| Just think about being the most scared you have | | | | activity goes on inside that very guarded fence. |
| ever been, multiply it by ten, then open your | | | | Upon Harry's arrival he is discovered and invited |
| eyes! That would be a good approach when | | | | as a "guest" to the Custer Hill Club. Harry was |
| starting Wild Fire. In today's world most of us | | | | seated at a table with the head of the club, Bain |
| have nuclear warfare in the back of our mind but | | | | Madox, and found himself in the middle of a |
| Nelson DeMille brings that subject to the forefront | | | | meeting of the club's executive board composed |
| of our mind. Scary, yes but the possibility is there | | | | of these highly influential men of the present |
| every day in our post-September 11, 2001 | | | | administration, civilian and military. |
| troublesome world. Wild Fire gives us a story of | | | | The plans that the club has would begin worldwide |
| how "nuclear hell" could be started by so few, | | | | devastation in a devious way one would never |
| many of who think like too many think in our | | | | expect. Their plans, mostly devised by Madox, |
| present day world. | | | | would rid the world of millions of unwanted |
| John Corey is a former NYPD cop that was | | | | humans, at least those they thought to be |
| wounded in action and is a member of the ATTF, | | | | unwanted and unneeded. Since Harry Muller has |
| Anti-Terrorist Task Force. Corey is an "in your | | | | been exposed to the plans devised by these |
| face" man that will act first and get permission | | | | monsters, he is expendable and is killed. The |
| afterwards when he deems it necessary. He is | | | | discovery of his body outside the grounds of the |
| married to Kate Mayfield who is an FBI agent, | | | | club brings the ATTF into the investigation, led by, |
| lawyer, and a member of the ATTF. Kate is the | | | | of course, John and Kate. |
| steadier brain of the two but she can't always | | | | The plots are many but clearly defined as the |
| control her husbands words and actions, but those | | | | reader flies through the book. It is the same |
| actions usually prove to be correct in his rogue | | | | non-stop action that I have found in all of DeMille's |
| way. | | | | exciting stories, and in Wild Fire, fact and fiction |
| The Custer Hill Club is an exclusive club located in | | | | intertwine. Most of us that live in today's volatile |
| upstate New York that is very secretive and | | | | world have a difficult time telling those facts from |
| keeps those secrets locked in a fenced in area | | | | fiction. Just when things get too serious, Corey will |
| that contains all the communications, power | | | | say or do something that will make you smile. I |
| source, and weapons they thought they would | | | | do not want to spoil your enjoyment of this book |
| need. The club has members that have very high | | | | so I will not reveal anything beyond what I have |
| positions in the United States government. A dear | | | | done above. Believe me, you will enjoy this book |
| friend of John and Kate's, Harry Muller, is sent to | | | | if you like action, suspense, and government in |
| poke around the club to see what type of | | | | action-or un-action-in some cases. |