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Into the Volcano: A Mallory and Morse Novel of Espionage

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Into the Volcano: A Mallory and Morse Novel of Espionage
Forrest DeVoe Jr.
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ASIN: 0060723777
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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The year is 1962. John Glenn is in orbit, Audrey Hepburn is breakfasting outside Tiffany's, Elvis is recording "Bossa Nova Baby," and in Istanbul, a middle-aged Dutch spy has just met a fiery death. Enter Jack Mallory and Laura Morse, clandestine operatives for the Consultancy. He's a laconic ex-soldier from the oil fields of Corpus Christi; she's a wintrily beautiful Boston Brahmin and an adept at Floating Hand karate. The murdered man was their colleague, and the Consultancy has ordered them to exact revenge on the genially murderous Piotr Nemerov and the playboy-turned-arms-dealer Anton Rauth, who is holed up in his HQ in an extinct South Seas volcano preparing for a literally earthshaking confrontation.

Into the Volcano is an homage to James Bond, Modesty Blaise, and the golden age of the spy thriller, a time when America was still innocent and its enemies possessed a dash of Space Age style. It takes the reader from New York to Istanbul, from Cannes' balmy breezes to the island known as the Dragon's Throne, and at last into the molten heart of the Cold War.

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The year is 1962. John Glenn is in orbit, Audrey Hepburn is breakfasting outside Tiffany's, and Elvis is recording ""Bossa Nova Baby."" The Gibson and Détente are both in fashion, and both are served icy cold. And in the Foreigners' Quarter of Istanbul, a middle-aged Dutch spy has just met a fiery death.

Enter Mallory and Morse. Jack Mallory is a laconic ex-soldier from the oilfields of CorpusChristi. Laura Morse is a frostily beautiful Boston Brahmin adept at Floating Hand karate. Both are top operatives for the Consultancy, a shadowy covert-services network run by the enigmatic British ex-commando known as Gray. The Consultancy exists to execute those missions too dangerous or too dirty for the world's conventional intelligence agencies. The murdered man was their friend and colleague, and Gray has ordered them to take revenge.

It won't be easy. All signs point to athlete-turned-arms-dealer Anton Rauth, a man of vast means, refined tastes, and questionable sanity, currently holed up in his HQ inside an extinct South Seas volcano. His minions include two battle-hardened ex-GRU assassins: the dour Sasha Kurski and the genially murderous Piotr Nemerov, both rigorously trained and utterly remorseless. It's Mallory's job to let himself be captured. It's Laura's job to help him fight his way free again. With what they learn, they must penetrate the ""nightclub"" called Club Europa and then -- armed with little but scuba gear and nerve -- Rauth's island fortress itself.

But as they know all too well, Rauth is expecting them. He may even have factored them into his plans. And his plans -- for both Mallory and America -- are literally earthshaking ...

Into the Volcano is an homage to James Bond, Modesty Blaise, and the golden age of the spy thriller, a time when America was more innocent and its enemies possessed a dash of Space Age style. It takes the reader from bustling New York to steamy Istanbul, from Cannes' balmy breezes to the island known as the Dragon's Throne, and at last into the molten heart of the Cold War.

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Cool Sixties Spy Novel.......2007-02-09

For those who like the James Bond and Matt Helm books, this one is a must. It's every bit as good as the best of Fleming. The book is set in 1962 (like Fade to Blonde) and is reminiscent of not only the Bond books, but the Avengers (and a little Cool & Lam) as well in that it's a team of a man and woman spies. There's lot's of humor, but Phillips never resorts to satire ala Austin Powers. His villain is one to rival Dr. No, Blofeld or Goldfinger.

Resurrecting Bond.......2004-12-06

Ok, so it's genre fiction. But, all things considered, it's pretty good genre fiction. Forrest DeVoe, Jr. is no John LeCarre, but (thank God) he's no Harlan Coben either.

