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17-vuotias nuorisokodin kasvatti Danny Watts ja hänen isoisänsä, entinen SAS-mies Fergus ovat selvinneet vihollisestaan: Fergusin entinen esimies on kuollut. Mutta nyt Britannian tiedustelupalvelu tarvitsee Dannyn ja Elenan palveluksia kipeästi. Elena on ainoa kontakti Mustaan Tähteen, Internetin hämärimmissä sopukoissa vaanivaan tahoon – joka värvää henkisesti raiteiltaan suistuneita nuoria itsemurhapommittajiksi.
Mutta kuka tai mikä Musta Tähti oikein on? Mihin hän pyrkii terrorikampanjallaan? Ja ennen kaikkea: miten Elena ja Danny pystyisivät jäljittämään ja pysäyttämään hänet? Elenan on ryhdyttävä raastavaan ja hengenvaaralliseen peitetoimintaan, syötiksi Mustalle Tähdelle. Eikä huippuagentti Marcie Deveraux ole vieläkään luopunut näkemyksestään: Danny ja Fergus Watts on eliminoitava ensimmäisen tilaisuuden tullen…
Mutta kuka tai mikä Musta Tähti oikein on? Mihin hän pyrkii terrorikampanjallaan? Ja ennen kaikkea: miten Elena ja Danny pystyisivät jäljittämään ja pysäyttämään hänet? Elenan on ryhdyttävä raastavaan ja hengenvaaralliseen peitetoimintaan, syötiksi Mustalle Tähdelle. Eikä huippuagentti Marcie Deveraux ole vieläkään luopunut näkemyksestään: Danny ja Fergus Watts on eliminoitava ensimmäisen tilaisuuden tullen…
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First published May 4, 2006
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About the author
Andy McNab
205 books1,161 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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May 18, 2018
Author
The author of my book is Andy Mcnab. He has written Dozens of books. Some examples of book that he has written are Traitor, Street Soldier, Zero Hour, Fortress, War Torn and dozens more. Andy Mcnab has 3 awards. Those 3 awards being the Order of the British Empire, The Distinguished Conduct Medal, and a Military Medal. A couple of the books he has written are a series such as Traitor and Avenger. Traitor was written by Andy Mcnab alone, and Avenger was co written alongside another author.
Genre
This book is a fiction/ thriller. It is about a man named Charles that loses his son in the attacks of 9/11, so he tries to get revenge on the people that got his son killed. He devotes the rest of his life to avenging his son. Hence the name “Avenger”. I think that this book was written for an older audience. It has some pretty bad things written into the book. I would NOT recommend this book for younger children as it may give the children bad thoughts or ideas.
Title
The title of this book is a one word summary of the book. The book's title is “Avenger” and in the book a man loses his son in the attacks of 9/11. After the death of his son he takes it upon himself to avenge his son and kill the people that are responsible for his son’s death. Hence the name “Avenger”. So yes the title does match the book well, and if I had the chance to change it then I would just keep it the same.
Introduction
Yes actually the author provides backgrounds of all the main characters in the book. It provides where the Characters are from and what has happened to them. The author even gives us their age and their height. The author even gives us a physical description of the characters. The author also gives a SITREP at the very beginning of the book.
Characters
The main characters in the story are Elena Omolodon, Fergus Watts, And Danny Watts. They affect the story because they are the main characters. These are the characters that the book follows throughout its entirety. The book is telling these characters stories. These characters are the protagonists.
Theme
The theme of this book is very effective. The theme just shows the kind of situation the characters are in. It gives you a feeling of what the characters are going through. The theme helps you to understand what the setting is in the book. The theme of the book gives you what kind of feelings you should have while reading it.
My Opinion
Overall, I thought that “Avenger” was a pretty good book. The book starts off a little slow but the further you get into it the better it gets. The further you read the more action packed it gets. The characters seem like they match the overall tone and story of the book perfectly. Most everything in this book is spot on. I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars rating.
