Vertical Run: A Novel
Jul 2011 · Sold by Bantam
4.6star
27 reviews
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A breathless read” (USA Today) featuring “some of the most ingenious military-techno twists this side of Tom Clancy” (San Francisco Chronicle).
David Elliot is about to have a very bad day at the office.
Each morning in his forty-fifth floor executive suite, David savors the quiet moments before the workday begins. Until today, when his boss walks in and aims a gun at him, murder glinting in his eye.
For the rest of the day, David will be trapped in a midtown tower with a team of ruthless and professional mercenaries. Everyone he meets—and knows—will try to kill him. They expect him to be dead by lunchtime.
But they’re wrong.
This is the “killer” workday redefined, a high-stakes and whiplash-paced drama that plays out with an electrifying intensity. You’ll never see the office the same way again.
David Elliot is about to have a very bad day at the office.
Each morning in his forty-fifth floor executive suite, David savors the quiet moments before the workday begins. Until today, when his boss walks in and aims a gun at him, murder glinting in his eye.
For the rest of the day, David will be trapped in a midtown tower with a team of ruthless and professional mercenaries. Everyone he meets—and knows—will try to kill him. They expect him to be dead by lunchtime.
But they’re wrong.
This is the “killer” workday redefined, a high-stakes and whiplash-paced drama that plays out with an electrifying intensity. You’ll never see the office the same way again.
Ratings and reviews
4.6
27 reviews
Dennis Logan
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June 30, 2016
This book should have been made into a movie 20 years ago. It is very "Jacob's Ladder" meets "Die Hard" and it is quite a good read. I wasn't impressed by the ending but otherwise a great book.
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February 11, 2012
I force anyone I know that is or isn't into books to read this. Great action book, would have loved to see this made into a movie (though they would screw it up). Very enjoyable book and I highly recommended it. Not a literal masterpiece but a fun read.
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June 1, 2012
Unbelievable. Non stop action. Can picture a movie with Bruce Willis.
About the author
Joseph R. Garber was the New York Times bestselling author of the thrillers Rascal Money, Vertical Run, In a Perfect State, and Whirlwind. He was a columnist for Forbes and wrote literary criticism for the San Francisco Review of Books. A well-known business analyst, Garber served on the board of directors of a number of companies. He died in 2005.
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