Rating:  Summary: Outstanding Mate !!! Review: Read both of his first books B.T.Z and I.A. Remote Control is an outstsanding novel, the story is so plausible that I can not beleive it is fiction. Mr McNab you have outdone yourself yet again. Keep up the good work. Please give us a sequel to this facinating story. J.D
Rating:  Summary: How many "f" word useages do you need to ruin a good book? Review: This had the making of a great book. A good story line, explosive action, human interest and well written. Why did the author have to use the "f" word so regularly, so out-of-place and so off putting that it became too difficult to continue reading?
Rating:  Summary: I have not read it, this is a note about the author. Review: First of all this is not a review! So if you want one stop reading. First, for the second review listed: he wouldnt have gotten any of the guns wrong! What do you think he trained with for ten plus years?! I have read both of his non-fiction books (that are excelent and should be bought immediatly)and I wish he wouls write another one carrying on after Bravo Two Zero. I can only assume that this one is as good as his others. Tell me is it?
Rating:  Summary: Great espionage thriller with a twist Review: Nick knew he screwed up by not checking that the serial numbers from the weapons were erased before he brought them to the Kurds in Northern Iraq. So when the Firm called him in, Nick expects the worst because any scenario he plays in involves the deniable operations of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Instead, the Firm offers him a fastball assignment that he immediately accepts. He trails two members of the Provisional Irish Republic Army from Shannon to Washington Dc to learn who they meet. Everything goes perfectly for Nick until he calls for assistance to tap the hotel room of his marks. Shockingly, he receives instruction to lift off immediately. Since Nick has time before his flight back to England, he visits an old war buddy. When he arrives at his friend's home, Nick finds Kevin, his spouse, and one of their children brutally murdered. Nick escapes with the other child, seven years old Kelly. He tries to make contact with the Firm, but fails. The American police think he is the killer, but he knows that professionals like himself murdered his friend. He knows he must first prove his innocence before the Firm reels him and Kelly back to safety. REMOTE CONTROL may be the espionage book of the year as the suspense never lets up until the final page. If any literary character in recent years seems like an operative, Nick is that individual. Kelly adds an extra measure of tension. The incredible story line shows that Andy McNab has insider's knowledge that he details within the exciting plot. The tale seems so authentic, readers will be checking every stranger in any public place they visit, courtesy of Mr. McNab's talent. Harriet Klausner
Rating:  Summary: REALLY good Review: This book ROCKS!! I just couldn't stop reading it over and over again
Rating:  Summary: Good Book Review: I picked this up in Amsterdam. Not a bad work of fiction. McNab gets a couple of the guns wrong and I thought the name Nick Stone, to be a little lame in the start. But, overall, I never got bored and really enjoyed the book. Cameron Spence wrote another good book about the SAS in the Gulf and has written a work of fiction. Neither is available in the US, too bad.
Rating:  Summary: Great First Try Review: I picked up this book in the Sydney airport while on a business trip (I'm shocked as to why this hasn't been released in the States?). I loved it, I couldn't put it down for two reasons. First is because I had nothing else to read on my 14 hour flight back to LAX and the other was because it was an excellent story. I found the first person narrative a refreshing change. I have read "Immediate Action" and "Bravo Two Zero" both excellent in my opinion. As I read this book a sat and wondered how much of this stuff really happen to Andy McNab. All I can say to Andy is... I WANT MORE!
Rating:  Summary: Once you open it your transported into it! Review: After reading Bravo Two Zero and Immiediate Action a Novel was the next obvious step and I was not disappointed. Mcnab's first 2 books gave attention to detail of life in the SAS and in his first Novel this theme is carried over. Once you begin reading you are transported into the story with graphic descriptions making you view exactly what is going on as if you are really there. This book is full of surprises and is a story of an Ex-SAS man who becomes involved in a murder whilst on an undercover security operation. After his former colleagues' family is wiped out in a murder he must protect the only survivor, an 8 year old girl. The story takes many twists and at times can be quite funny with an ' Ex-SAS hard man' having to 'unofficially adopt' the 8 year old girl, protect her from the baddies and learn to live with her 'alien' habits.
Rating:  Summary: Not a bad read Review: I picked this book up in Amsterdam durng the summer of '98. I had read both of McNab's books prior and saw it in a train station and figured WTF. It's not a bad book and McNab has come up with a good story line. I think there are a few lame points in the book (Nick Stone, come'on is this a porn flick ?) and some of the gun and fights are a tad off. But, for someone who wasn't taught to be a writter, it's a darn good read. For those into the SAS, check out Cameron Spence's Sabre Sqd. I don't see it listed on Amazon and I picked it up in greece, but it's also about the Gulf War and he does a good job too.
Rating:  Summary: Bestseller Material Review: I am reading this book for the second time and it still retains it's surprises. I couldn't put it down the first time and i can't put it down this time. Highly reccomended
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