- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada (April 22 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385658796
- ISBN-13: 978-0385658799
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,094,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Former British SAS agent Nick Stone sets his sights on al-Qaida in his fifth adventure (after Last Light), a search-and-capture mission weighed down by excessive detail and a numbing lack of action. Stone, now working for a special antiterrorist U.S. strike team, is assigned to the south of France to choke off al-Qaida's money line. Stone has taken the job reluctantly. He wants to retire, but the CIA has promised him U.S. citizenship and a new life with the woman he loves if he completes the task. On arrival in Cannes, Stone hooks up with two Egyptian sidekicks, and the trio begin tracking down the so-called hawalla, the secret network of underground bankers who finance terrorist operations and compensate the families of those who die in the cause. Specifically, Stone's job is to kidnap three of the bankers and whisk them to a U.S. warship just off the French coast, where they will be interrogated and forced to reveal the origin and destination of their money. As is his custom, Stone takes the beating of his life, but perseveres in the face of overwhelming odds. McNab, a British special forces member for more than a decade, is at his best when the action gets hairy, as it finally does toward the end. Too much of his latest, however, is spent following Stone through the mundane details of mission preparation-staking out locations, following suspects, ruminating about possible scenarios. Instead of biting their nails, readers will be staring at them absently, bored by the colorless plot.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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"McNab writes like a dream...throat-clutching action, authentic scenarios, spectacular precision."
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Low-brow nihilistic rubbish,
By R. Petersen (B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked this book up in transit for lack of anything better. The main character is a hired killer. He doesn't care why or who he kills. He gets to be a "freshly minted" U.S. citizen if he succeeds with the killing. The writing is terse, ironic, and inhumane. If you're looking for action-packed fiction written for doughheads, you're welcome to my copy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
liberation day,
By A Customer
This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Mass Market Paperback)
McNab is the best, highest level spec ops author....believable, likeable, funny, un-prejudiced, sticks to the story...unlike marcinko, I've never seen one of McNab's I didn't like..
4.0 out of 5 stars
not so great, but worth a read,
This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Mass Market Paperback)
This is surely not one of the best books of Andy McNab.Liberation Day is a funny book with nice characters and Humour. The Story is not so great as Crisis Four or Firewall, but it's a good read and worth the money.
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