Mark Joseph, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-26120-7
"Poker," thinks Bobby McCorkle, "is monotonous, routine work." Unfortunately, the same might be said of Joseph's repetitive, disappointing and cynical fifth novel (Deadline Y2K; To Kill the Potemkin). One summer night in 1963,...
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Mark Joseph, Author Dutton Books $16.95 (255p) ISBN 978-0-917657-80-1
This underwater adventure will evoke immediate comparison to The Hunt for Red October, and, for the most part, the comparison is favorable. Set in 1968, the year that the American nuclear submarine Scorpion was lost without explanation, the novel...
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Mark Joseph, Author Simon & Schuster $21.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-70865-8
This richly satisfying techno-thriller couldn't be more timely, with its premise of an attempt by disgruntled members of the Soviet military--the Navy, in this case--to ``save'' the U.S.S.R. from reform. Vice-Admiral Stefan Zenko, designer of an...
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Mark Joseph, Author St. Martin's Press $24.95 (294p) ISBN 978-0-312-20202-6
The worst fallout from the Y2K problem won't be this marginal thriller, but it's reason enough to regret the whole crisis. The dawn of the next century is greeted by a chain of catastrophic computer failures that leave a trail of disasters behind;...
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Mark Joseph, Bully! Pulpit (Midpoint, dist.), $24.95 (220p) ISBN 978-0-9827761-3-1
When Sarah Palin exploded onto the American political scene, she was virtually an unknown. As the VP pick for the troubled McCain campaign, she was thought by many to be a cynical ploy to attract female voters. She was decried by liberals for her...
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