Si inizia con un prologo molto accattivante che cattura subito l’attenzione, ma nonostante ciò, la prima parte l’ho trovata un po’ sotto tono, forse a causa del l’eccessiva descrizione del passato del protagonista, ma comunque, man mano che si prosegue la lettura, il ritmo aumenta fino a risultare incalzante durante le scene d’azione. Mercer steals from these men in revenge for the financial ruin of his family to compensate for the wrongs they have caused. He had previously been awarded the Military Medal in 1979 for gallantry in action whilst serving with the Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland. After failing his first attempt at United Kingdom Special Forces Selection, he passed in 1984, and was attached to the SAS, with which he remained for the rest of his career in the British Army.

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These episodes give a realistic insight into the lives and missions of special forces operatives, making his books even more engaging.To expand I found the first third very engaging, the premise being a quantity surveyor who believed he and his family were cheated by the financial elite who now living and building new mansions in New Zealand. He wants payback and has developed an original way of getting his own back in a rather more direct way than writing irate letters to newspapers or trying to get his point over on TV. However, he gets caught, by a member of the Mega, Mega-Rich who, instead of breaking his legs and dumping him out to sea, wants him to steal a book of secrets from another member of the MMR.

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Three of the eight were killed, and four captured (including McNab) after three days on the run; one member, Chris Ryan, escaped. The 'Men at War' series, featuring characters like Dany and Fergus, is another popular series by him. From December 1977 to June 1978, he was posted to South Armagh, Northern Ireland, as part of the British Army's Operation Banner. They usually provide a comprehensive list, along with a brief description and review of each title in the series.After dropping out of school McNab worked at various odd jobs, usually for friends and relatives, and was involved in petty criminality, finally being arrested for burglary in 1976.

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Andy McNab's new hero is on a journey of revenge, in a story of one man's extraordinary pursuit of justice against all the odds. OK, having read all the Nick Stone novels, this was in the same vain, but I did not enjoy it as much. That in itself works, it's all the padding and filler and subplot that starts to make it rather cooky. Until his solo crusade falls foul of the very people he seeks to rob - the one per centers, the people who own the bulk of the world's wealth. By that time, McNab was suffering from nerve damage to both hands, a dislocated shoulder, kidney and liver damage, and hepatitis B.

The background plot started to move steadily in the direction of something that would sit well alongside the likes of the Da Vinci Code and assorted other conspiracy thrillers and the central premise didn’t succeed in gripping my imagination, but this is a case where your mileage may vary. A secret mission to serve the minions and bring every one under a roof of love and acceptance which of course is still a dream. Morso dalla rabbia e accecato dalla sete di vendetta, compie piccoli furti ai danni di uomini ricchi e potenti, gli stessi uomini che secondo lui si arrogano il diritto di decidere le sorti dell’intera popolazione mondiale. Solomon sat cross-legged on his bed, the disassembled pieces of his US-sourced Colt 45 laid out in front of him.