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Liberation Day
The brilliant Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero.If Nick Stone wasn't so desperate for his American citizenship, he probably wouldn't have agreed to do this one last job with the CIA. But Carrie is over there and he simply can't refuse the chance of a new life with the woman he loves. The job seems simple enough - and he is certainly skilled enough. Infiltrate the hostile, violent republic of Algeria, kill a money-laundering businessman, and bring back his severed head. Stone knows there are some questions you don't ask, but as events spin out of control he realizes there is vital information he hasn't been told. Lurking beneath the glamorous exterior of the south of France is a dirty drugs war - and Stone is thrown into the middle of it. And there he is faced with his toughest dilemma yet...'Packed with wild action' Daily Telegraph
498 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2002
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Andy McNab
205 books1,160 followersAndy McNab joined the infantry in 1976 as a boy soldier. In 1984 he was badged as a member of 22 SAS Regiment. He served in B Squadron 22 SAS for ten years and worked on both covert and overt special operations worldwide, including anti-terrorist and anti-drug operations in the Middle and Far East, South and Central America and Northern Ireland.
Trained as a specialist in counter terrorism, prime target elimination, demolitions, weapons and tactics, covert surveillance and information gathering in hostile environments, and VIP protection, McNab worked on cooperative operations with police forces, prison services, anti-drug forces and western backed guerrilla movements as well as on conventional special operations. In Northern Ireland he spent two years working as an undercover operator with 14th Intelligence Group, going on to become an instructor.
McNab also worked as an instructor on the SAS selection and training team and instructed foreign special forces in counter terrorism, hostage rescue and survival training.
Andy McNab has written about his experiences in the SAS in two bestselling books, Bravo Two Zero (1993) and Immediate Action (1995). Bravo Two Zero is the highest selling war book of all time and has sold over 1.7 million copies in the UK. To date it has been published in 17 countries and translated into 16 languages. The CD spoken word version of Bravo Two Zero, narrated by McNab, sold over 60,000 copies and earned a silver disc. The BBC's film of Bravo Two Zero, starring Sean Bean, was shown on primetime BBC 1 television in 1999 and released on DVD in 2000.
Immediate Action, McNab's autobiography, spent 18 weeks at the top of the bestseller lists following the lifting on an ex-parte injunction granted to the Ministry of Defence in September 1995. To date, Immediate Action has now sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK.
McNab is the author of seven fast action thrillers, highly acclaimed for their authenticity and all Sunday Times bestsellers. Published in 1997, Remote Control was hailed as the most authentic thriller ever written and has sold over half a million copies in the UK. McNab's subsequent thrillers, Crisis Four, Firewall, Last Light , Liberation Day , Dark Winter , Deep Black and Aggressor have all gone on to sell equally well. The central character in all the books is Nick Stone, a tough ex-SAS operative working as a 'K' on deniable operations for British Intelligence.
McNab's fiction draws extensively on his experiences and knowledge of Special Forces soldiering. He has been officially registered by Neilsen Bookscan as the bestselling British thriller writer of the last year.
Trained as a specialist in counter terrorism, prime target elimination, demolitions, weapons and tactics, covert surveillance and information gathering in hostile environments, and VIP protection, McNab worked on cooperative operations with police forces, prison services, anti-drug forces and western backed guerrilla movements as well as on conventional special operations. In Northern Ireland he spent two years working as an undercover operator with 14th Intelligence Group, going on to become an instructor.
McNab also worked as an instructor on the SAS selection and training team and instructed foreign special forces in counter terrorism, hostage rescue and survival training.
Andy McNab has written about his experiences in the SAS in two bestselling books, Bravo Two Zero (1993) and Immediate Action (1995). Bravo Two Zero is the highest selling war book of all time and has sold over 1.7 million copies in the UK. To date it has been published in 17 countries and translated into 16 languages. The CD spoken word version of Bravo Two Zero, narrated by McNab, sold over 60,000 copies and earned a silver disc. The BBC's film of Bravo Two Zero, starring Sean Bean, was shown on primetime BBC 1 television in 1999 and released on DVD in 2000.
Immediate Action, McNab's autobiography, spent 18 weeks at the top of the bestseller lists following the lifting on an ex-parte injunction granted to the Ministry of Defence in September 1995. To date, Immediate Action has now sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK.
