In this third book in the I.Q. series, the President's daughter has been kidnapped and Q., Angela and Boone are on the kidnapper's tail. Angela's mom, Malak, who has infiltrated a terrorist ghost cell, is the kidnapper and she hopes to take out the whole cell if she can move up in the ranks and find out who is in charge. The terrorists have some tricks up their sleeves though, so things don't go as smoothly as they had hoped. Boone and his smelly dog Croc, however have some interesting tricks and skills too - magical ones. There is action, adventure, and a bit of craziness going on in this thrilling third story in the series. Excellent book. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I intend to prove that Kitty Hawk, the third book in the I,Q series by Roland Smith is a very good book with an intriguing and suspenseful plot and interesting characters that make it hard to put down. The story is told in a first person voice throughout most of it, although it sometimes switches to third person limited. It is about a boy named Quest Munoz (Q) and his stepsister Angela Tucker, who are helping to stop a huge terrorist plot. The other protagonist in this book is Angela’s real mother, Malak Tucker, a former Secret Service agent who faked her own death and took the place of her sister, who was an infamous terrorist. Malak is helping Q and the others stop the terrorists by infiltrating them. Her double life is one of the main issues in this book. The other is that the terrorists have the president’s daughter and are a “ghost cell”, which means they can simply go into hiding if needed. The only thing I didn’t like about this book was that sometimes it was hard to distinguish between the good and bad characters based on their actions. For example, on page 155 it says, “Ziv and Eben were getting ready to set a car bomb off.” Ziv and Eben are supposed to be two of the good guys, but good guys generally don’t set off car bombs. Despite this problem in the book, it is still a very intriguing and suspenseful book. “He crushed the cigarette out, put on his stocking cap, then pushed the cart through the sliding glass doors hoping there wasn’t a sniper bullet waiting for him as he crossed the parking lot.” A sentence like this instantly makes you wonder what’s going to happen next. But when there’s a whole chapter after it about a different character, you are definitely kept in suspense. That is just one example of many I could give of how this book is excellent at keeping you in suspense. Another quality that makes this book a book you want to read are the interesting characters this book has. Just a couple of them that have been mentioned already are “Eben Lavi (a rouge Israeli Mossad agent who had stuck a knife in my neck) and Malak’s father, Ziv (not his real name).” Characters like that make this book very interesting. Every character in this book is like that. Though there are too many to name right now, a few more of them are Boone, X-ray, Vanessa, John Masters, the President of the United States, J.R. Culpepper and his daughter Bethany, and so many more. The final quality that makes you want to read the book is the intriguing plot. On page 84, Boone says, “’The Tahoes aren’t there just to throw us off track. They’re bombs. Probably all four rigs are.” As soon as you find out that there are four car bombs going different directions, you have to find out what happens with them. There are many more examples of how the book has an intriguing plot that makes you want to read more. In conclusion, this book is one of the books that make you want to read. It has suspense, interesting characters, and an intriguing plot. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes a good mystery, suspense or anyone who just likes to read.
