Vanishing Act (Alias)

In Vanishing Act, Sydney is on a mission in Europe. Her day job and cover is an assistant to the famous illusionist, Trevor Raven. Raven's show is on tour through Europe. Whenever Sydney is not busy with a show, she is supposed to watch and research the doings of Victor Romero, one of Raven's employees. Slowly, Sydney figures out what is really going on behind the magic show. Just when she thinks she has everything figured out, Sydney demonstrates her innocence and naivete in this book. She is just too trusting. This time, her trust of others places her in grave danger. I like this book because it shows a very human side of Sydney. She has steadily gained confidence on her missions as described in the Alias series of books. This time, Sydney misjudges and blows her cover. She may be able to overcome the ordeal but how will this experience affect her trusting of others in the future?

If you just like the Alias books and don't like the tv show I would suggest you refrain from reading the section of the reveiw, If your and alias fan:, because it contains information about things that happen in the show which might be considered spoilers. If your an alias fan: Being an alias fan these books have always intrigued me. I've read all of the Alias books and this is one of the most enjoyable to read. Despite the fact that it was pretty obvious from the beginning which character was manipulating Sydney, reading about Sydney's past is always interesting. Sydney's past was always kind of mysterious and obviously held important secrets that have to do with a lot of the conflicts she faces on the show. So this gives the reader an insight on how she felt about Sloane, SD6, her father, and her mother before she found out the truth about her life and it gives some insight about her past love, Noah; he appeared in season 1, episodes 18 and 19, masquerade and the snowman. Speaking of season one these books kind of reminded me of season one and early season two. The books are sort of self contained, there's rembaldi but it's not the main focus. It focuses on her lying to her friends, struggling in school, a relationship with a fellow agent, Noah, that she needs to keep under the radar, and a lack of a father figure do to her rocky relationship with her father. It contains astounding action scenes. The only difference is that her skills are a lot more premature, like it says in the book, she's to trusting. This book was pretty divulging, it's definently a way to cope with having to wait till January 2005 for the next alias episode. If your not: If your not an Alias fan this doesn't nessicarily mean the book is pointless, the action scenes were Syndney is triumphant are far from boring and the love story between her and Noah is definently interesting, through out the whole series there was probably only one part that I found kind of corny. It won't end up being your favorite book but it's a good summer read.

I don't know how the author, Sean Gerace, can be a male with such insight into a female character such as Sydney, but he has definitely succeeded. If you're a fan of the Alias TV series you'll love this book. A fun read, worth checking out.

Alias Vanishing Act is one of the best in theis amazing series so far. Sean does an amazing job with an exciting story line and many plot twists that make you thing your sitting on your couch watching the show. From the first chapter when Sid jumps out of the plane until the VERY EXCITING epilogue, your heart is pounding. Sid is now a magicians assitant sent undercover to see if she can find out anything about a series of art thefts pooping up all over the world. What's interesting about this though is that they are not monumental works of art. Why bother going to all the trouble to steal these painting that nobody recongnizes? SD-6 figures that out by telling Syd and Noah Hicks, who also is along for the ride that there is a code hidden in the canvas of the painting. The code turnes out to be a map to a crypt of a guy who said he had a power that could rival god's. After a big final fight the bad guys don't get the artifacts from the crypt, they fall into the ocean. How does SD-6 get them? Noah expertly plants a tracer in with the artifacts so that SD-6 can retrieve them. In the exciting epilogue, we find out that this guy was actually a apprentice to Milo Rambaldi. To anyone who is keeping up with the show, that is huge. Rambaldi is a huge character in the show. After finishing the book you just can't wait for more. Vanishing Act is one of the best books in this series so far and you can't wait until "Skin Deep"!

This is really a fun book. Written in a pretty flowing manner, the writer really takes you to Amsterdam and makes you feel all the perils with Sydney. All in all, it's a fun adventure.