My main quibble with the book was the abrupt transitions that occurred between scenes with no warning. For those that need to know, there is a great deal of violence in the book. It does include some of the weapons, ammunition, and gear discussions that are typical of this type of book, but it is not overdone. The writing style kept me engaged throughout the novel. Additionally, many questions came to my mind? What are people capable of doing? What pushes people to do the things they do? What impact does political maneuvering have during a crisis? What are people willing to do to conceal past actions or inactions? What happens when politicians are so focused on giving plausibility and conviction to potential future denials of knowledge? The action somehow managed to seem plausible even though it was definitely extreme. The author brought a strong sense of place to the events in the book. What has shaped his personality and actions? A variety of secondary characters have varying degrees of depth that lent a genuineness to them. We also get a good feel for the antagonist, Lazlo Antonov. He has depth, some faults that play into the story line, and makes for a great lead. The reader gets a good sense of Tom’s character over the course of the book. What follows is lots of action along with some heartbreak, intrigue, and bravery. Protagonist Sergeant Tom Buckingham is off-duty and winds up on the Eurostar to Paris when terrorists take its 400 passengers as hostage. The realism is given credibility by the author’s own experience as a member of the B Squadron of the 22 SAS Regiment working on both covert and overt operations worldwide. It’s also the first book in the Tom Buckingham series. It is a crime action adventure mainly set in England and the English Channel that features a SAS soldier and his teammates who go up against terrorists. SAS: Red Notice by Andy McNab is a book that grabs your attention with the prologue and has you fully hooked in the first chapter. He has been officially registered by Neilsen Bookscan as the bestselling British thriller writer of the last year. McNab's fiction draws extensively on his experiences and knowledge of Special Forces soldiering. The central character in all the books is Nick Stone, a tough ex-SAS operative working as a 'K' on deniable operations for British Intelligence. McNab's subsequent thrillers, Crisis Four, Firewall, Last Light, Liberation Day, Dark Winter, Deep Black and Aggressor have all gone on to sell equally well. Published in 1997, Remote Control was hailed as the most authentic thriller ever written and has sold over half a million copies in the UK. McNab is the author of seven fast action thrillers, highly acclaimed for their authenticity and all Sunday Times bestsellers. To date, Immediate Action has now sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK. Immediate Action, McNab's autobiography, spent 18 weeks at the top of the bestseller lists following the lifting on an ex-parte injunction granted to the Ministry of Defence in September 1995. The BBC's film of Bravo Two Zero, starring Sean Bean, was shown on primetime BBC 1 television in 1999 and released on DVD in 2000. The CD spoken word version of Bravo Two Zero, narrated by McNab, sold over 60,000 copies and earned a silver disc. To date it has been published in 17 countries and translated into 16 languages. Bravo Two Zero is the highest selling war book of all time and has sold over 1.7 million copies in the UK. McNab also worked as an instructor on the SAS selection and training team and instructed foreign special forces in counter terrorism, hostage rescue and survival training.Īndy McNab has written about his experiences in the SAS in two bestselling books, Bravo Two Zero (1993) and Immediate Action (1995). In Northern Ireland he spent two years working as an undercover operator with 14th Intelligence Group, going on to become an instructor. Trained as a specialist in counter terrorism, prime target elimination, demolitions, weapons and tactics, covert surveillance and information gathering in hostile environments, and VIP protection, McNab worked on cooperative operations with police forces, prison services, anti-drug forces and western backed guerrilla movements as well as on conventional special operations. He served in B Squadron 22 SAS for ten years and worked on both covert and overt special operations worldwide, including anti-terrorist and anti-drug operations in the Middle and Far East, South and Central America and Northern Ireland. In 1984 he was badged as a member of 22 SAS Regiment. Andy McNab joined the infantry in 1976 as a boy soldier.
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