Into the Volcano (HarperCollins, anticipated publication 2004), his debut novel under the DeVoe nom de plume, is a redux of every subgenre of the espionage thriller. A Dutch spy has been murdered in Istanbul and the dynamic duo of clandestine American operatives, Jack Mallory and Laura Morse, are sent to Turkey to avenge his death. Amidst Mallory's pursuit of Central Asian tail (of course) and Morse's silent pining for Jack (of course), they uncover a Cold War plot (of course) to smuggle all the gold out of the Turkish Treasury via underground tunnels. Posing as New York tourists in a troubled marriage, Jack lures the killers out into the open so they can kick some Soviet (of course). But the spectre of Cold War menace has just begun. The diabolical Russians are plotting world domination from their secret compound on the tropical island of He'Konau and Jack and Laura must storm the compound and disrupt their plans.

Your mission (should you accept it) is to get through this book without laughing. The premise is ridiculous, the characters have the depth of a frisbee, and the plot devices are cliched and predictable.

Still, for fans of the espionage novel, this is an interesting read in terms of its postmodern dedication to total eclecticism. The original British spy novels, marked by the 1907 publication of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, were realistic, morally ambiguous, and nicely written, with little sex or violence. Until World War II, ethical ideas about espionage precluded glamorizing it in fiction. However, after World War II and the birth of the American spy novel, the operative's life became a metaphor for existential male angst - unambiguously heroic, unrealistic, violently macho, and chauvinistically sexy.

No one epitomized this more than Ian Fleming's 1950's-60's hero, James Bond. The name Bond - James Bond - is synonymous with spy fiction, though the books were misogynist and completely oblivious to their Cold War political context. Reveling in sadomasochistic sexuality, Bond resents being teamed up with a woman, whom he calls "a silly [...]" and likens to all women in their existence for his sexual recreation.

Nineteen seventy-four brought George Smiley in John LeCarre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which shifted the genre from hyper-masculine fantasy to well-written, complex plots and a healthy dose of realism about the Cold War.

Then, in 1984, Tom Clancy published The Hunt for Red October. Playing on American fears of the Reagan-era arms race, Clancy nevertheless ushered in the spy novel of the 21st century. Blacks, women, the disabled, and immigrants now play heroic roles (granted, still without any nuance or subtlety) and the technology is updated for modern verisimilitude.

In true postmodern fashion, Forrest DeVoe, Jr. takes what he likes and leaves the rest. Jack Mallory is macho, but he's not a pig about it, even forcing himself to admit to Laura's superior talents in hand-to-hand combat. Into the Volcano mixes the assassination thriller with the Cold War setting of the defection thriller and the traitorship of the mob hunt.

The book's saving grace is decent writing that doesn't have its eyes on the big screen. In the era of Dan Brown and Harlan Coben, whose books read like badly-written screenplays, DeVoe spares us the characters who have ridiculously mundane and pathetically humorous one-liners running through their heads in the midst of a crisis.

Into the Volcano is fairly lukewarm and forgettable, but, for fans of the genre, it's a fun romp through the history of the spy novel.

excellent spy drama .......2004-09-08

Hired by the Consultancy, Van Vliet is in Istanbul where he believes that the Club Europa is being built as a cover for something else. Before he informs Gray, the head of the Consultancy, a profit-making black-ops organization, he is killed in his shower by a head that emits flame instead of water. It is 1962 and the cold war is fought by the Consultancy who the CIA hires to find out what is going on in Istanbul.

Gray sends his two best operatives, Jack Mallory and Laura Morse to Istanbul where they learn that their old nemesis Anton Rauth hired mercenaries to kill them. Still alive, the duo find an earth digging machine in the cellar of the Club used to construct a tunnel into the Turks equivalent of Ft. Knox. Jack and Laura are sent to the volcanic island of He' Konau where Rauth has his base of operations inside the volcano. There assignment is to gather intelligence but they are caught snooping and only a miracle will save their lives and that of millions of people when Anton unleashes his master weapon.

No doubt about it, the team of Mallory and Morse are the equal of 007 and other spy heroes that graced the pages of the spy thrillers of the 1960's. There is action, action and more action but like James Bond there is much tongue in cheek humor that lessens the tensions when it threatens to become overwhelming. Forest DeVoe Jr. has written an excellent spy drama and one can only hope he writes more starring the intrepid protagonists Mallory and Morse.

