Kirkus Reviews are respected and authoritative pre-publication reviews of books in the U.S. market, and are watched closely by libraries, publishers, film producers and booksellers. Consequently, they are among the most influential in the United States. Here is an edited extract of  the Kirkus review of The Third Man Factor:

Geiger, John
THE THIRD MAN FACTOR: Surviving the Impossible
 
    An award-winning author uncovers spiritual guardians who aid those in states of…

Just two days after its release in the United Kingdom, The Third Man Factor has appeared at #8 on the amazon.co.uk list of History best-sellers, and #10 on amazon.co.uk's list of Biography best-sellers. In terms of all books, fiction and non-fiction in all categories, The Third Man Factor is #116.

On July 3, Britain's Daily Mail published a major feature titled " The Third Man Factor: How those in dire peril have felt a sudden presence at their side, inspiring them to survive". Written by Sarah Chalmers, the piece is a remarkable summary of the book, describing the experiences of Frank Smythe and Sir Ernest Shackleton and others, including recent examples involving Steffi Schwabe, Reinhold Messner and Ron DiFrancesco. The feature ends on a high note: "But whether the Third Man…

London's Evening Standard has devoted a major spread to The Third Man Factor, a strongly positive review titled "A Ghost of a Chance" by writer William Leith. The book is full of  "exciting, edge-of-seat tales," he writes. They are, he says, "ripping tales, and Geiger tells them well." The review can be found on the Evening Standard's website, and follows The Sunday Times' favourable review, and two major excerpts totalling 6,000 words in The Sunday Telegraph.

The Sunday Age, one of Australia's leading newspapers, has devoted a page to The Third Man Factor in its June 28 edition. The article, titled " Mystery of the third man" is written by journalist and author Liz Porter. Here's an extract:

When John Geiger read Sir Ernest Shackleton's memoir of his 1914-1917 Antarctic expedition, he was transfixed by the legendary polar explorer's tale of his battle for survival. He was in awe of Shackleton's powers of physical endurance. But it was the …

The Third Man Factor, just released in the United Kingdom, is the #2 bestseller on the Telegraph Books list at telegraph.co.uk.

The Third Man Factor is hailed, along with Ben Sherwood's fine book, The Survivors Club, in Britain's The Sunday Times, as " two hair-raising studies of near-death experiences and what to do when facing acute danger." Reviewer James McConnachie writes "Both these books are founded on astonishing near-death tales, but where one seems to lean across the final boundary, the other hangs onto it with fierce determination. The Survivors Club is a gutsy, fact-thick book on luck, accident…