Seven Days From Sunday

MP-5 CIA #1

by M.H. Sargent

In this fast paced thriller, Iraq’s top terrorist makes two promises – a kidnapped American contractor will be executed on a given date, his body dumped in Baghdad’s Green Zone and a major attack will occur in seven days.

Working desperately to find the American and thwart the impending attack is an elite 4-man CIA team which includes an attractive female doctor. But they can only watch helplessly as the terrorist and his masked henchmen behead the American during a live video feed carried on the Internet.

What they don’t know is that one of the masked men is not a terrorist, but completely innocent. He is an Iraqi pharmacist who has infiltrated the group. His only objective – to find his missing fiancée, who the terrorist has also kidnapped.

After the beheading, he is free to go. But little does he know that his girlfriend will bring the American head to the Green Zone, and inside the dead man’s mouth is evidence linking him to the terrorist.

With the clock ticking, the CIA team knows that their only chance to stop the terrorist rests with the pharmacist and his beautiful fiancée. But can they really be trusted?

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Amazon, Suspense, Ebooks, Military Fiction

315 pages, ebook

First published January 19, 2010

Reviews

[Mrs Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in Iraq focusing around the recent American occupation and the lives of those soldiers and civilians trying to work in the war environment. I really enjoyed this book. A fast paced thriller with a good range of characters and a easy to follow storyline.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good, fast-moving thriller that takes place in Iraq. Americans stationed there to assist in setting up a democratic government. Radicals kidnap and behead an American contractor. The Americans are trying to figure out and stop a large-scale attack of some sort that is to take place in a weeks time. The plot involves a pharmacist who loves the half-sister of one of the terrorist leaders. I liked the characters and the story moves along at a good pace.

[Doug Bower · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book on my kindle based on an automatic recommendation. The book is fiction with the backdrop being Iraq where an American is beheaded and the Iraqi Security Force and American forces are notified that a major attack is going to happen 7 days from Sunday. The book follows this planned attack from the perspective of the CIA agents stationed in Iraq, pro-American Iraqis, non-aligned Iraqis, Iraqi media and the individuals planning the attack. The book was well written and a very interesting read that acknowledges that everything is not black and white in a country torn by war and recovery. I plan to read the next book.

[Betsy the Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was challenged to read this book in the KindleBoards Quasi-Offical Book Game and I enjoyed it. It was a quick read, had characters I cared about, and was generally well written. I didn't care for what I saw as a defense of waterboarding as a technique, but that doesn't change the fact that it IS a technique that has been used in Iraq, so I could accept it in the story as presented (I just wish time hadn't been spent justifying its use--let the story stand on its own.)

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I encourage all of you to give this guy a shot. The books flow, are easy reads and very enjoyable. I read the first book in the series and quickly downloaded the other 3. The characters are real and you should easily be able to pick out a favorite.. Anyways, I know I get emails often about what/who I am reading and I got wrapped up in this new unknown author.

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a mindless fictional thriller set in present day Iraq (or at least within the past 4 years), which involves a hunt by the CIA and US military of a terrorist planning on executing a spectacular attack. It was nearly free on Kindle and kept me interested.

[Lara Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've enjoyed reading this book. Another book in my favorites list. A very well written and fast paced thriller story. I easily fell in love with the characters! Can't wait to read the next book. I got this book from Amazon for free!

[Doug · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cheap kindle book, part of a series, the only one that I have read so far. This is not the style of books that I typically read, however, it was a great story and kept me interested.

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good thriller taking place in modern day Iraq. CIA operatives work to uncover and prevent a pending attack.

[Allene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not that great. Didn't hold my interest.

[Marguerite · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this book... couldn't put it down

[Sterling · Rating 3 out of 5]

good story and it moved quickly. The characters were well developed and it was intereisting to read. If you like action stories...this is a good bet.

[Rex Fuller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent.

[Kate Brown]

Free Kindle book from Amazon.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

An elite CIA team in 2006 Iraq is tasked with tracking down a terrorist who has just executed an American citizen in a live video and appears to be planning a large scale attack of some kind within a week. Also mixed up in the whole thing are an Iraqi pharmacist and his fiancée as well as an aspiring photojournalist.

A fastpaced and engaging read, though I found some of the characters' attitudes offputting and hard to stomach. Maaz, the Iraqi photographer, was the character I found most likable and interesting. As he'll apparently also play a role in the next book in the series I might check it out at some point.

[John Waaser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast-paced action.