McNab is the author of seven fast action thrillers, highly acclaimed for their authenticity and all Sunday Times bestsellers. Published in 1997, Remote Control was hailed as the most authentic thriller ever written and has sold over half a million copies in the UK. McNab's subsequent thrillers, Crisis Four, Firewall, Last Light , Liberation Day , Dark Winter , Deep Black and Aggressor have all gone on to sell equally well. The central character in all the books is Nick Stone, a tough ex-SAS operative working as a 'K' on deniable operations for British Intelligence.
McNab's fiction draws extensively on his experiences and knowledge of Special Forces soldiering. He has been officially registered by Neilsen Bookscan as the bestselling British thriller writer of the last year.
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April 10, 2022
Really did not enjoy this book and couldn’t get lost in it… last one- I am closing this series down for me. Too many other books waiting to be read.
March 20, 2014
Another pageturner in the Nick Stone series by Andy McNab. While not up to for instance "Fire Wall", it is still an excellent thriller, with a realistic background in the hawala system (see for instance http://www.gdrc.org/icm/hawala.html).
Nice with a change of scene too, after many scenes in poor backwaters or djungles etc, we are suddenly in the glitzy French Riviera. Again, excellent scene descriptions that you actually enjoy reading, and plenty of humourous quips (like letting your chihuahas poop on the sidewalks).
And I want one day to write a script where I can steal the scene of the silly hat competition as a comic relief in a thriller! But the silly hats is not only comic relief, it also illustrates the tediousness of field work, and how friendship can build even when you know you shouldn't etc. And, of course, it makes the ending even more tragic...
And as before, this novel is also excellently structured. "Liberation Day" may seem heavy on the tediousness of preparation and surveillance. The wait, they prepare, it just goes on and on, and then the ending just explodes. And as before, the descriptions of field work is sometimes too detailed - yet absorbing! As one critic has written - at the core of McNab's fiction is non-fiction. You buy the realism of it!
And of course, it is quite useful to have learned "the seven Ps" (p. 232): "Prior planning and preparation prevents piss-poor performance"! :)
Nice with a change of scene too, after many scenes in poor backwaters or djungles etc, we are suddenly in the glitzy French Riviera. Again, excellent scene descriptions that you actually enjoy reading, and plenty of humourous quips (like letting your chihuahas poop on the sidewalks).
And I want one day to write a script where I can steal the scene of the silly hat competition as a comic relief in a thriller! But the silly hats is not only comic relief, it also illustrates the tediousness of field work, and how friendship can build even when you know you shouldn't etc. And, of course, it makes the ending even more tragic...
And as before, this novel is also excellently structured. "Liberation Day" may seem heavy on the tediousness of preparation and surveillance. The wait, they prepare, it just goes on and on, and then the ending just explodes. And as before, the descriptions of field work is sometimes too detailed - yet absorbing! As one critic has written - at the core of McNab's fiction is non-fiction. You buy the realism of it!
And of course, it is quite useful to have learned "the seven Ps" (p. 232): "Prior planning and preparation prevents piss-poor performance"! :)
February 1, 2022
Not a bad read. I like reading McNabb books for their simplicity. They don’t take massive concentration to follow or keep track of, and you can just read and escape.
This book was based around a surveillance and capture story set in the south of France near Monaco. It went to not more detail than I expected about the surveillance techniques and there wasn’t much combat action, just in case that’s what your expecting from SAS type fiction.
This book was based around a surveillance and capture story set in the south of France near Monaco. It went to not more detail than I expected about the surveillance techniques and there wasn’t much combat action, just in case that’s what your expecting from SAS type fiction.
February 20, 2018
No point denying it, McNab's Nick Stone book series has become my current literary 'guilty pleasure'. I've now reached far enough into the series to develop a 'relationship' with its main character and actually be curious to find out what 'perfect shitstorm' he will find next. The fact that the series has now sunken its fangs into me is relevant, because otherwise I would most probably not like "Liberation Day" one bit! Action in this one is really low-key, there really isn't much happening in this book at all! But for me it was an entertaining read nonetheless, because by now Nick's antics are simply fun to follow, even on his 'slow day at the office'.
