This is Sandford's seventh Virgil Flowers novel, a spin off from his best selling Prey series, now 25 books strong and counting. Virgil is a laidback Minnesota good old boy who works as an investigator for Sandford's Lucas Davenport in the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Prey novels. Virgil being a field agent, has a little looser attitude than his boss Davenport, and the spin off series reflects that.
In this book Sandford says he's poking a little good-natured fun of Dan Brown and similar authors who send their characters into murky labyrinths of worldwide conspiracies in search of centuries-old secret talismans of mystic power.
Click HERE to watch an interview with Sandford where he talks about Dan Brown and Storm Front.
But as it turns out, Sandford started his writing career in journalism, first in the Army and then at newspapers around the Midwest (including a stint at the newspaper in Cape Girardeau MO). He won one Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for another. He left journalism after his first novel was published, and has made his living as a novelist ever since. He also has an interest in archeology and the Middle East, and has been funding an archeological dig in Israel for some years. Next year there will be a major exhibit of the findings in Jerusalem. So those parts of the book are based on personal experience.
Click HERE to visit Sandford's web site and find out more about the author and his books., including a peek at his new novel Field of Prey featuring Lucas Davenport.
As always Sandford delivers a fast-paced, cleverly plotted story with lots of action, interesting characters, a wry sense of humor and a healthy dose of Midwestern skepticism.
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