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GHOST DANCER is mainly the story of Jack Wilson, a brilliant mathematician who lost all of his humanity when the US Government took away the patent for his new invention. When he protested they sent him to jail on false murder charges where he finished his jail time as a cold-blooded killer. The only interests he has in life are his ties to an American Indian myth about the end of the world and finding a way to prove the theories of a dead Serbian inventor by using them to make the ultimate weapon of destruction to the modern world. After that happens, he thinks that the myth of the Ghost Dancer will take place and then the world will be given to the Native people for safekeeping. With the help and funding of Arab terrorists, Wilson travels to the worst and most violent parts of the world in order to collect the money he needs. After showing that lives mean nothing to him, he manages to double-cross his violent supporters, getting away with millions of dollars in uncut diamonds. He is then ready to put his plans into action. At one point, Mike Burke, a photographer who now works for his father-in-law, helps Wilson create a corporation. It's all totally legal. A fanatical FBI man then ties Burke to Wilson's terrorist activities. A slew of international security people, who are all trying to gain personal power just as much as they are trying to gain information on terrorists, try to find him, but Wilson finally creates the deadly machine. GHOST DANCER is a very well-written book. Author John Case manages to explain how the weapon works and makes it all seem realistic. He brings his readers into the actual worst inhumane hell holes on this planet where greed rules all and death is just a way to do business. This is by far the most depressing book I've read in a while. I still can't understand why Wilson did what he did at the end. I also can't understand why Mike Burke, who was almost destroyed by his innocent dealings with Wilson, seems to admire him. I found the character of Wilson despicable from the beginning to the very finish of the book. I also didn't have any admiration for any of the self-serving security people either. As well crafted as the writing was, I felt dirty by the time I finished GHOST DANCER. Maybe people who like international thrillers with jaded killers and cold-hearted spies might enjoy this book As for me, I hope to forget this book's violence, plot line and annoying ending very soon. It was all too depressing.
Reviewed by Sharon Katz, June 2006
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