Harriet Klausner

Into the Volcano: A Volcano Researcher at Work

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Fascinating story.
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Into the Volcano: A Volcano Researcher at Work
Donna O'Meara
Manufacturer: Kids Can Press, Ltd.
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In a helicopter with no doors, she hovers over a lava lake the size of two football fields -- then lands! She runs through clouds of scalding steam, dodging lava bombs, to photograph glowing hot lava as it pours into the sea. She sets up camp on the edge of a volcano's cone, only to be hit with hurricane-force winds, poisonous gases and acidic ash. Witness a typical day in the life of Donna O'Meara -- volcano researcher, writer and photographer. Donna's photographs and accounts of treacherous journeys get readers up close and personal with some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes.

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Fascinating story........2007-06-26

Why anyone would do this for a living, I don't know. But finally someone has given a detailed account of what it's like to be a volcanologist. Her story makes volcanoes even more interesting than they used to be. My son didn't want to put this book down.

MEDIA REVIEW.......2005-12-19

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Into the Volcano: Donna O'Meara a Volcano Researcher at Work ( Kids Can Press 2004)

The first thing that drew our attention to this book was its pictures. As we flipped through the pages we found ourselves wanting to read more because of the beautiful and colorful photographs. When we saw something new (such as a field of red hot lava) , we were prompted to read and discover and feed our curiosity. This book helped us get a better understanding of volcanoes and their amazing eruptions.

Into the Volcano offers a brief background of the author, Donna O'Meara. In the beginning of the book, the author talks about her first experiences with volcanoes. ( She also talks about her marriage and her dog!) Each chapter introduces the different volcanoes she has explored. O'Meara explains about all the different types of magma and how it breaks through the earth's crust. We thought it was very interesting to read about someone who has experienced such amazing things, and it's not common for an author to talk about his or her own personal life.

The stunning pictures in the book helped us to understand the text better. The photographs are shot from an up-close perspective, which makes you feel like you are standing right there! If you are a visual learner , this is a very good book to read.

If we had a class assignment about volcanoes, this book would be great to get good information out of. We would like it to be in our science class-room. We think our teacher would be a very good audience for its materials. She loves to read about volcanoes and their fascinating but deadly eruptions. This book is for her!!
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From the Chicago Tribune May 2005, June 8, 2005
Reviewer:CHICAGO TRIBUNE HERALD
CHILDREN'S CORNER

By Mary Harris Russell. Mary Harris Russell, who teaches English at Indiana University Northwest, reviews children's books each week for the Tribune
Published May 1, 2005

By Donna O'Meara
Kids Can Press, $16.95
Ages 10-14 years
Or, how I learned to love and fear volcanos, or, do you want to be a volcanologist? Some books designed to explain science careers can be deadly dull. This one is not, partly because Donna O'Meara emphasizes from the start that deadly is just what this career could be. She tells of Katia Krafft, a successful volcanologist for 20 years until the day she and her husband were killed in a pyroclastic flow from Japan's Mt. Unzen. (And yes, the book will teach you about pyroclastic flows). The photographs, by O'Meara and her husband, Stephen, are memorable, and the text conveys a great deal of information about the different kinds of volcanos and how they behave. Exciting, even if you don't want to go there.

This is from the Washington Post May 8, 2005, June 8, 2005
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May 8, 2005

Women who brave volcanoes, help gorillas and study the seas.By Karen MacPherson

By Karen MacPherson

Harvard University President Lawrence Summers incited an ideological riot earlier this year when he suggested that women may be innately unsuited for success in math and science. But Summers's remarks, for which he subsequently apologized, are a moot point to women like Donna O'Meara and Felicia Nutter. Their talents and interests led both women into careers in science: O'Meara as a globe-trotting volcano researcher and Nutter as a field veterinarian in Rwanda for a research project on mountain gorillas.

Their stories, as well as those of other curious and courageous women scientists, can be found in the pages of some splendid nonfiction books for children. Some of these books are newly published; others are older but still readily available. While boys also will enjoy them, these books convey a clear message: Science isn't just for males.