The author of my book is Andy Mcnab. He has written Dozens of books. Some examples of book that he has written are Traitor, Street Soldier, Zero Hour, Fortress, War Torn and dozens more. Andy Mcnab has 3 awards. Those 3 awards being the Order of the British Empire, The Distinguished Conduct Medal, and a Military Medal. A couple of the books he has written are a series such as Traitor and Avenger. Traitor was written by Andy Mcnab alone, and Avenger was co written alongside another author.
Genre
This book is a fiction/ thriller. It is about a man named Charles that loses his son in the attacks of 9/11, so he tries to get revenge on the people that got his son killed. He devotes the rest of his life to avenging his son. Hence the name “Avenger”. I think that this book was written for an older audience. It has some pretty bad things written into the book. I would NOT recommend this book for younger children as it may give the children bad thoughts or ideas.
Title
The title of this book is a one word summary of the book. The book's title is “Avenger” and in the book a man loses his son in the attacks of 9/11. After the death of his son he takes it upon himself to avenge his son and kill the people that are responsible for his son’s death. Hence the name “Avenger”. So yes the title does match the book well, and if I had the chance to change it then I would just keep it the same.
Introduction
Yes actually the author provides backgrounds of all the main characters in the book. It provides where the Characters are from and what has happened to them. The author even gives us their age and their height. The author even gives us a physical description of the characters. The author also gives a SITREP at the very beginning of the book.
Characters
The main characters in the story are Elena Omolodon, Fergus Watts, And Danny Watts. They affect the story because they are the main characters. These are the characters that the book follows throughout its entirety. The book is telling these characters stories. These characters are the protagonists.
Theme
The theme of this book is very effective. The theme just shows the kind of situation the characters are in. It gives you a feeling of what the characters are going through. The theme helps you to understand what the setting is in the book. The theme of the book gives you what kind of feelings you should have while reading it.
My Opinion
Overall, I thought that “Avenger” was a pretty good book. The book starts off a little slow but the further you get into it the better it gets. The further you read the more action packed it gets. The characters seem like they match the overall tone and story of the book perfectly. Most everything in this book is spot on. I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars rating.
January 14, 2014
I absolutely loved this and was surprised at the end. I know these books are targeted at young adults but I found it a good read. Also as the books are co-authored with Robert Rigby I think the story flows much better than a typical McNab novel. I'm looking forward to reading the final book in the series.
April 6, 2022
A decent book, but nothing really special. The story has some major problems with it. It's about an evil mastermind known as Black Star who lost his son during the terror attacks of 9/11. For some reason, his hatred is not aimed at the terrorists responsible, or Al Qaida or even Muslims in general. No, he decides that the western world (including Japan) is to blame and starts terror all over the world. What's more, he uses angry kids to do the bombing. A weird choice when the cause of all this is the loss of his son.
Of course, this evil mastermind must be stopped, and who better to do that than the Secret Service (MI-5)? A Secret Service who employs two children they just picket up from a foster home. And already pretty soon it becomes clear that the Secret Service plans to kill the kids when the mission is over. Character casting is not great either. The woman from SS is just angry all the time and moody, both children don't really have character development and the old veteran is just there to fix problems. It's also a pretty slow book for most of the part and then the action is rushed to a conclusion that's not completely expected but also not fully satisfying.
To sum it up: not terrible to read for a book picked up for free. But there is a lot better out there with better story, characters and flow. Two stars because I did finish it and it wasn't completely terrible.
Of course, this evil mastermind must be stopped, and who better to do that than the Secret Service (MI-5)? A Secret Service who employs two children they just picket up from a foster home. And already pretty soon it becomes clear that the Secret Service plans to kill the kids when the mission is over. Character casting is not great either. The woman from SS is just angry all the time and moody, both children don't really have character development and the old veteran is just there to fix problems. It's also a pretty slow book for most of the part and then the action is rushed to a conclusion that's not completely expected but also not fully satisfying.
