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Fatal Voyage : A Novel
Kathy Reichs
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When forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan joins the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team mobilized to investigate an airplane crash in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains, she literally stumbles on a body part that doesn't match up with the remains of any of the plane's passengers. The leg she grabs out of the jaws of a coyote feeding on the carnage scattered around the site belongs to an unidentified elderly man, and seems to have no connection with the disaster. But an abandoned hunting lodge near the crash site does, although before Tempe can figure out exactly how they're linked, she's pulled off the DMORT unit and forced to stand idly by as her professional reputation goes up in flames. When Andrew Ryan, a detective familiar to readers of Kathy Reichs's earlier books (Deja Dead, Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions), appears on the scene, another mystery begins to unfold. There seems to be no trace of two men on the plane's manifest, Ryan's partner and his seatmate, a criminal who was being escorted back to Canada via Washington, D.C., the doomed flight's final destination, to stand trial for murder.
As usual, Reichs serves up a solid helping of forensic science as the DMORT operatives do their thing, and Tempe traces the remains of a man killed 40 years ago to a series of ritual murders of senior citizens, and further to those whose influence was responsible for her firing. Reichs keeps the narrative moving along despite the somewhat ponderous technical and scientific information; her pacing is brisk and her series heroine in fine form. Tempe's romantic life gets more interesting with every new adventure. A solid thriller that will please the best-selling author's regular readers and serve as a good introduction to new ones. --Jane Adams
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KATHY REICHS,
whom Ann Rule calls "in a class by herself," burst onto the publishing scene with Déjà Dead, the international bestseller of which P. D. James wrote: "The strength of her novel is in the insight it gives into the scientific procedures of a murder investigation." Now, with her dazzling new forensic thriller Fatal Voyage, Reichs applies her cutting-edge scientific know-how to the probe of a heartbreaking commercial airliner crash.
Temperance Brennan hears the news on her car radio. An Air TransSouth flight has gone down in the mountains of western North Carolina, taking with it eighty-eight passengers and crew. As a forensic anthropologist and a member of the regional DMORT team, Tempe rushes to the scene to assist in body recovery and identification.
Tempe has seen death many times, working with the medical examiners in North Carolina and Montreal, but never has tragedy struck with such devastation. She finds a field of carnage: torsos in trees, limbs strewn among bursting suitcases and smoldering debris. Many of the dead are members of a university soccer team. Is Tempe's daughter, Katy, among them?
Frantic with worry, Tempe joins colleagues from the FBI, the NTSB, and other agencies to search for explanations. Was the plane brought down by a bomb, an insurance plot, a political assassination, or simple mechanical failure? And what about the prisoner on the plane who was being extradited to Canada? Did someone want him silenced forever?
Even more puzzling for Tempe is a disembodied foot found near the debris field. Tempe's microscopic analysis suggests it could not have belonged to any passenger. Whose foot is it, and where is the rest of the body? And what about the disturbing evidence Tempe discovers in the soil outside a remote mountain enclave? What secrets lie hidden there, and why are certain people eager to stop Tempe's investigation? Is she learning too much? Coming too close?
With help from Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, who has his own sad reason for being at the crash, and from a very special dog named Boyd, Tempe calls upon deep reserves of courage and upon her forensic skill to uncover a shocking, multilayered tale of deceit and depravity.
Written with the riveting authenticity that only world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs can provide, Fatal Voyage pairs witty, elegant prose with pulse-pounding storytelling in a tour de force worthy of crime writing's new superstar.
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The results are in: Kathy Reichs is "irresistible" (Anne Rivers Siddons), "amazing" (Library Journal) and, above all, "in a class by herself" (Ann Rule). From her prize-winning debut Deja Dead to the blockbuster Deadly Decisions, Reichs has become a fixture on bestseller lists, establishing a matchless reputation for cutting-edge forensic thrillers that resonate with authenticity and power. Now, with this chilling new novel, Reichs proves that she's just hitting her stride. Fatal Voyage is a work of fascinating and deeply atmospheric realism. In the horrific aftermath of an eighty-eight victim commercial airline disaster, Dr. Temperance Brennan rushes to the North Carolina mountains to help identify bodies and search for an explanation for the mysterious crash. Was it a bomb? A callous plot to collect on life insurance? Tempe wants to know, but she has another puzzle on her hands: a disembodied foot that matches no registered passenger. Tempe's investigations lead to more bewildering body parts and, ultimately, to a confrontation with evil that will test her courage and mesmerize her legion of fans.
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Fascinating..........2007-07-27
Kathy Reichs is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, and Fatal Voyage is number four in her Temperance Brennan series. This is the third book I've read by her, and I enjoy each one more and more.
Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who splits her duties between North Carolina and the province of Quebec. When a commercial plane crashes in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Dr. Brennan is sent to the crash site as a member of DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team). The plane apparently exploded before the crash, killing all 88 on board. Many other agencies join DMORT to assist with the crash including the "NTSB, FBI, ATF, Red Cross, FAA, Forest Service, TVA, Department of the Interior." Quebec inspector (and possible Brennan love interest) Andrew Ryan also shows up at the scene. His partner was on the doomed flight, escorting a prisoner.
While gathering remains, Brennan discovers a foot that is too old to be from any of the passengers. As she continues to investigate the foot, she is accused of official misconduct and removed from the crash team. It is obvious that someone in power is afraid of what she'll uncover, and they'll stop at nothing to keep her from finding the truth. And what a horrible truth that proves to be!
While some readers might find Fatal Voyage gruesome, I was fascinated by the scientific aspects of crash victim recovery and identification. It is also interesting to read how the different agencies work together to determine the cause of a plane crash. In reading Reichs, I can understand why forensic pathology and forensic anthropology are becoming so popular as career choices.
When I find an author that I greatly enjoy, I'm determined to read everything they've written. Reichs has become one of those authors, and I've already started Cross Bones.
Fatal Voyage.......2007-05-15
Good reading with interesting characters. Keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Positively Gripping.......2007-04-18
When you pick up a book about a forensic medical examiner, you'd better be ready for crime, deceit, and many grossly deceased bodies in various stages of decomposition. You won't be disappointed with "Fatal Voyage," Kathy Reich's latest Temperance Brennan title. Tons of twists and turns, lots of murders, and a continuing romantic plot. All in all, much more approachable and accessible than the Patricia Cornwell series with similar themes. Highly recommended.
Reichs is an Excellent Author.......2007-03-23
I have enjoyed every book I have read by Kathy Reichs. Her stories are simular to the first books that Patricia Cornwell wrote.
Excellent Read.......2007-02-19
Kathy Reichs is a wonderful author and I have never been disappointed in her books. She obviously knows what she is writing about and puts her plots together to make them unable to put down and has just enough of a love story involved to spice them up. I would say that anyone who likes forensic novels will love this one and all of Kathy Reichs books. I do.
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Thomas Heffernan's Mutiny on the Globe is the tale of 19th-century psychopathy on the high seas. In 1824, to satisfy a long-held dream of creating a desert island kingdom, Samuel Comstock, of Nantucket and New York City, led a ghastly mutiny aboard a whaler in the South Seas. Within days, Comstock, who had begun establishing his monarchy in the Marshall Islands, was murdered by his fellow mutineers. Some of the remaining seamen returned to America; others were butchered by Marshallese, and two were held in benign captivity by the natives for 21 months. Heffernan's account of the mutiny is oddly brief. The bulk of his narrative traces Comstock's inexplicably bizarre pre-mutiny life and the post-mutiny existence of the two marooned sailors. Though the self-consciously artful prose too often interferes with the primary narrative--as do the many tangential historical asides--the book does contain some haunting and macabre moments. --H. O'Billovich
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A bloody mutiny on a whaling journey, followed by an incredible tale of survival on land and sea. Samuel Comstock knew he was born to do some great thing, but his only legacy was a reign of terror. Two years out of Nantucket on a whaling voyage, he organized a mutiny and murdered the officers of the Globe. It was a premeditated act: in his sea chest Comstock carried the seeds and tools with which he would found his own island kingdom. Witness and chronicler of the mutiny was Comstock's horrified brother. Within days of settling on Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Comstock was murdered by his fellow mutineers. Six innocent seamen, including Comstock's brother, seized the Globe and escaped; most of the rest were killed by natives. Two survivors lived for twenty-two months, half-prisoners and half-adoptees of the islanders, until they were rescued by a landing party from the US schooner Dolphin. The Globe's story is one of terror, adventure, endurance, and luck. It is also the story of one of the most bizarre and frightening minds that ever went to sea.
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I can't even finish it..........2007-04-07
...the writing is so bad. Moralizing, snide remarks, sarcasm. I can understand why the author dislikes Samuel Comstock, but I'm not willing to sit through any more of this mediocrity. A tale like this needs to be either an adventure story or an honest attempt to understand the people involved. This is neither.
