Kingdom Come (ISBN 1594832056)

Ambition Run Amok, Back Stabbing, Murder and Intrigue:
When James King decides to take his company public there are a few people who want to be the CEO who's going to make like 20 million bucks. His son Scott and his loyal employees and best friends Thane and Ben. However Thane has an ambitious, stop-at-nothing-to-get-to-the-top wife named Jessica. Jessica talks Thane into killing James in such a way as to make it look like son Scott did the horrible deed. However, she conspires with evil union boss Johnny G. who is going to want more and more. Then there is Thane's best pal Ben who begins to suspect all is not kosher in Denmark in this MacBeth like story that will have your fingers ripping through the pages. True, there is nobody really worth liking in this finely crafted story. After all, our hero here lets his wife run roughshod over him and he is a murderer, still Mr. Green has crafted a story full of twists and intrigue that will keep you up, burning the midnight oil. I liked it. I liked it a lot.

Thane is really a good guy:
Thane Coder a washed up football player who just had a little devil on his sholder named Jessica Coder...his wife. This greedy, beautiful, seductive, and manipulative woman is the demise of Thane Coder in this book. When Thane kills his boss, guess whose idea it was? When he does all the other things he knows he will never be able to live with, guess whose idea it was or who put the idea in his head. I found this book to be awesome. It intrigued me from the beginning as it shows how the ambitious little sin of greed will take you down the road of destruction especially in this perfect little economy we call capitalism. Usually when a book or movie does the Quentin Tarantino thing I become a little disinterested thinking that since I know the outcome of the story it wont be of any worth. I couldnt have been more off for this read. Right from the beginning you know what happened and as you read along you find out piece by piece of how Thane got to where he is (which is talking to a psychiatrist). I found myself on the edge of my seat and my stomach turning in knots as the story continued. Bucky who was the hunting guide and groundskeeper of the King Corps seemed to be of no harm in the beginning but as time passes you understand he is Thane's biggest threat. Almost the entire second half of the book you want Thane to get away with what he did. Mostly because you feel it was his wife who persuaded him into the actions he took throughout the story. Even at the end you still want Thane to triumph. I don't agree that anything that Thane did was right by any standard but for some reason Green is able put you on the side that is rooting for Thane. The last thing I will say to all men is...Beware of your women, they make us weak in the knees and are more likely to manipulate you without you having the slightest clue.

I Can't Believe I Read the Whole Thing:
Normally, when I find a book to be as bad as this one was, I put it down. But somehow I kept holding onto the hope that there'd be a twist in the novel that would make my time worth spending. That twist never came. From the outset we know who the bad guy is and what he did. The rest of the novel is just him trying to explain why he perpetrated his misdeeds. Gluttony and greed. Save yourself the time and money, and go read something else.

Disappointed:
I am a Tim Green avid reader...up to this point. I found Kingdom Come a total disappointment. From page one I disliked the book and could find not a single character likable. I found it hard to read and certainly not enjoyable. If I had read Kingdom Come as his first novel would not have read a second.

A wonderful "Green Read" as usual!:
Tim is one of my very favorite authors and has been. He is apparently changing and moving on, as the writing indicates a real advance/change in expression! One more vote for him!!!!