Not the best book in the series and definitely not where I would recommend for anyone to jump into the series. For 'returning customers' it should provide necessary 'special ops' fix.
Not the best book in the series and definitely not where I would recommend for anyone to jump into the series. For 'returning customers' it should provide necessary 'special ops' fix.
May 24, 2025
One of my favorites from this series so far i do believe
January 25, 2016
"Sotto tiro" in originale "Liberation Day" è un libro del 2002, romanzo di azione/spionistico di Andy McNab, che è uno scrittore e militare britannico, pseudonimo dietro il quale si nasconde un ex-sergente dello Special Air Service (i corpi speciali dell'esercito britannico), noto al grande pubblico come autore di romanzi di spionaggio. Questo romanzo è del 1997, e fa appunto parte della serie "Nick Stone": in particolare questo è il secondo romanzo della serie.
L'autore è anche un saggista e nei suoi romanzi che non sono di finzione descrive quella che è stata la sua vita militare, prima di diventare uno scrittore di romanzi action spy, fino ad ora sono stati pubblicati: "Pattuglia Bravo Two Zero", "Azione immediata"e "Plotone Sette".
Nick Stone è il personaggio di fantasia che è il protagonista di tutti e diciassette libri della serie, è nato nel 1960, ex-combattente del SAS (Special Air Service), il corpo d'elite dell'esercito britannico, uno dei gruppi speciali più efficienti del mondo. Dopo essere stato circa 10 anni nei SAS, Nick ha cominciato a lavorare per l'Intelligence inglese. Esperto in armi e in ricerche impossibili di persone, viene reclutato in questa agenzia segreta chiamata "la Ditta" per compiere missioni che pochi altri potrebbero fare. Astuto, furbo, in missione è freddo e deciso, ma nel privato è una persona buona con legame ed affetti familiari. È stato sposato, durante una difficile missione (raccontata nel primo romanzo Controllo a distanza) ha recuperato la figlia di un suo amico ucciso, Kelly, ed è diventato suo tutore. Ha avuto una storia con Sarah, altro agente segreto, raccontata in Crisi Quattro. Eroe moderno ed esperto, dotato di grande humor britannico e grandi intuizioni, questo personaggio piace perché, a parte ovviamente la storia e l'addestramento nei SAS, è uno di noi, una persona comune con odi e affetti, colpi di fortuna e colpi di sfortuna, capace di avventure incredibili ma anche di grandi sventure. Freddo calcolatore in missione, quasi ingenuo nei sentimenti. Nick Stone è l'eroe che tutti possono sentire vicino e capire.
La vera forza di questi romanzi di McNab sta nel fatto che sembrano così vicini alle persone e appaiono così realistici, quasi fossero dei piccoli "manuali" di spionaggio e sopravvivenza. La lettura scorre velocissima, tra intrighi, tecniche dei corpi speciali, suspence, combattimenti, insomma adrenalina pura al 100%. Le descrizione degli eventi e dei personaggi, il loro girare tra le pagine con un impatto devastante ti fa appiccicare le dita alle pagine e non riesci più a posare il libro!
In questa storia Nick Stone viene questa volta ingaggiato da George, un ufficiale del Defense Intelligence Agency nonché padre di Carrie, un suo contatto conosciuto durante una missione a Panama che gli affida una missione in territorio Algerino in cambio della cittadinanza Americana.
Il compito è eliminare Adel Kader Zeralda, proprietario di una catena di supermercati locali e di una stazione di produzione combustibile che risulta affiliato ad Al-Qaeda. Con l'aiuto di due agenti egiziani, i tre portano a termine la missione senza difficoltà, al ritorno in America si incontra con George il quale invece di consegnargli i nuovi documenti ha in serbo per lui ben altri progetti: intercettare due persone che devono consegnare tre milioni di dollari a due corrieri che arriveranno a bordo di uno yacht di proprietà di un uomo di affari inglese. Il compito di Nick sarà quello di intercettare i corrieri durante le raccolte di denaro e una volta identificati procedere con il rapimento di questi ultimi e portarli in un luogo prestabilito dove agenti del governo Americano li preleveranno. Con il primo rapimento tutto sembra andare per il meglio, ma all'interno del cerchio qualcuno fa il doppio gioco e ben presto le cose precipiteranno ed usando una delle sue frasi preferite, Nick si ritroverà nella " merda bella spessa" e dovrà lottare non poco per tirarsene fuori.
