landing field?
3. And that Army base just happens to be loading a train of chemical weapons for a ride to Utah?

And the nutcase blowing bridges waited five years to go to work?

Stan Beattie



Train Man (Bookcassette Adapter Required)

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