There were several grammatical and word-choice errors near the end, mostly sentence fragments, and maybe some run-on sentences earlier, but otherwise a quality piece of work. I don't have any experience comment on the plausibility of the scenes, but very few that I might question. And the action was generally very good. I skipped doing important stuff to finish it.

[Aviar Savijon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seven Days From Sunday

A magnificent thrilling chiller experience, yes fiction but amazingly told so it seems so real and definitely believable. If action, and suspense are your thing you'll love it too.

[Richard M. Dahlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Recommended!

This is an oustanding read! Hard to put down once you start! Being retired military and spent some time in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iraq, I can relate to the stuff going on! A must-add to anyones reader list!

[Gayle England-Triplett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 1 in this series is......

.....EXCITING, SUSPENSEFUL, REALISTIC.... You will want to read the next book asap! Just plan on reading the entire series as soon as they come our.

[Richard Cowart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great start

This series about a CIA team embedded in Iraq has the many different fronts in the battle of trying to track down a terrorist cell in their own country. Well written action story with good interaction between the characters both American and Iraqi.

[Vicii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok. It wasn’t a page-turner and I didn’t find myself wanting to read; even though it had the time I found other things to do which isn’t a great sign. I did however want to know what the outcome was and it wasn’t a bad book, just not one that held my attention

[Robert Morton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost a historical ficiton novel level of the Middle East violence and locations. Nice depiction of Islamic terrorists in Iraq, kidnapping of a U.S. contractor, Baghdad's Green Zone, all with a geopolitical overtone as to why the West has boots on their country.

[Charlene (Char)🍁☕️📚 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A page turner

This book is action filled and I loved it. This book is great read for anyone that likes a thriller and military books.

[gene spainhour · Rating 1 out of 5]

?????

I tried to read this book, I'm not a person who likes war's I guess when I bought this book I didn't know anything about it. Not for me

[John Striet · Rating 2 out of 5]

No great thriller

There were no strong characters and the plot not very interesting. Just like many other action books but not as well written.

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Copaganda with weak cliffhangers into each chapter, especially when McKay was questioned about her time in Kenya

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very enjoyable book about the lives of people in and around a CIA team undercover in Baghdad. An american had been kidnapped and beheaded live on the website of a notorious terrorist leader. A photographer and his family became involved when the girlfriend of his brother-in-law was the half-sister of the terrorist and she was kidnapped to help him in his cause to create a huge incident seven days after the beheading

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book because I had read "Toward Night's End" also by M.H. Sargent and I really enjoyed it. I did enjoy this book as well, but I didn't think it was nearly as good as "Night's End."

I felt that this book was long on plot and short on action. This is the story of a special CIA unit stationed in Bahgdad. They are charged with dealing with terrorists operating in Iraq. The book opens when an American contractor is kidnapped and beheaded by a Jihadist group and the head is delivered to the Americans in the Green Zone. The plot kept me engaged.

While I think the plot of the book was great, Sargent took almost half of the book to get to any real action. The first half of the book was mostly descriptions of and building of characters that were essential to the story. I realize this is the first book in the series, and some of this must be done, but we learned way more than we needed about side characters. I just think that some of the character description could have been left out or better integrated with more action.

I did enjoy this book and will pick up the next book in the series. I would recommend this title to friends as well.

[Michael Gallagher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mood Like LeCare’s The Little Drummer Girl on ‘Crack’
In Seven Days From Sunday, M.H. Sargent, builds credible characters in a complex, fast-paced plot. The people of this great book stood out because of their vulnerability. One possibly critical fault in the structure of spy thriller remains superhero expectations on the part of readers. This author builds on what this reader remarks as a growing narrative style in a nascent niche in the thriller/spy market.
The story bounces around a linear, one-week-to-solve-it-all scaffold. Characters, such as the maintenance man evolving into a professional photojournalist, grow more and more human with every new scene that they populate. The terrorists engender the reader’s hatred not only by their ruthlessness, but also by the clever way that the author contrasts some of the good guys’ hopes and desires to the callousness of the bad guys.
The plot revolves around an action-packed series of events in Bagdad, Iraq reminiscent of a blockbuster film starring Matt Damon. Spoilers keep me from going into detail, but the mood reminds this reader of the mood of The Little Drummer Girl by John LeCare, though paced a little more on ‘crack’.

[James Hanrahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Couldn't put it down.

Great read couldn't put it down. Look forward to reading more when I can. Book keeps you wanting more. Good job.