To sum it up: not terrible to read for a book picked up for free. But there is a lot better out there with better story, characters and flow. Two stars because I did finish it and it wasn't completely terrible.
May 26, 2024
Author andy mcnab ex-army has given us a gripping novel with detailing, enlighting the readers with the techniques of passing messages and other protocols which are been used during missions..
The message transfer which they call as brush contact in this book keeps us engaging every time whenever danny and elena makes contact. This is my first book in this series, looking forward to read more from this series.
Not an must read but a decent read and an engaging thirller which makes the reader rush towards the final page.
Carrying out a mission in other country without their knowledge and the protocols to be maintained during those operations, everything was new for me and engaging.
Good one..
The message transfer which they call as brush contact in this book keeps us engaging every time whenever danny and elena makes contact. This is my first book in this series, looking forward to read more from this series.
Not an must read but a decent read and an engaging thirller which makes the reader rush towards the final page.
Carrying out a mission in other country without their knowledge and the protocols to be maintained during those operations, everything was new for me and engaging.
Good one..
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July 14, 2018
It was such a freaking great series but this book ended so horribly that I cannot even think about picking up the next one .It took me over two hours to calm myself down but overall I loved it and hated it too .This seems like the most controversial review ever!
June 8, 2017
The book is exiting and good to read however it's quite hard to understand some certain words...
April 4, 2018
A good book
August 9, 2018
It was a OK read.
May 26, 2020
Not bad, not good. Just another Saturday matinee story. Story is good but the writing is still not up to par. Never been a fan of co-authors.
June 16, 2020
The ending was not expected
Want to read
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April 3, 2023
One of my absolute favourite books
July 6, 2024
Another good read
May 24, 2025
read as a child
November 6, 2009
I expected this novel, a teen spin on the typical Andy McNab SAS thriller, to be mediocre – and it was, but in a different way than I’d anticipated.
Far from being ‘all action, no substance’, Avenger is strangely lacking in action. The beginning is slow, and when McNab and Rigby finally crank up their story to its climax – wherein two teenagers execute a military sting to stop uber-villain, Black Star, who’s been grooming young people to become suicide bombers – it feels insubstantial. To even reach this point in the story requires massive leaps of suspension-of-disbelief. I’ll swallow the improbable use of real kids in the sting operation, but Black Star’s motivations are illogical to an extreme. After losing his son in 9/11, he channels his grief and anger into encouraging exactly the kind of suicide bombers who killed his son. I… what?
Crucially missing from the story, of course, is any discussion of fundamentalist religion, which is the real reason that kids around the world are blowing themselves up. In Avenger, the kids in question are just sad, angry and misunderstood.
Better characters might have more successfully propped up the novel, but alas, even Danny, the novel’s apparent boy hero, is a bit of a pitiful sideline character who scarcely makes an emotional impact. The novel is mainly staffed with exactly the kind of stuffy and/or scheming adult characters that I would have thought teen readers would be turned off by.
Although only published a couple of years ago, the technology references already feel dated. An iPod Shuffle is referred to as the smallest music player available, when everybody knows that (a) it is designed to be used in conjunction with an iPod, not separately, and (b) by 2006, it had already be ousted by the iPod Nano.
The descriptions of New York City could have been written by anyone who had only ever seen a postcard of the place, and the attempts by the authors to mimic an American accent are cringeworthy at best. Do Americans ever say ‘terrific’? For that matter, does anyone but Del Boy say ever ‘terrific’?
I suppose the most complimentary thing I can say about Avenger is: I finished reading it. So there we are. If you set the bar for fiction at ‘readable’, this passes. Just.
