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| The Scope of Justice | 
| Author: Michael Z. Williamson
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 85040
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0060565241
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060565244
ASIN: 0060565241
Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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Not bad within it's genre. July 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now being honest I've always been a great fan of what one reviewer has refered to as "right wing gun porn". I have quite a few hundred examples of the type filling up many a nook and cranny within my place of residence.
I liked this book, more depth then would be expected of this sort serial novel. However I do think Mr. Willimson did try to over reach himself with the main character. This type of book is much to short to realistically have the main character overcome his inner demons in *one* episode - this sort of thing should be underlaying a number of episodes.
But he did handle the book's plotting quite nicely, no slack time as sometimes can be found in this genre, nor was any of the action purely used a page filler.
Overall not too shabby (I do think Freehold is a much better work by this authour in all aspects). However for this genre I still think John Ringo's way OTT Kildar/Ghost series set the new standard.
And yes his Irish speach patterns are terrible, really, really terrible and the British speach patterns are worst if that can be believed :).
All told not to shabby for "gun porn".
 Unsatisfying October 13, 2005
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The details may be right, but this never grabbed me. A work centered on action, but who cares?
 Mad Mike Does Modern Day Reality Too September 10, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Michael Z. Williamson, better known as Mad Mike the Knife Builder, has produced a great action/adventure series to compliment his outstanding SF writing in Freehold and The Weapon, and his collaboration with John Ringo, Hero.
In The Scope of Justice, the world of the sniper and the covert operative is exposed. This is not James Bond, and it is not The Ballad of the Green Berets. This is modern military action, with all its faults and successes, as Kyle Monroe battles his demons and al-Qaeda terrorists.
We can all hope that the real Kyle Monroes do as well as the fictional hero does.
You should buy this book if you are trying to figure out what it really feels like to be a soldier in the war on terror.
Walt Boyes
The Bananaslug. at Baen's Bar
Fine book for it's length February 7, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you like Tom Clancy's older stuff and cringe at Dale Browns cliches and innaccuracies then you'll like this book. It's a bit short for my tastes but the author crams in enough character development for you to care about them. Detail - Good, Characters - V.Good, Attempt to write irish speech patterns - BAD :).
Now go buy his other books, they're better than this one :)
 Not as bad as it could be. October 1, 2004
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
What we have here is a typical adventure yarn, with the heroes fighting for Truth, Justice, Etc. The US has the best of everything, the poor local Pakistanis just don't measure up. The good guys are good, the villain is bad. Shallow.
Frankly, after Freehold, I expected better from Williamson. This is better than average for the genre--at least the technical details seem right, and no one gets blown yards back from explosions, legs flailing. But it's still right-wing chest-thumping gun porn. It was a bit of a let down.
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