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Summary: Not Seymour's best, but interesting
Review: Gerald Seymour has a wonderful way with characters and plots when he deals with the intelligence world and the milieu of special forces, undercover police, and that sort of thing. Almost all of his experience and knowledge is connected to British and Commonwealth individuals, but it's very interesting, and Seymour can bring such characters and atmosphere to life wonderfully. His range, however, is somewhat limited.
In the current book, the main character, Gord Brown, is a British Special Forces soldier who told off an American General at the end of Desert Storm, refused to apologize, and was as a result kicked out of the army. As a result he winds up in the north of Scotland working in a fishing village doing menial tasks, until a trio of Central American Indians show up, looking to hire a mercenary, though of course they have no money. Aimless and without any need for money, he agrees to go with them, and leads them into combat in the jungles of Guatemala.
This book has several difficulties, not the least of which is one of the supporting characters is supposedly an American. This character's dialog, even his ruminations in his head, are all pretty much British. The author gets pretty much everything wrong.
Other than that, Seymour has a wonderful way of writing, so that the inevitability of the plot is not that much of a drawback. You know that Gord and his cohorts aren't going to succeed in their plans without there being some hitches...Seymour never lets his characters succeed without difficulty, and sometimes even kills them off. This book is no exception.
I enjoyed this book enough to recommend it, in spite of the American who rang so false. I will say, however, that I've enjoyed pretty much all of Seymour's books, and given that he never sells that well here in the States, my opinion may be somewhat biased.
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Summary: Cool Book
Review: The Old Man was in exile. When he died in his son's arms, he made him promise to return to the revolution, and take back his country. But, he also told his son to "Take a fighting man.." and keep him close, for without one he would never succeed. So, the old exiles sent the Indians, with no money, to hire a fighting man.. They found Gordon Benjamin Brown. Gord agreed to join them, for no pay, because it had been a long time since anyone had asked. But there would be a bill to pay for services. The exiles had to promise to follow Gord's directions, for 7 days, and Gord promised to take back what had been lost. The only problem was, civilians never seem to realize how hard it can be, to be a solder for a week.
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Summary: Cool Book
Review: The Old Man was in exile. When he died in his son's arms, he made him promise to return to the revolution, and take back his country. But, he also told his son to "Take a fighting man.." and keep him close, for without one he would never succeed. So, the old exiles sent the Indians, with no money, to hire a fighting man.. They found Gordon Benjamin Brown. Gord agreed to join them, for no pay, because it had been a long time since anyone had asked. But there would be a bill to pay for services. The exiles had to promise to follow Gord's directions, for 7 days, and Gord promised to take back what had been lost. The only problem was, civilians never seem to realize how hard it can be, to be a solder for a week.
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