Far from being ‘all action, no substance’, Avenger is strangely lacking in action. The beginning is slow, and when McNab and Rigby finally crank up their story to its climax – wherein two teenagers execute a military sting to stop uber-villain, Black Star, who’s been grooming young people to become suicide bombers – it feels insubstantial. To even reach this point in the story requires massive leaps of suspension-of-disbelief. I’ll swallow the improbable use of real kids in the sting operation, but Black Star’s motivations are illogical to an extreme. After losing his son in 9/11, he channels his grief and anger into encouraging exactly the kind of suicide bombers who killed his son. I… what?
Crucially missing from the story, of course, is any discussion of fundamentalist religion, which is the real reason that kids around the world are blowing themselves up. In Avenger, the kids in question are just sad, angry and misunderstood.
Better characters might have more successfully propped up the novel, but alas, even Danny, the novel’s apparent boy hero, is a bit of a pitiful sideline character who scarcely makes an emotional impact. The novel is mainly staffed with exactly the kind of stuffy and/or scheming adult characters that I would have thought teen readers would be turned off by.
Although only published a couple of years ago, the technology references already feel dated. An iPod Shuffle is referred to as the smallest music player available, when everybody knows that (a) it is designed to be used in conjunction with an iPod, not separately, and (b) by 2006, it had already be ousted by the iPod Nano.
The descriptions of New York City could have been written by anyone who had only ever seen a postcard of the place, and the attempts by the authors to mimic an American accent are cringeworthy at best. Do Americans ever say ‘terrific’? For that matter, does anyone but Del Boy say ever ‘terrific’?
I suppose the most complimentary thing I can say about Avenger is: I finished reading it. So there we are. If you set the bar for fiction at ‘readable’, this passes. Just.
October 14, 2012
The third in the series featuring British teen Danny Watts, and his former-SAS officer grandfather, Fergus. In this book, Danny, Fergus and friend Elena are trying to track a terrorist. This terrorist has been recruiting teens to act as suicide bombers all over the world, and now Elena has managed to contact him. The only problem? M-16 (the British version of the FBI) is not particularly happy with them after their previous run-ins with the law, so if they all want to come out alive, they have to watch their backs. Add in some explosives, some spy talk and training, and the Watts family independent streak and you have a very realistic teen spy novel.
I enjoyed this book after I got into it. Not having read the prequels, it took me some time to begin to “know” the characters, and even then I was dissatisfied with the character building, which would have added so much to the book. As it stands, however, this may be the best spy book I have read for kids. One of the co-authors is Andy McNab, who is a legit and highly decorated soldier in the British Armed Forces (so much so that his picture is in shadow on the back cover). The spy language used is both distinctly British (and to me seems authentic), and the situation is well-written—even I did not see that last bit coming. So this is a book that would appeal to boys (and is completely free of sex and alcohol, who knew?) and yet still held my attention. Definitely a book to recommend to older readers, who can grasp the politics and handle the violence—and who will not try to make a bomb with this book as a guide.
I enjoyed this book after I got into it. Not having read the prequels, it took me some time to begin to “know” the characters, and even then I was dissatisfied with the character building, which would have added so much to the book. As it stands, however, this may be the best spy book I have read for kids. One of the co-authors is Andy McNab, who is a legit and highly decorated soldier in the British Armed Forces (so much so that his picture is in shadow on the back cover). The spy language used is both distinctly British (and to me seems authentic), and the situation is well-written—even I did not see that last bit coming. So this is a book that would appeal to boys (and is completely free of sex and alcohol, who knew?) and yet still held my attention. Definitely a book to recommend to older readers, who can grasp the politics and handle the violence—and who will not try to make a bomb with this book as a guide.
July 12, 2013
Book Review on Avenger by Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby
Avenger is a thrilling and exciting book. When Danny, Elena and Fergus go on a special assignment to take down an evil tech mastermind. The tech mastermind named himself Black Star. He has been leading worldwide teenager bomb threats and thinks he will never get caught.