Ora se siete appassionati del genere action-thriller e non avete mai letto un libro di Andy McNAb, cominciate pure a nascondervi che vi mando Nick Stone a stanarvi e saranno cazzi acidi per voi. Se amate i ritmi incalzanti, descrizioni minuziose di armi e tecniche di combattimento, rocamboleschi colpi di scena e tanta tanta azione, correte in libreria e cominciate a leggere i libri di questo autore che ha alle spalle una carriera militare nel SAS e sa esattamente di cosa parla, anche se questi sono libri di finzione.
Vi suggerisco, ovviamente, di cominciare dai primi e di andare avanti, perché oltre ai vari richiami dei libri precedenti, ad un certo punto le trame cominciano a calare un po’ e anche il personaggio perde un po’ di smalto, dunque è meglio che siate voi stessi a decidere quando e se ne avrete abbastanza di Nick Stone.
L'autore è anche un saggista e nei suoi romanzi che non sono di finzione descrive quella che è stata la sua vita militare, prima di diventare uno scrittore di romanzi action spy, fino ad ora sono stati pubblicati: "Pattuglia Bravo Two Zero", "Azione immediata"e "Plotone Sette".
Nick Stone è il personaggio di fantasia che è il protagonista di tutti e diciassette libri della serie, è nato nel 1960, ex-combattente del SAS (Special Air Service), il corpo d'elite dell'esercito britannico, uno dei gruppi speciali più efficienti del mondo. Dopo essere stato circa 10 anni nei SAS, Nick ha cominciato a lavorare per l'Intelligence inglese. Esperto in armi e in ricerche impossibili di persone, viene reclutato in questa agenzia segreta chiamata "la Ditta" per compiere missioni che pochi altri potrebbero fare. Astuto, furbo, in missione è freddo e deciso, ma nel privato è una persona buona con legame ed affetti familiari. È stato sposato, durante una difficile missione (raccontata nel primo romanzo Controllo a distanza) ha recuperato la figlia di un suo amico ucciso, Kelly, ed è diventato suo tutore. Ha avuto una storia con Sarah, altro agente segreto, raccontata in Crisi Quattro. Eroe moderno ed esperto, dotato di grande humor britannico e grandi intuizioni, questo personaggio piace perché, a parte ovviamente la storia e l'addestramento nei SAS, è uno di noi, una persona comune con odi e affetti, colpi di fortuna e colpi di sfortuna, capace di avventure incredibili ma anche di grandi sventure. Freddo calcolatore in missione, quasi ingenuo nei sentimenti. Nick Stone è l'eroe che tutti possono sentire vicino e capire.
La vera forza di questi romanzi di McNab sta nel fatto che sembrano così vicini alle persone e appaiono così realistici, quasi fossero dei piccoli "manuali" di spionaggio e sopravvivenza. La lettura scorre velocissima, tra intrighi, tecniche dei corpi speciali, suspence, combattimenti, insomma adrenalina pura al 100%. Le descrizione degli eventi e dei personaggi, il loro girare tra le pagine con un impatto devastante ti fa appiccicare le dita alle pagine e non riesci più a posare il libro!
In questa storia Nick Stone viene questa volta ingaggiato da George, un ufficiale del Defense Intelligence Agency nonché padre di Carrie, un suo contatto conosciuto durante una missione a Panama che gli affida una missione in territorio Algerino in cambio della cittadinanza Americana.
Il compito è eliminare Adel Kader Zeralda, proprietario di una catena di supermercati locali e di una stazione di produzione combustibile che risulta affiliato ad Al-Qaeda. Con l'aiuto di due agenti egiziani, i tre portano a termine la missione senza difficoltà, al ritorno in America si incontra con George il quale invece di consegnargli i nuovi documenti ha in serbo per lui ben altri progetti: intercettare due persone che devono consegnare tre milioni di dollari a due corrieri che arriveranno a bordo di uno yacht di proprietà di un uomo di affari inglese. Il compito di Nick sarà quello di intercettare i corrieri durante le raccolte di denaro e una volta identificati procedere con il rapimento di questi ultimi e portarli in un luogo prestabilito dove agenti del governo Americano li preleveranno. Con il primo rapimento tutto sembra andare per il meglio, ma all'interno del cerchio qualcuno fa il doppio gioco e ben presto le cose precipiteranno ed usando una delle sue frasi preferite, Nick si ritroverà nella " merda bella spessa" e dovrà lottare non poco per tirarsene fuori.
