The Consultant

By Alec Donzi

The Consultant is a shocking, fast-paced suspense thriller. A flamboyant corporate consultant is enticed by a young and beautiful CEO to participate in a high-risk business deal. Soon things go... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887603042
• ISBN13: 9781887603041
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Megagrace Inc
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A hot novel that seems very real!

One thing is for sure, you either love this book or you hate it. I love it because of its unique insight. I know it's supposed to be a novel, but this book reads more like an investigative report, although the author borrows heavily from the fiction genre. What's amazing to me is the fact that this book was published in late 2000 and the author probably conceived the idea and wrote the book a few years earlier, and the results would normally qualify as a prophecy as Donzi wrote history before it actually happened. Right now we're seeing much of the content or at least the general premise and various situations fulfilled before our eyes. Nevertheless, Donzi's style is predominantly one of an investigative journalist and that takes time to get used to, but it's a work of suspense and a very interesting subject matter. I'm looking forward to the movie release, if that is in the works as the storyline in The Consultant is great film material; it would make a great action thriller.

A prophetic suspense thriller

There aren't too many novels or books for this matter that deal with the very serious and realistic danger of the nuclear threat from North Korea. But THE CONSULTANT by Donzi does and amazingly he puts hard facts into this fast-paced fictionalized account. At the same time we learn about the ethics of corporate America where undeniably greed is the dominating factor. This novel is an exciting read and is full of exotic locales (from Naples, Florida to the Far East, to Europe incl. Paris, France and through Bermuda). And the action never stops.

Fiction & Reality merge

I devoured my copy of the "The Consultant" within 48 hours. Every decade or so, there comes along a book that you just have to read as it introduces us to a new era of storytelling. I still remember Grisham's "The Firm" back in '91 which was such a memorable book, and now there's Alec Donzi's "The Consultant." This novel is everything a new-millennium thriller is supposed to be and more. Aside from the action and the twists and turns, Donzi communicates valuable information about the reality of the nuclear threat in the Far East, and this authenticates the book. As a former investigative journalist, Donzi has researched his subject well and it shows. I also found the characterizations very well done. The story about a wealthy corporate consultant who gets involved in his last big deal moves like a hurricane through 76 chapters. Along the way, Jerome Birchner, the consultant, encounters high-level terrorists, a renegade CIA agent and a seductive female executive. Readers get a behind-the-scenes look of how Corporate America really works and how shaky world peace really is--it's scary to say the least. The settings of this novel include Naples, South Florida, Dallas, North Korea and Europe (Vienna, Zurich and Paris), as well as Washington. Fact is, I'll take my time to read this book next weekend again. "The Consultant" is a rich and engaging story and I know it is one of these rare books most avid readers will truly enjoy.

Excellent! The best novel in years!

Over the past couple of years I've read through all the new books by Grisham, Clancy, Crichton, Harris, Patterson and others. A few books like Hannibal by Harris, The Testament by Grisham and A Man in Full by Wolfe I found worth reading. But I was searching for an international thriller and Rainbow Six by Clancy came pretty close. Then came The Consultant by Donzi and this was it. His voice is fresh and unique. He arranged the book into 76 chapters which adds to the electricity of this high-profile thriller. True, I might be biased to some degree because some parts of this novel play in my 'backyard' in Naples, but the whole story is so very engaging and extremely interesting that you just can't put this book down. Also, Donzi introduces the reader to a lifestyle on a completely different level and he makes you understand how rich folks really think. Great book: it's the best novel in years!

New Insights in a World of Intrigue!

Donzi's book The Consultant was refreshing! I learned more than I ever knew possible about the job of a high powered, worldly-wise consultant! Great intrigue and an engaging story line! It's a good read!