Book source ~ NetGalley
26 June 2012
Thriller
My Rating ~ 3 bites
Chief Warrant Officer,
Thomas Crocker of SEAL Team Six and his team are on the way for some mountain
climbing training in Islamabad when they are given a mission. Intel puts a
known terrorist at an address in Karachi, Pakistan. They are to go in, locate,
and bring Abu Rasul Zaman out alive. Except
the mission goes sideways and after the smoke clears they’re told Zaman isn’ty one
of the bodies left behind. He’s escaped. Mission failure. It eats at Crocker as
he and his team are dismissed to go do their climb. When he meets up with a
Norwegian diplomat on the mountain things take a turn that’s unexpected and now
the clock is ticking. Will Crocker and his men finish the mission after all?
Full of action this is
definitely a thrill ride with a side of mystery from beginning to end. However,
it lags a bit in spots, it’s a tad repetitive in areas, and if you love
descriptions of weapons then you’ll definitely love this story. Because each
and every weapon is listed each and every time they gear up. In addition, I am
not really a fan of Crocker. He seems to be more than a touch
obsessive-compulsive about working out and pushing himself – even to the point
of hurting himself. Extreme and more than a little alarming. His personality is
also a tiny bit sketchy although he gets the job done, I can say that about
him. Eat your heart out, John McClane. There are some POV problems, not many
but enough to pull me out of the story. Otherwise, this is an adrenaline-loving,
white hat vs black hat, save the girl, tale from beginning to end.
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