Ora se siete appassionati del genere action-thriller e non avete mai letto un libro di Andy McNAb, cominciate pure a nascondervi che vi mando Nick Stone a stanarvi e saranno cazzi acidi per voi. Se amate i ritmi incalzanti, descrizioni minuziose di armi e tecniche di combattimento, rocamboleschi colpi di scena e tanta tanta azione, correte in libreria e cominciate a leggere i libri di questo autore che ha alle spalle una carriera militare nel SAS e sa esattamente di cosa parla, anche se questi sono libri di finzione.
Vi suggerisco, ovviamente, di cominciare dai primi e di andare avanti, perché oltre ai vari richiami dei libri precedenti, ad un certo punto le trame cominciano a calare un po’ e anche il personaggio perde un po’ di smalto, dunque è meglio che siate voi stessi a decidere quando e se ne avrete abbastanza di Nick Stone.
May 26, 2021
I’ve really enjoyed the Nick Stone series. This was not my favorite. The middle half of the book was really slow. Glad it’s over.
December 26, 2018
Nick Stone saves the world again. Sadly, nobody thanks him (yet again)
From the blurb ….
If Nick Stone wasn't so desperate for his American citizenship, he probably wouldn't have agreed to do this one last job with the CIA. But Carrie is over there and he simply can't refuse the chance of a new life with the woman he loves.
All in all another page turner in the Nick Stone series. However, prepare yourself as it is heavy on tedious preparation and surveillance. The team waits, they prepare, the field work goes on and on. This makes the middle section of the book somewhat slow-moving and unexciting. Hundreds of pages of field work exposition. This needed some pruning. The end was exciting but it would have been better if some of this action interspersed some of the plodding setup.
From the blurb ….
If Nick Stone wasn't so desperate for his American citizenship, he probably wouldn't have agreed to do this one last job with the CIA. But Carrie is over there and he simply can't refuse the chance of a new life with the woman he loves.
All in all another page turner in the Nick Stone series. However, prepare yourself as it is heavy on tedious preparation and surveillance. The team waits, they prepare, the field work goes on and on. This makes the middle section of the book somewhat slow-moving and unexciting. Hundreds of pages of field work exposition. This needed some pruning. The end was exciting but it would have been better if some of this action interspersed some of the plodding setup.
May 21, 2020
I am struggling to really enjoy these books. This one was not one of the better ones. The first chapter spent so much time detailing how to make the various explosives and plant them that I almost fell asleep.
Some may enjoy the minute details of the plans and I normally do but these seem so long winded and confusing that I sometimes lose track of what they are supposed to do. I just cannot identify with Nick at all and I think that is why I neither care if he succeeds or not.
I will persevere with a few more books and see if it improves but these are not books I can't wait to read - I just read them because I feel I need to - just in case it gets better.
Some may enjoy the minute details of the plans and I normally do but these seem so long winded and confusing that I sometimes lose track of what they are supposed to do. I just cannot identify with Nick at all and I think that is why I neither care if he succeeds or not.
I will persevere with a few more books and see if it improves but these are not books I can't wait to read - I just read them because I feel I need to - just in case it gets better.
April 27, 2021
Another good read from Pippa. I enjoyed this gentle thriller with romance. Reminded me if a Mills and Boon back in the day. A good easy holiday read
June 19, 2024
Let me start with the positive. There are loads of details, as is always the way with Andy McNab. He really creates his world for you. I love the realism. Not everything goes Nick's way, in fact, most things don't.
Then, to the negatives. The pace is really off, probably due to all the detail. I think the audiobook is 12 hours and I suspect 3 hours of that were him surveilling people in the street. Nearing the end we finally get some action, but I can't help but feel it was too little too late. I'd got to the point I just wanted it to end by then.