O'Meara's Into the Volcano (KidsCan, $16.95; ages 9-12) shows how researching volcanoes has given her a unique view of Earth's most mysterious and dangerous places. her riveting first-person narrative describes the thrill of seeing an erupting volcano up close -- so close that the soles of her sneakers began to melt.

The intrepid O'Meara tells readers how she and her husband, Steve, also a volcanologist, have dodged bandits and anti-government guerrillas to get inside the "cone" at the summit of the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala. The couple also spent a freezing night perched on a ledge near the top of Italy's Stromboli volcano, stranded by a freak winter storm. Although she doesn't minimize the dangers, O'Meara obviously revels in her work. Risking her safety to learn more about volcanoes helps her to predict their eruptions, and thus save lives.

Into the Volcano is filled with stunning color photographs taken by O'Meara and her husband. The book also contains an abundance of basic volcano information, placed in easy-to-digest sidebars.

Excellent!.......2005-11-03

"Hawaii's Kilauea volcano rumbles under my feet with thunder I feel in my stomach. The air reeks of burning metal. A towering dark steam cloud looms over me. Without warning, a football-sized chunk of gooey lava drops out of the cloud and plops on the ground near me. I duck and run as more hissing red chunks spatter everywhere. These "lava bombs" could crush a skull as if it were an eggshell. What on Earth am I doing here, on the world's most active volcano?"

What O'Meara is doing there is research. Volcanoes are her passion. Along with husband Steve, O'Meara has traveled the world studying and photographing volcanoes.

What sets this book apart from others on the same topic are O'Meara's personal stories. In the chapter titled "Walk on the Wild Side," for example, O'Meara recounts her attempts to photograph-from the edge of a cliff-a lava tube pouring orange lava into the ocean. Her words and images combine to paint a vivid, compelling tale of both adventure and serious science.

Incorporated throughout the text are beautifully illustrated sidebars filled with factual information. Readers will learn about volcano types, pyroclastic flows, types of lava and more. Along the way they will also learn about O'Meara-about how she returned to college at age 32, fell in love with volcanology, and dedicated her life to studying them. A glossary and well-done index are included.

If volcanoes are a part of your curriculum, you must have at least one copy of Donna O`Meara's Into the Volcano in your classroom. Extremely accessible, informative, and entertaining, this is non-fiction at its best.

Highly recommended. Suitable for district-wide purchase.

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All about Volcanos
My 3 yr. old loves this book

Volcano: Jump Into Science
Ellen Prager , and Nancy Woodman
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A fire-breathing dragon takes children on a grand adventure to learn more about volcanoes. Venturing into an active volcano, kids discover how magma inside the Earth begins to bubble and push its way upward, causing steam to escape through cracks overhead. Young readers will travel to active volcano sites around the world to discover the different characteristics and behavior of various volcanoes. Nancy Woodman's creative collage artwork pairs beautifully with Ellen Prager's lively text.

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All about Volcanos.......2006-02-05

National Geographic puts out a great one with this book about volcanos. Photographs and illustrations bring all aspects of volcanos to life for young readers. A dragon leads the way and lots of science is presented in a fun exploration. An experiment is even included at the back of the book to finish off the fun.

My 3 yr. old loves this book.......2002-04-24

My son loves volcanoes and I had been searching for a book about vocanoes that was not too technical and more to his age level. This book is it, it is very entertaining, the pictures are great, and the "narrator" is a dragon; what more could a 3 yr old ask for? I also bought one of the Eywitness books and a video to go with this book and he has, by far, wanted to read this book more than anything else volcano related that we have.

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Into the volcano: crater walking on Nevado de Toluca offers high-altitude sightseeing.(Getaway): An article from: Business Mexico

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Into the volcano: crater walking on Nevado de Toluca offers high-altitude sightseeing.(Getaway): An article from: Business Mexico
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This digital document is an article from Business Mexico, published by American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C. on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 702 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Into the volcano: crater walking on Nevado de Toluca offers high-altitude sightseeing.(Getaway)
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