Thou Shalt Not Mutiny.......2005-08-17
I have read a number of whaling/mutiny/lost at sea books in the last decade or so and was surprised as I trudged through this volume and found that the bits of fact and history were highly peppered with the author's own opinions and interjections. There is a lot of moralizing here, almost sermon like at times, and it completely gets in the way of the story. Heffernan may have been better served writing a novelization of this terrible and bloody event rather than a "history" as his histrionics many time take center stage. The book isn't terrible. It gets the facts across. But the best part of the book is actually the appendix that presents the actual journal of George Comstock (the mutineer's younger brother) as well as a few other historical tidbits. The story would have been much better served by a telling of the facts without all of the personal insight. I have purchased a copy of "Demon of the Waters" and am looking forward to a more direct approach to this wild story.
Savagery on the High Seas.......2005-01-09
I found this story interesting and the author's rendition engaging. Unlike other reviewers, I was interested in Heffernan's exploration of Comstock's physical and mental development for what light it sheds on his subsequent fantasy and savagery. This earth has seen psychopaths before today's headlines and we may yet learn how they emerge by examining those current and historical in as much detail as possible.
Availability of original and valid source material could not have been substantial and so I appreciated Heffernan's effort at accuracy. It is true that Comstock disappears from the story early but I would have been disappointed if Heffernan had not followed the mutiny survivors' stories to the end of their lives. To follow them was to complete the tale. Obviously their lives had to be defined forever after by what they experienced at Comstock's hand on the high sea.
If you like this story and the whaling period, then I recommend In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick.
"I am the bloody man, I have the bloody hand"--S. Comstock.......2004-12-01
Mutiny on the Globe by Thomas Farel Heffernan is a story written for the causual history reader about a disgruntled and insane whaleman Samuel Comstock who, in 1822, sought to live out his horrible fantasy. Comstock's dream was to take over a ship by killing the captain and his mates, sailing to an island, enslaving the natives who-as his personal military force-would kill the remaining crew and worship Comstock as their maniacal king. On the whaling ship Globe, Comstock achieved the first two ends; however, his ultimate plans were vanquished. Heffernan's work is based almost entirely on primary sources. Comstock's early life is described through the work of brother William Comstock (referring to the mutineer as both the "terrible whaleman" and "our hero"). The mutiny is seen, in large part, through the eyes of Samuel's other brother George, a fellow member of the Globe crew. The description of the island invaded by the Globe (on the Mili Atoll) is found in The Narratives of surviving crew members William Lay and Cyrus Hussey. The rescue of the crew members is based primarily on the memoirs of Captain Hiram Paulding.
I found the story to be a little disappointing. The main character is no longer a factor before the halfway point of the book. Samuel Comstock is such a fascinating character: psychopathic on one level but then revealing strong religious sensibilities when he conducted burial services for those he killed and spared the life of Gilbert Smith, who he suspected of being a threat to his ends, allegedly because he respected Smith's moral standing. Then, alas, Comstock is gone and the story shifts to Lay and Hussey trying to survive on the islands.
The author is limited to what sources are available. A lot of questions are not answered; most likely through no fault of the author. Why did the natives, who regarded the white intruders as "visitors from outerspace" spare the lives of Lay and Hussey? What was the reaction of Samuel's parents to news of the mutiny and their son's role in it? Did not brothers George and William note their reaction in their writings?
For the most part, the book is fast-moving (the body of the text is only 215 pages) and written in an engaging and sometimes exciting style. The final 40 pages or so after Paulding and the rescue ship Dolphin accomplished its mission is a bit tedious as the new arrivals struggled to tolerate the natives. The Afterward seemed a bit unfocused with a preoccupation with Captain Percival's attempts to have the prostitution ban lifted on the ship as they stayed in the missionary Hiram Bingham-dominated Hawaiian islands. Heffernan also breezes through a question on whether Hussey or Lay fathered children while on the islands (the author thinks not). Heffernan continues with the fates of those involved but more post-island information, if available, would be welcomed. What was the public reaction to the mutiny? Were there any letters to the editor in the newspapers on the subject? The ending seemed flowery and hard to follow: "On one ship the curtain comes down on deeds of blood and a mind sailing by itself-things of wonder" (p. 215). There are many appendices including George Comstock's account of the mutiny that is published in full for the first time. A list of Globe crew members, including their heights, is very interesting. These appendices alone make the book worthwhile to anyone interested in the subject. The book also includes a section of photos (mainly sketches and title pages of primary sources). Photos of the islands as they exist today (is Surgeon Benjamin Wells' grave plaque still there?) would be welcomed. Mutiny on the Globe, while not perfect, is a compelling book that will probably encourage many readers to seek other books on Samuel Comstock.
Rather dissappointing.......2003-09-26
The author's speculations were at times annoying.
But what I disliked the most about this book was
it incomplete summary of the folks involved.
The author wrote a good deal about the two
stranded survivors. Yet in the closing of the
book, the fate of one is ommitted. This was
aggravating.