It's a shame, as I LOVED the first Nick Stone book. I think the personal element blended in by Kelly made it quite different and really engaged me. This one didn't have much of the personal factor, it was just Nick on a mission. I think this might be the last in the series for me and I'll move onto something else.
Then, to the negatives. The pace is really off, probably due to all the detail. I think the audiobook is 12 hours and I suspect 3 hours of that were him surveilling people in the street. Nearing the end we finally get some action, but I can't help but feel it was too little too late. I'd got to the point I just wanted it to end by then.
It's a shame, as I LOVED the first Nick Stone book. I think the personal element blended in by Kelly made it quite different and really engaged me. This one didn't have much of the personal factor, it was just Nick on a mission. I think this might be the last in the series for me and I'll move onto something else.
March 23, 2021
Nick Stone last mission
Nick Stone wants to settle down. He wants a passport so that he could stay with his girlfriend.
The girlfriend father is a horrible person who is using Nick on a mission and promise in exchange give him a passport so that he could stay in US.
The last mission is trying to stop money going to fund terrorists of the Taliban.
With a team of three, they are suppose to chase the money and then stop the terrorist act from happening.
There are a lot of not so good bites in the story. A lot of running around that is too details. It is supposed to be action but sounds like someone reading out a spreadsheet in Excel.
The last bit is okay but not great.
A 3.5 stars read. Still like Nick Stone as a character and might read another one.
Nick Stone wants to settle down. He wants a passport so that he could stay with his girlfriend.
The girlfriend father is a horrible person who is using Nick on a mission and promise in exchange give him a passport so that he could stay in US.
The last mission is trying to stop money going to fund terrorists of the Taliban.
With a team of three, they are suppose to chase the money and then stop the terrorist act from happening.
There are a lot of not so good bites in the story. A lot of running around that is too details. It is supposed to be action but sounds like someone reading out a spreadsheet in Excel.
The last bit is okay but not great.
A 3.5 stars read. Still like Nick Stone as a character and might read another one.
May 26, 2023
Finally one set in France. The French culture lends an elegance of no other. Maybe that’s why Hemingway’s writing was so good. You can tell McNab did his research on location; everything from the scene setting down to the smallest details, eg Coke ‘Lite’ rather than ‘Diet’, was correct and authentic. The counter-terrorism surveillance was fascinating, if a bit tedious at times. Nick’s Arab teammates correcting his English was very funny, they were great characters. No Kelly cameo was disappointing.
September 27, 2024
In parts I found this book to be a bit slow and dragging but where there was action it was as good as it gets. The Nick Stone series is consistently good and I look forward to reading the next.
Nick is desperate to get his American passport which George, his boss and controller, has promised him but he holds all the cards and forces him to do another job where once again his neck is on the line because when does a seemingly, although dangerous, easy job ever go to plan. He is in the south of France where, together with two trusted Egyptian brothers, he has to capture two drug money carriers and bring them in for interrogation.
As I said a bit slow in parts but an especially exciting ending. 4/5
Nick is desperate to get his American passport which George, his boss and controller, has promised him but he holds all the cards and forces him to do another job where once again his neck is on the line because when does a seemingly, although dangerous, easy job ever go to plan. He is in the south of France where, together with two trusted Egyptian brothers, he has to capture two drug money carriers and bring them in for interrogation.
As I said a bit slow in parts but an especially exciting ending. 4/5
January 20, 2020
Liberation Day Andy McNab
Nick Stone, clandestine operator for the CIA. Former SAS. One last mission to complete and he is guaranteed a new life in America. Citizenship and to be with his girlfriend and soon to be wife. Nothing works out as promised. He has to do one more mission . His girlfriend finds out his boss is her father, a General. Their relationship as a family ceased long ago. Nick is left hanging, again one more mission. Non stop action. This is an excellent read!
Nick Stone, clandestine operator for the CIA. Former SAS. One last mission to complete and he is guaranteed a new life in America. Citizenship and to be with his girlfriend and soon to be wife. Nothing works out as promised. He has to do one more mission . His girlfriend finds out his boss is her father, a General. Their relationship as a family ceased long ago. Nick is left hanging, again one more mission. Non stop action. This is an excellent read!
