Eye of the Storm vs The Judas Gate: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Eye of the Storm Eye of the Storm Henry Patterson · 1982 ★★★★☆ 3.9 293 pages · ≈ 5 h 26 m · Moderate
“IT WAS JUST before dark as Dillon emerged from the alley and paused on the corner.”
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An explosive New York Times bestseller from the author of The Eagle Has Landed. A British prime minister's life hangs in the balance as a deadly game of cat-and-mouse unfolds between a terrorist and an American working…

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Cover of The Judas Gate The Judas Gate Henry Patterson · 2010 ★★★★★ 4.6 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Moderate
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A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence, and from them to the new President of the United States: battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which twelve U.S. Army Rangers and a British…

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Side by side

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Eye of the StormThe Judas Gate
Goodreads 3.9 (4485) 4.7 (310)
Hardcover 3.9 (13) 4.0 (2)
Google Books 4.0 (1) 4.0 (1)

Reception

Eye of the StormThe Judas Gate
Ratings 4485 310
Editions 30 16
Want to read 2807 38
Reading it now 75 65
Written reviews 74 39
Wikipedia attention 449 —
Pages 293 368

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Eye of the Storm or The Judas Gate?

The Judas Gate has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Judas Gate 4.6/5, Eye of the Storm 3.9/5).

Which is shorter to read: Eye of the Storm or The Judas Gate?

Eye of the Storm is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Eye of the Storm (293 pages, ≈ 5 h 26 m); The Judas Gate (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).

Which is harder to read: Eye of the Storm or The Judas Gate?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Eye of the Storm: Moderate; The Judas Gate: Moderate.

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