Review: Great possibilities - not well executed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
Tsunami Connection is a political thriller with numerous plot lines running in parallel to each other. The stories are set in various locales throughout the world with Kefira, a Colonel in the Mossad and her cohorts as the connecting thread. Galagher provides some unique concepts such as "cloaking," the ability for personnel and equipment to be present, but unseen, albeit with some interesting glitches.Kefira is one of a group of orphans who were picked up and trained for special forces work in the Mossad; destined to be placed, imperceptibly, anywhere the Mossad needed clandestine operatives.The Russians have created a weapon that, from a submarine resting on the sea bed, causes tsunami's to rush to chosen areas, causing death and destruction. It could be used for the purposes of genocide. Kefira, and the other Mossad operatives, including her love interest, Zak are sent on a mission to defuse the situation.Add into the mix that Kefira's "control", a General in the Mossad and and Zak's mentor, who holds a similar position, are at odds ends and embroiled in a completion to see who's protégé gets to lead the Mossad, and you have an opportunity for a compelling story with plenty of action.The story contains some wonderful ideas, plot twists and surprises; unfortunately, they are not well executed.The character development is lacking and confusing. I found that, even by the end of the book, I was not invested in any of them. The plot was difficult to follow and there are numerous spots where the explanation for an event or the appearance of necessary equipment seemed to be added in as an afterthought.There are paragraphs that are numerous pages long and places where following the dialogue was trying. Movement of the plot was interrupted more than once by the inclusion such things as the history and evolution of the Tango--while interesting, it stopped the flow of the story.The ideas are good, the imagination rampant and the willingness to put words on the page are present, but regrettably the book doesn't reach its potential. It could use a serious structural editing, followed by a strong copy-editing and proofreading. This would improve the flow, authenticity and consistency as well as correcting the grammar, spelling and punctuation errors.To be fair, at the time of writing this review the book is priced at only $1.01 at Amazon.com so the monetary investment is not great. While it does have some interesting features, I don't think I'd recommend the time investment to read it.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a digital copy of this book free from the author. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."