April 29, 2023
Well put together if you seek a training manual on covert operations. Personally I was looking for something more resembling a storyline. Should I now need to go undercover and stalk terrorist operators then I am very well trained now😳.
Actually the story was quite readable but I feel McNab was trying to prove that he could still remember the finer points of the SAS training manual in preference to creating a good yarn.
Try it, you’ll see what I mean.
Actually the story was quite readable but I feel McNab was trying to prove that he could still remember the finer points of the SAS training manual in preference to creating a good yarn.
Try it, you’ll see what I mean.
December 9, 2025
2.5 rounded up to 3 stars. This one wasn't as good as the previous books in the series. A lot of the book is basically on a stakeout and gets mired down in the nitty gritty of radio check-ins. (I don't have the ebook to easily search "comms check", but it felt like it might have been mentioned 200 or so times =D). It did have some more interesting parts, especially near the end, so I'm rounding up.
May 30, 2021
Een puur actie-boek. De boek-versie van een domme actiefilm die je op een dinsdag avond op rtl7 kijkt omdat er verder niets op tv is. De emotionele diepgang van een kluisdeur, maar wel relatief geloofwaardige actiescènes met een geheim agent die allemaal achtervolgingen e.d. doet. Leest prima weg, maar niet memorabel.
June 20, 2021
Terrible bore
Watching paint dry, or spending a day in a Chartered Accountants office in Scunthorpe would greatly outmatch this turgid rubbish for excitement
The protagonist couldn't organise a loss up in a brewery, and this must rate as one of the worst and long drawn out books ever. How can any publisher entertain this pile of crap!
Watching paint dry, or spending a day in a Chartered Accountants office in Scunthorpe would greatly outmatch this turgid rubbish for excitement
The protagonist couldn't organise a loss up in a brewery, and this must rate as one of the worst and long drawn out books ever. How can any publisher entertain this pile of crap!
May 17, 2025
Wow what a great book
I absolutely love reading this story it was very good and interesting the characters were really good and the mystery around the smuggling was very intriguing . I love a good mystery and a great romance this book gives you all.if the above!! I recommend it to you with a 5 Stars rating
I absolutely love reading this story it was very good and interesting the characters were really good and the mystery around the smuggling was very intriguing . I love a good mystery and a great romance this book gives you all.if the above!! I recommend it to you with a 5 Stars rating
May 28, 2025
A pretty solid start and a very good climax, but a very slow middle section. Most of it was taken up with a surveillance op, and I appreciate that such work is tedious and the author is making a point about patience and a lack of glamour, it still didn't make for fun reading. Saved by the ending though, where the pace goes from 0-60 very quickly
November 12, 2020
Nick Stone faces another challenge after telling Carrie he has finished working for her father.
But her father has other plans and sets Nick up on an assignment that almost gets him killed.
A great read
But her father has other plans and sets Nick up on an assignment that almost gets him killed.
A great read
January 20, 2021
Loving the nick stone series, though this is not the best, after not being overly enamoured with last light, liberation day was a good come back. Going to go straight into dark winter now, and will decide after that whether a nick stone break is needed.
December 21, 2021
Finished Liberation Day by Andy McNab. Yes, it's pulp action, but it's really good pulp action. His understanding of "opsec" (operational security) means you see the story through the eyes of a special agent specialist.
Would recommend his whole Nick Stone series! #readingbooks
Would recommend his whole Nick Stone series! #readingbooks
April 2, 2022
What a boring book. Nothing excited happened after the first chapter. I reluctantly finished it, as I know from previous books, that they can be very good. May be a little while before I pick up the next in the series after this train wreck.
July 7, 2022
An action packed story and an easy read based in France to frustrate terrorism in the 1990s. The description of the places visited painted a grim picture of the streets. He lived to fight another day. Perhaps not the best book from Andy McNabb, but a good read.
April 6, 2024
Good but not great
Not the best I've read but still kept you guessing and when the action started I enjoyed reading this book.
There was a hell of a lot of waiting around for something to happen.
Not the best I've read but still kept you guessing and when the action started I enjoyed reading this book.
There was a hell of a lot of waiting around for something to happen.
February 9, 2019
Lucky to get one star, click click
May 31, 2019
This 500 page book finally picked up around the 400 page mark. Far too dull.
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