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Primary Target

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After about 5 years, Weber finally dishes out a fast paced, current events novel. Shockingly, this story sounds close to what is taking place in the world of terrorism today and not so long ago.

Basically, a billionare terrorist in Iran gets weapons help from the Russians, although the Russians do not play much of a role in the main scheme of things. The terrorist organizations in the Middle East have had enough with the U.S. prescence in the Persian Gulf.

With terrorist cells planted in the U.S., the plan of Bassam Shakhar, the head of the Iranian terrorist regime, is to down airlines, and target the president of the U.S., to force American forces from the Gulf.

Meanwhile, a retired CIA/Naval Aviator, and a current CIA operative, get together under orders from the DIA, to extract an operative from the Bekaa Valley, who has inside information on what Shakhar is up to.

A little too late, the cells in the U.S. lead by Khaliq Farkas and Ramazani begin their reign of terror. First, downing an airliner in Dallas, then later, taking control of the communications of the Atlanta ATCC, and sending planes over Hartsfield to the same altitude and position. Air Force One, being one of those planes.

Later, we find out a yacht armed with a nuclear warhead is heading toward D.C. to be detonated.

Scott and Jackie, the agents, mentioned above have to work together to stop these terrorists. Chapter after chapter, Weber's style keeps you reading til the end.

I read this book August 29-31, 2001. I thought at the time that that the book's plot to bring down Air Force One by Arab terroists was very ambitious. Then on Sept 11 when the four passenger jets were hijacked and the WTC Towers and Pentagon were hit I shivered at the similarities in the book's plot and the actual events of Sept. 11.

Based upon the recommendations of the previous reviews I picked up this book. While I obviously disagree with most of then - it was better than many "techno-thrillers", so I give it a solid average rating. Not a book you cannot put down, but I did mostly enjoy the ride.

The problems are mostly found in then "supermen" villians and heroes and very predictable plot. The "evil" Soviets teaming with those "evil" Arab terrorists to strike at the heart of a "pure" US President - using a close friend. I would say I don't want to give away the plot, but most people will have read the same thing in so many other books - that I cannot give away anything at all even if I printed the entire book in my review.

This is a good book from start to finish. The book begins with the Russians joining forces with the radical mullahs in Iran.An extremely deadly terrorist is turned loose on the United States. He proceeds to spread havoc all over the country. The American President finally gets enough and bombs every terrorist training facility in the world. The villain in this book helps to make this a good read. You will find no one more deadly or coldblooded. He survives every attempt to capture him. He continues pulling one act of terror after the other.This is a hard book to put down. Action packed from start to finish. Read it.

Never having read Joe Weber before I was a little dubious about the chance of his stories living up to other techno-military authors. Joe's book was gripping from the beginning page, excellently written with a story line that given todays global issues could certainly become true. Get this book today and you will not be disappointed!

I have enjoyed every one of Tom Clancy's books and had a hard time filling in my reading time between them. Now that I found Joe Weber, I have filled the gap. Primary Target was an excellent book. Fast moving, intricate plots, great flow and knowledge of weapons. Can't wait to get my hands on the next one.

This is an extremely well-written novel that literally makes it almost impossible to put down. Equal to Clancy, Brown, Coonts, DiMercurio and Stewart, there is no way you'll be disappointed by buying this one.

BEING A MAJOR FAN OF MILITARY TECHNO-THRILLERS, A FRIEND BOUGHT PRIMARY TARGET AS A GIFT FOR ME.....TOOK ME LESS THAN 3 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS BOOK....COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN....WAS LATE FOR WORK TWICE!!!IF YOU LIKE CLANCY, DIMECURIO, OR DALE BROWN....YOU'LL LOVE WEBER!!! HE KICKS SOME MAJOR BOOTY!!

I had never read a Joe Weber book before. After reading this book I will be looking for more of his works. This book has the two forces of evil joining forces,the Soviet Union and Iran. This makes for an exciting read. Terrorist acts break loose all over the Unites States. The President bombs every terrorist cell that can be named.There is also an ultimate villain with the terrorist who is still alvie when the book ends. Hopefully this means that there will be a sequel. A very well writtem amd exciting book. You will be the loser if you miss this one.

A stellar action novel! Hard-line Russians team up with Iranian-backed terrorists to bring chaos to the U.S., culminating with an assassination attempt on the President. The action scenes are masterfully done. Great drama leading up to the first airliner crash. The massive air/sea battle in the Persian Gulf was incredible. Very fast-paced and exciting. What happens at the Atlanta airport when everything goes to crud with Air Force One coming in is crush the armrest dramatic. Cord Macklin is the kind of President this country needs! Take charge fighter pilot-type that will push back when pushed too far. And what a push he delivers. Rest of the character development is OK. In some areas the dialogue didn't seem natural. But overall, Grade-A awesome book.