The first half was good, but the second part just didn't interest me at all. Not my kind of subject matter ( )

Dan Brown-style storytelling without the code-like puzzles but a generally good plot. ( )

Maybe not the best book I've ever read, but still enjoyable and it raises some interesting philosophical questions. ( )

An English Michael Crichton eh? Lucifer was my first Cordy novel and I enjoyed it. There's clever use of emerging technology and how it will effect religion and medical breakthroughs in the future. There are some great action scenes, which keep you turning the pages. There's even mystery and subterfuge. However, and it's quite a large however, the story is just too far-fetched. It has you gripped for the first half, and mostly entertained for the second half, yet the finale is over-the-top and unfortunately lowers the overall feeling of the the book. I'll read more of Cordy's work, and in future I'll be armed with an expectation, rather than the hype on the back. ( )

http://blog.tharos-online.de/archives/333-Michael-Cordy-Lucifer.html (german) ( )