Weaponized - Softcover

Nicholas Mennuti David Guggenheim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444729233 ISBN 13: 9781444729238

Publisher: Mulholland Books, 2013

Synopsis

Book by David Guggenheim, Nicholas Mennuti

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas Mennuti is a graduate of the Dramatic Writing department at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. His short stories have appeared in Agni and Skidrow Penthouse, and are forthcoming in The Ledge and Conjunctions.David Guggenheim wrote the 2012 Denzel Washington hit Safe House for Universal, and the Nicolas Cage thriller Stolen for Millennium. He also penned the sci-fi adventure film 364; the action film Narco Sub, which was to have been the late Tony Scott's next feature film; and Puzzle Palace, a contained thriller, for Summit Entertainment. His most recent spec script, Black Box, sold to Universal with Madhouse and Bluegrass Films producing. Weaponized is his first novel. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.

From Booklist:

Kyle West worked for a government contractor, and when things went horribly wrong, his boss ended up testifying before Congress, and West had to go into hiding in Cambodia. Now Julian Robinson needs to sneak into Africa to finalize a deal, and after he realizes how similar he looks to West, the pair agree to switch passports. When West says yes, all hell begins, with Russians, Chinese, the CIA, and a contract killer on his tail. Getting out of Cambodia free seemed too good to be true, and, alas, it was, as West is plunged into a vast conspiracy that makes why he was hiding in the first place pale in comparison. Unfortunately, the tantalizing premise proves difficult to swallow, mainly because West is a bumbling, ineffectual hero who relies on others to get by. The villain is not only stronger but also more interesting. The ambiguous ending doesn’t help, either. Nice premise, some suspense along the way, but overall a not particularly compelling take on the man-wrongly-accused theme. Coauthor Guggenheim wrote the script for the hit film Safe House. --Jeff Ayers

About this edition

• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444729233
• ISBN 13: 9781444729238
• Binding: Paperback