I liked this book because it was action packed and there were many things that were exciting in it such as bombings, people shooting each other and how they planed their moves. I really like these sorts of books because I enjoy reading about war and how they end up finding the bad guy.
There were no parts in this story that I did not enjoy because every page had something new for me to read.
My favourite character was the bad guy Black Star because he had a lot of awesome moves that he done on Danny, Devereaux and Fergus that they did not understand. He also knew what he was doing because he had done it many times before. Devereaux thought that she could find a tech mastermind as good as Black Star, but they were all just too amateur for him.
All in all I enjoyed reading this book and I recommend that you read it.
From Kahurangi Morehu
Avenger is a thrilling and exciting book. When Danny, Elena and Fergus go on a special assignment to take down an evil tech mastermind. The tech mastermind named himself Black Star. He has been leading worldwide teenager bomb threats and thinks he will never get caught.
I liked this book because it was action packed and there were many things that were exciting in it such as bombings, people shooting each other and how they planed their moves. I really like these sorts of books because I enjoy reading about war and how they end up finding the bad guy.
There were no parts in this story that I did not enjoy because every page had something new for me to read.
My favourite character was the bad guy Black Star because he had a lot of awesome moves that he done on Danny, Devereaux and Fergus that they did not understand. He also knew what he was doing because he had done it many times before. Devereaux thought that she could find a tech mastermind as good as Black Star, but they were all just too amateur for him.
All in all I enjoyed reading this book and I recommend that you read it.
From Kahurangi Morehu
January 21, 2014
Andy McNab writing for the Young Adult market, who read Robert Muchamore and Anthony Horowitz novels.
This book has many elements reraders will recognise from McNab's books for an older audience: the verisimilitude, (the reader feels this is what spies do), the improvised explosives and the curious HK P11 pistol which fascinates him.
McNab is, however joined in this venture by Robert Rigby, who is careful to establish his credentials as a serious writer with an established reputation and not a ghost writer or hack. The principle seems to be the same as James Patterson, McNab writes the plot outline and Rigby does the tedious stuff of bringing the bare bones to life.
It is a well crafted thriller, the plot builds up to a climax as the MI5 agents close in on the villain. Will her friends be able to save the young undercover agent especially since the reader knows the villain is aware he is close to being stopped in his activities.
The main weakness in the story is the villain's motivation. As the title suggests, it is revenge, but why is he targeting the public when his anger is directed at the terrorists of 9/11?
This book has many elements reraders will recognise from McNab's books for an older audience: the verisimilitude, (the reader feels this is what spies do), the improvised explosives and the curious HK P11 pistol which fascinates him.
McNab is, however joined in this venture by Robert Rigby, who is careful to establish his credentials as a serious writer with an established reputation and not a ghost writer or hack. The principle seems to be the same as James Patterson, McNab writes the plot outline and Rigby does the tedious stuff of bringing the bare bones to life.
It is a well crafted thriller, the plot builds up to a climax as the MI5 agents close in on the villain. Will her friends be able to save the young undercover agent especially since the reader knows the villain is aware he is close to being stopped in his activities.
The main weakness in the story is the villain's motivation. As the title suggests, it is revenge, but why is he targeting the public when his anger is directed at the terrorists of 9/11?
April 24, 2015
I usually do not like reading books, unless it is a good book. This book is one of those that I liked to read. It was an action packed thriller. It always kept my attention. There wasn't one dull moment in this book. Fergus finds trouble when he gets hurt, but needs to help his friends out of a jam. This shows that this book has parts where there is action. While this book has parts that a little gruesome, it never has any terrible parts. This book kept me out of my seat the whole time. I recommend this book to all you action lovers. Even if you are the person that likes all girly and romantic stuff, I still encourage you to read this book. There are not many places in this book that I would do something to improve upon.
