The Camel Club. Four members, four stories, one philosophy. Men with no past and no future, they spend their time studying wild conspiracy theories that reach to the highest levels of government. One fateful night ,The Camel Club witnesses a shocking murder and realizes that even their wildest theories are not as horrifying as the truth...

Soon, they have an ally in the person of Alex Ford, a career Secret Service agent who,while investigating the murder, realizes that a far larger crime is being put into place.Ford and the members of The Camel Club must subvert a misguided mission that threatens to usher in a terrifying new era, sculpted by one man's horribly distorted vision of justice...

THE CAMEL CLUB is vintage Baldacci:intelligent, terrifying, thrilling fiction that could be tomorrow's fact.

Amazon.com Review
Conspiracy theories--everybody has one. The difference with this conspiracy is that it's all too real. David Baldacci's The Camel Club takes readers inside the Beltway as four unlikely misfits struggle not only to survive, but to save their president and their country from a plot that will lead to nuclear disaster.

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 242 reviews)

3 1/2 Stars

Alex Ford is a Secret Service agent on White House detail with three years to go until retirement. He's tempted to coast the rest of the way through his career, until a "suicide" that seems too cut-and-dried has him asking questions. Oliver Stone is a protester who has a tent in the park across the street from the White house. He and his three friends know more about the death of Patrick Johnson than just about anyone, since they witnessed his murder. The FBI is willing to write Johnson's death off as a suicide, since it appears he shot himself, left a note, and drugs were found in his home, but Johnson's fiancée isn't buying it. Her suspicions have agent Ford and his rookie partner investigating and getting themselves in hot water with the Secret Service. Alex can't let it go, though, when suddenly several terrorists suspiciously kill each other off. He's demoted down to protection detail in Brennan, Pennsylvania, when the president makes a campaign stop in his hometown, but this puts him unwittingly in the middle of an intricate plot against the president of the United States. Alex doesn't want to listen, but Oliver Stone and his Camel Club hold the keys to unraveling the mystery and saving the world from World War III.

This was mostly an engaging suspense thriller with warm, comfortable characters who were ordinary people with extraordinary pasts. The plot unfolded at a steady pace, the story moving smoothly from character to character while the suspense built. Unfortunately, the plot took a ridiculous turn near the end (8 hours to Armageddon?) and some of the characters' actions were extremely unrealistic. Had a bit of restraint been used rather than going over the top, the same amount of tension could have been woven into the story without getting silly. The rest of the book, and the story itself, were engaging, if a bit anti-American in a coddle-the-poor-misunderstood-terrorists sort of way. If one's beliefs lean that way, it's a plus, I suppose. In all, this was a book that kept me turning the pages, and I will read Baldacci again

November 17, 2008

Not bad

Since the copy I am currently reading--at exactly the mid-point of the book--was found in a New York City subway car I can't complain about the price. This is the first David Baldacci book I've read, so I'll take other reveiwers' word that he has done better.

All in all, while I agree with many comments regarding the plethora of characters and seemingly implausible plot line(s), it is a pleasant enough book, certainly an engaging beach read. I AM glad, however, that I didn't have to buy it in hardcover.
November 13, 2008

Great series

The first book in a series that will make you want more. I will read anything this author puts out.
October 19, 2008

Really enjoyed this one...

Really enjoyed this book and I am placing orders for the next 2 that follow. This was the first "serious" book that I have read in years (since college) and I must say it was great. I endured a few late nights as I didn't want to put the book down. I just finished the book and I am sad that I don't have the next one to start reading right away.
September 25, 2008

The Camel Club is cool!

The Camel Club is cool. They're an odd group of conspiracy theorists, led by Oliver Stone, on a quest for the truth.

Baldacci weaves quite a tale that keeps your attention and is full of twists and turns.

I thought this was a great mystery thriller with a bunch of interesting characters.

This is the first Camel Club novel. The second is The Collectors and the third is Stone Cold.
June 15, 2008

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