The Kill List
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451467638 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 08/05/2014 |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Sales rank: | 252,192 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.10(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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This reads like a training guide on hunting down terrorists. It is a very detailed story of the hunt for the Preacher, a terrorist who broadcasts over the internet to recruit new followers. He instructs them on how to target people in the U.S. and Britain. These new converts are ideally people already in country, who can be convinced to attack their targets from within. One man, Col. "Kit" Carson is leading the fight against the Preacher, not only because he is the head of an anti-terrorist task force, but also because his own father has been a target of an attack. A good read, but sometimes the technical aspect over powers the human story. Book provided for review by Putnam.
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Boring! The first approximately 60 pages are just historical or biographical background. I'm on page 73 of 239 (per Nook) and Kit Carson is finally doing something - he is having conversation. It couldn't get more exciting than this!! Maybe the next 166 pages will be interesting, in which case I'll post a better review.
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Terrific story, detailed, fast acting, timeliness. His best since Day of the Jackal and just as compelling.
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great book,kept me interested
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I have been a Frederick Forsyth fan for a long time -- but not any more! This book is tired -- a thin, watery plot and filled with poorly drawn characters. One particular annoyance is that Forsyth has apparently done no research on American military institutions, missions, customs or uniforms. He simply transplanted what he knows about the British military onto American platforms. It doesn't work. Save your money.
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I enjoyed this book. plenty of action to keep the read going.
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It lacked the beautiful plotting and suspense building that Forsyth is usually known for.
It is jam packed full of facts about the machinations of the counter terrorism units, although one can clearly see that his heart beats fiercely for the British units. The last few chapters almost roar with male pride and Forsyth seems to come alive when he writes about those specific units.
Kudos to the author for not only fitting in the Somali pirates but also opening readers eyes to their ruthlessness. They always seem to be depicted in the media, as some sort of ill behaved Captain Sparrows getting their booty by kidnapping boats and people and holding them to ransom. That is some Hollywood fantasy though. The Somali pirates are murderers with financial connections to terrorist cells. They deal in weapons, currency, lives and the only thing that counts is screwing the West and making money.
I think the author is trying to appease his US audience with the overemphasis on the US concentrated plot. I think he writes his best when he writes with a focus on Brits.
There is little dialogue and a lot of facts. Full of dry descriptions and technical details, which kind of take the thrill out of the thriller.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley.
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Good read. Unexpected twist and turns keep you wanting to not put it down.
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Reading this book gave me an even better understanding of what can happen in countries such as Somalia, Pakistan, etc. After reading this I could only be more grateful than usual for being born an America, and having this wonderful country to live in. Americans, unfortunately, take to much for granted.
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Well written and enjoyable to read, good plot, average ending
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Highly enjoyable as every Forsyth book!
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If I had known that this was a story about Somali pirates, I would not have bought it. I had trouble engaging at any level with the story line, and did not enjoy it.
The core story line of the Tracker is unique, and could have been interesting, but never drew me in.
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Although I enjoyed reading this latest Frederick Forysth I have to say it is not one of his best novels - but still worth reading.
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Good story but told in a very clipped, newspaper style.
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THIS BOOK WAS NOT UP TO MR FORSYTH'S STANDARDS. TOO MUCH DISCRIPTIONS
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interesting read typically well done Forsyth book.
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Action moving so fast it is hard to keep up
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The title of this novel refers to a list approved by the President of the United States of people an agency called the Technical Operations Support Activity (TOSA) is authorized to kill. The plot centers around the efforts to find and kill a terrorist known as The Preacher (real name: Zulfikar Ali Shah). A Pakistani, he uses the Internet to give on-line sermons in English in which he commands English-speaking Moslems to carry out assassinations of targets of their own choosing and encourages them to work alone to make intervention almost impossible. He is assisted by a computer expert called The Troll. By the end of the book, his followers have killed seventeen Americans and Brits. Leading the effort to find and kill him is an Arabic speaking Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel known as The Tracker (real name: Christopher “Kit” Carson). One of the Americans killed just happened to be his father, a retired Marine Corps general. One of the Tracker’s associates is code-named Ariel (real name: Roger Kendrick), an agoraphobic teenage computer geek with Asperger’s Syndrome. There is also an important sub-plot in which Somali pirates hijack a Swedish freighter. This techno-thriller is well crafted and a fast read, although the characters could use more development and there are few female characters at all.
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A little short and quick ending
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Good ole Forsythe is at the top of his game in this superb thriller. And Forsythe has always been the grandmaster of this genre, so having him at the top of his game is a huge treat. This was hard to put down and leaves me hungering for another of his great stories. Nobody gets more hard to access facts and details and weaves them into a super suspenseful, timely and tight thriller than Forsythe. Great Book!
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