October 23, 2009
Avenger is a thrilling cut story ending. After Danny. Elena and Fergus are taken ito a covert operation to stop an evil tech mastermind who is leading a worlwide teenage suicide bomb threat. Black Star, the mastermind´s name, goes into suicide message websites and talks to each teen and infect their young minds to make a packet 19 which is a the most dangerous home made explosive possible.
Elena´s job is to act as one of these teens and keep in touch with Black Star at least twice a day so the MI5 experts can track him. Danny and Fergus are assigned to watch her and report back to Deveraux who is the chief leading operation"Black Star"
Elena´s job is to act as one of these teens and keep in touch with Black Star at least twice a day so the MI5 experts can track him. Danny and Fergus are assigned to watch her and report back to Deveraux who is the chief leading operation"Black Star"
June 10, 2014
Though this book was targeted for action I couldn't really find myself wanting to read more. The detail was amazing of how they would plan these attacks, ect. but the actual events happened rarely. These events also were almost an exact copy of history like 9/11 so it wasn't really that exciting for me.
Though I could sit here for a while naming things that I didn't like, there were a few things I could name I did like. Example, the 9/11 scene wasn't really exciting like I said but I think the twist McNab put on it compared to real life made it slightly more interesting. For the most part, the cover and title is deceiving and the book is slow but does have its good parts.
Though I could sit here for a while naming things that I didn't like, there were a few things I could name I did like. Example, the 9/11 scene wasn't really exciting like I said but I think the twist McNab put on it compared to real life made it slightly more interesting. For the most part, the cover and title is deceiving and the book is slow but does have its good parts.
June 1, 2016
This is my second reading and I didn't remember a lot about the first one. I only know that I got irritated with the series as I did with the Nick Stone ones.
Having read it again, I remember that I got irritated for the SAME REASON.
The book is exciting and tense and interesting and whatever, but sometimes Disney knows what it's doing. Life isn't always a suck fest. And if people in Fergus Watts' line of work have lives that ARE a constant suck fest, then I feel really bad for them. I would suggest they get different jobs but according to McNab's way of telling it, life is such a suck fest for these guys that they can't even quit.
Dystopia fans will love it.
Having read it again, I remember that I got irritated for the SAME REASON.
The book is exciting and tense and interesting and whatever, but sometimes Disney knows what it's doing. Life isn't always a suck fest. And if people in Fergus Watts' line of work have lives that ARE a constant suck fest, then I feel really bad for them. I would suggest they get different jobs but according to McNab's way of telling it, life is such a suck fest for these guys that they can't even quit.
Dystopia fans will love it.
September 5, 2012
I thought it was a really good, action packed book. It was a little slow at first but the story line speeds up as you read it. I would suggest it to anyone who likes spies and murders mysteries. I rated it a three star book just because the slow beginning could lose some readers but over all as it went on I liked it a lot more.
September 29, 2009
I really enjoyed this book, it made me keep turning pages even though I hate reading. It was a very good book, it wasn't much of a mystery, more of an adventure, so you get to see both sides of the story when you are4 reading it. I would recomend read it.
September 2, 2011
One of McNabs best books, This series gets better and better with each book. Good plot and hooked me right from the start through to the end which had an unexpected twist. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
June 26, 2013
IT was meh.
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It was just going down hill for everyone especially ella-did you really need to kill her off? I mean come on you already killed her dad!!! That's just not right.(XP)
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It was just going down hill for everyone especially ella-did you really need to kill her off? I mean come on you already killed her dad!!! That's just not right.(XP)
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June 17, 2009I can't give this one a star rating because I am too mad about it. I am mad about people whose power runs unchecked, and I sincerely hope someone kills Devereaux. Slowly and painfully.
April 24, 2010
The third book of the boy soldier. Its better than the second one (payback) but still not as good as the first one Boy soldier.
November 11, 2010
i thought it was a good book.
January 30, 2012
Fast paced story which was hard to put down. Fascinating information from an experienced soldier.
Well defined characters who you felt for.
Well defined characters who you felt for.
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