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Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters. They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the Navy high command didn’t even realize that the Indianapolis was missing. Help would not arrive for another five days.
Drawn from definitive interviews with key figures,
Fatal Voyage recounts the horrific events endured as the number of water-treading survivors dwindled to just 316. Each gruesome day brought more madness and slow death, from explosion-related injuries, dehydration, and, most terrifying of all, shark attacks. But the pain did not end when the men finally returned home: The Indianapolis’s commander, Captain Charles B. McVay III, was court-martialed for causing the clearly unavoidable disaster.
With a new afterword chronicling the fifty-five-year campaign by Indianapolis survivors and their supporters to win public vindication for Captain McVay, this classic is restored, along with memories of the Indianapolis crew.
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Well Written Account of a Tragic Tale.......2007-09-10
This book is my first real experience with the USS Indianapolis. Kurzman has written an excellent narrative of the incredible ordeal suffered by the American heroes aboard the ill fated heavy cruiser. The book seems to be well researched with plenty of first hand sources, and I have yet to find any conflicting information on the web, or elsewhere. I highly recommend the book to those with an interest in World War II, Naval History, or incredible survival. I should note that Kurzman seems dismissive of the religious beliefs of the crew, which is a regrettable flaw in an otherwise excellent book.
As bad as it gets (the story, not the book), even in war.......2004-05-21
I've read most if not all of the handful of books available on the USS Indianapolis, and this was the best and most readable factual account of the grim story. After successfully completing its top secret mission to deliver the bomb that ended WWII, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by an enemy sub as it sailed home. Most of her crew died in the water, many eaten by sharks, as horrified survivors watched helplessly. It would be days before the first survivors were rescued. But this is not the end of the story. The captain of the Indianapolis was put on trial where, in an unprecedented move, the Japanese sub commander was brought to the American courtroom to essentially testify against the captain. The two military leaders were brought face to face; the men of the Indianapolis who were also in court had to passively regard the enemy sub commander who had sunk their ship. Although ultimately exonerated, the captain killed himself.
It was very hard to believe the U.S. Navy managed to keep something secret that is still regarded as the worst naval disaster in US history. But I asked a relative who sailed the Atlantic on the same mission as the Indianapolis, delivering weaponry to Allies, if he heard the story, rumors, anything at all about this at the time it happened, and he assured me that no one knew anything about it. Amazing, considering he spent the war on ships sailing similar high risk missions. His ship was part of the great fleet that delivered the guns for the Normandy invasion. He said the battleships escorting them actually outnumbered the fleet: more ships were sent to protect them than ships carrying the weapons. Later in the Pacific, the men of the Indianapolis had no escort or protection at all.
There is a small but beautiful monument in honor of these men in Indianapolis, where survivors still gather once a year. I think one of the reasons this story is little known even today is that it's simply too big and too horrifying for Hollywood to handle. I did see a well done documentary recently, which showed available photography and interviewed survivors, in their 80s by this time. Every one of them still wept at the memory.
a tragicly written tradgedy.......2004-03-15
this book states all the facts but what is missing is the first hand accounts of being in the water. the author would have done more justice to the reader interviewing more of the survivors and japanese servicemen. this book is written too much of a second-hand account
Excellent Read.......2003-10-21
I read this book cover to cover in 2 days and found it very well written. Unlike other books regarding the tragedy surrounding the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the author did not linger too greatly on the court-martial aspect, but rather, went into detail about the crewmembers and their individual experiences which moved me emotionally as I read each of their accounts. The author did a nice job of allowing the entire story to unfold without cramming the pages with technical jargon or statistics which would otherwise impede my reading. Out of all the books I have read on the U.S.S. Indianapolis, this one was the only one to go into detail about the further ordeal of Crewman Adolfo Celaya who survived the sinking, the sharks, and the entirely horrendous and unspeakable ordeal only to be mistreated by his rescuers. At the end of the book, I was left so angry that he had to endure this treatment coupled by the fact that no other book that I had read on this subject mentions him and the treatment he received, except this one. Anyone who has an interest in the tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis should read this book.
Good, but not yet great, version of this story.......2003-08-16
I was somewhat disappointed by this. Maybe it's because it was written by a 3rd party some 40 years after the incident and the memories of the participants are dulled. Maybe because the writing was fairly dry. I still read it all the way through as the story is compelling all by itself but it just lacked a sense of drama. I noticed recently that there is a second book out on this same incident and I have to wonder if it's a more compelling read?
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3 Books: 1) Mutiny on the Globe: Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock / 2) In the Heart of the Sea: Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex / 3) Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition) (Unboxed Set of Books by Different Authors), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to
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Fatal Voyage
Kathy Reichs
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Fatal Voyage
Dan Kurzman
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