Echo of War: A Briggs Tanner Novel

Briggs Tanner #3

by Grant Blackwood

The final installment in the trilogy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Dinaric Alps, Bosnian region of Austrian Hungarian Empire, 1918

After four Allied soldiers stumble across a biological weapon that could bring devastation to the world, they take a vow to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. Ever since, the deadly substance—code-named Kestrel—has been guarded by the descendants of those four brave men, each with the mission of keeping its existence a secret.

Chesapeake Bay, August 2003

The wife of former CIA director Jonathon Root has been kidnapped, and no one except Root himself knows who carried out the crime or why. His grandfather had been one of the soldiers responsible for stealing Kestrel, and now a group of Bosnian terrorists are trying to force Root to hand it over.

Enter agent Briggs Tanner. His mission: follow a trail through the Alps, to the heart of where it all began. At risk: Millions of lives lost, starting with his own. 

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

341 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 29, 2003

About the author

The New York Times bestselling author of the Briggs Tanner series, (END OF ENEMIES, WALL OF NIGHT, and ECHO OF WAR) Grant Blackwood is also the co-author of the Fargo Adventure Series (SPARTAN GOLD, LOST EMPIRE, and THE KINGDOM) with Clive Cussler, as well as the co-author of the #1 NYT bestseller, DEAD OR ALIVE, with Tom Clancy, and the upcoming thriller, THE KILL SWITCH, with James Rollins.

A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer.

Grant lives in Colorado, where he is working his own standalone series starring a new hero.

Reviews

[itchy · Rating 4 out of 5]

far shorter than the first two, same insane amount of typos

i realized belatedly that the errors are mostly ocr errors;
i'll maybe list a few funny ones in a day or two

(a day or two later)
p56: three house later they were standing in one of the fbi's laboratories at quantico staring at a computer monitor.

p107: unless selmani were deaf and blind, they wouldn't get within fifty yards of the shack before being spotted.

p174: they dragged him down the udder to the afterdeck.

p241: "svetic served him up, dicing he?"

p246: their progress was frustratingly slow, but tanner knew better than to rash.

p254: mcbride said, "go home and be happy. that's enough for me."
"here, here," said cahill, and oliver nodded along.

p326: "bear, can you here me?"

p331: tanner crouched behind the trunk, laid the m4 barrel across it, and peered over the sites.

[Ashley McCabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story

Last part of trilogy of well-written story of evil in the world and our ways of dealing with t them.
Based mostly over seas, shows the courageous and dedicated people who are in charge of keeping us safe. Loved the series and characters.

[Rosemary Dreyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

My biggest frustration with this e-book was all of the typos and misspelled words. It was incredibly distracting and irritating, and dampened my enjoyment of the novel. Of the three Briggs Tanner books I’ve read, this was the clearest in plot and easy to follow. It had mostly well-developed characters; an intriguing story; and pretty good writing. But I’m done with this author. Not worth the aggravation.

[taylor anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

another non stop Thriller

Can’t say enough about the organization of details in this series. Author has presented details of high tech gear as well as researched interesting places for the suspenseful plot. Thankyou for an interesting read

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I enjoyed the series, I would say the books were more complex than necessary. While you might call it plot twists, it took away my desire to keep reading. Editing was not good on any of the books.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Too bad the publisher didn’t do a good job of correcting spelling errors.

[Garry Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading the 3rd book in the series, I decided the Tanner stories read like Clive Cussler tales: one or two is okay, but no more—time to move on to something else.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that many men might enjoy the story with its fights and weaponry more than I did, but I did enjoy the story. Blackwood writes well, which is more than I can say for a lot of action/adventure writers. In my opinion the plot was logical--if a bit stretched--and ended as I wanted it.

His biography states the following:

"A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer."

[Tammy Lee Benson]

Good

this is a good fast paced novel. Lots of action and suspense. Good read.
This whole series of books was poorly edited and rife with misspelled or completely incorrect words. Needs a better editor. I do not blame the author.Grant Blackwood did a fantastic job with this story

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

like the earlier efforts Tanner and his shadow organization still contract out to the government...their efforts stop an effort to reignite the Balken ethnic hostilities and to prevent a deadly secret from an earlier war from decimating the world..OK read

[Frans Kempe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast actionfilled enjoyment about Tanner and Bear who goes after his goddaughter at the same time the former head of CIA:s wife is kidnapped. Enjoyed it.

[Darin Miller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun but.....

Fun book, but the amount of typos and grammar errors is beyond belief. The author and editors did a really bad job proof reading

[Chip Daly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best of the 3 so far!