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Summary: Excellent Read.
Review: Who is better qualified to write a novel about covert missions overseas? Colonel North does an awesome job of explaining military procedure in terms that a civi like me can understand. The premise of the book circles around covert mission involving the elite British & U.S. Special forces. Their mission: to eliminate terrorists and Saddam Hussein. Their obstacles, besides being killed, corrupt U.N. officials and politicians. This is also an excellent Christian novel. Colonel North does a realistic job of explaining how a few of the central characters come to know Christ. If your looking for a novel of full of suspense, action, military missions , and a strong Christian message.... this is the book for you. Great show Ollie! Look forward to your next work of fiction.
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Summary: What a GREAT read !!
Review: I just completed Mission Compromised (MC) and recommend it highly, especially to anyone who thinks like the writers of the few negative reviews. North brings up several topics that really need to be addressed, e.g. why is it okay with UN types to send good soldiers into harms way while dignifying known liars with ridiculous diplomacy discussions? North doesn't answer the question of whether it is ever right for one state to assassinate the evil leaders of evil states - but he makes a good case for "yes". I also recommend MC to the non-Christians out there - because North handles this side of life with as much realism as I sense he handles the military aspects of the novel. Like it or not, people in crisis do find hope, forgiveness and even salvation in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Ask around and you'll find plenty of people who will tell you how God "arranged" events to help them in a time of need. After reading MC, I would recommend that offended non-believers read the gospel of Mark and the book of Acts in the Bible (for educational reasons only of course). Good action here too and the fuller version of why so many of us believe (like North) that Christianity is vital for us today. North properly shows the UN in a bad light. In my opinion he portrayed them with more respect than they deserve. I was uncomfortable with the way North wrote himself into the novel. It gave the story a weird surreal quality. It also felt like an unnecessary attempt to bolster his side of the story about his history in the White House. Now let me think, who am I more tempted to believe; liberal military-hating congressional types who embrace a Clinton-like definition of truth and the media who let them get away with it or a God-fearing soldier following the orders of a God-fearing Commander in Chief? Wow, tough choice, but forced to choose, I say, "Hit 'em again Ollie". If I knew how to offer a printed salute to North and his novel - I would insert it here. I'll be one the anxious readers of part 2.
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Summary: You won't put it down
Review: Oliver North's first venture into fiction is a tremendous success. I'm a stickler for detail in action/thrillers, and Colonel North truly delivers. The blending of fact and fiction, real people with fictional characters, makes this a frighteningly realistic story. The prior Administration failed in a lot of ways while "fighting" terrorism, putting politics over results - and our servicemen and women - and Colonel North picks up on those failures, creating almost an expose of how the war on terror was "fought" before 9-11. Along with the nonfiction works, "Ghost Wars" and "Losing bin Laden," "Mission Compromised" is a must read. I can't put down the sequel, "The Jericho Sanction," either.
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Summary: A pleasant surprise
Review: For those of you who have an appetite for suspenseful and gripping novels written from a reality-based Christian perspective, you will want to indulge yourself with Mission Compromised. Written by Oliver North and co-author Joe Musser, Mission Compromised takes the reader on a journey of intrigue, suspense, honor and betrayal. It creates a roller-coaster ride of emotions for the reader. North hits a home run with his first novel. I was excited to find that it packs the punch of a first-class thriller. Most readers probably have some familiarity with Lieutenant Colonel North, USMC retired. You may know him as the radio talk show host, guest on TV talk shows, syndicated columnist, and the central figure in the Iran-Contra hearings during Presidents Reagan's administration. North was the U.S. government's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator from 1983-1986. His 22-year military career includes many exploits and awards. He is also the author of two best-selling autobiographical books. Mission Compromised, although a novel, possesses an autobiographical component for North. In an interview about the book, North stated that interspersed throughout the novel are events and characters based on his actual experiences. In fact, Oliver North is an important character in the book. This historical aspect of the book makes it more believable for readers.
I felt many of the same emotions and had the same level of interest while reading this novel as I did while watching the movie Blackhawk Down. North illustrates the courage and vulnerability of the soldiers in the book and puts a face on the leaders and citizens of the enemy country where they are engaged. His book shows the decision-making processes of some of the political leaders and beauracrats that often pull the strings on military operations.
The title of the book summarizes its major plot: a covert military mission compromised by betrayal, greed and corruptness at the highest levels of government. The central character is a highly-decorated U.S. Marine chosen to lead a strategic mission into the heart of the Middle East to hunt down and eliminate terrorist leaders. The mission is jointly-sponsored by the United Nations, United States and Great Britain.
As the mission unfolds, North writes about the inner workings of Washington and international politics, as well as the military planning and implementation of a secret operation. He provides details that only someone with his level of government and military experience would be able to relate.
The military and political action of the book is balanced by a love story of redemption and faithfulness between husband and wife. Throughout the events of the novel, North adds believable and relevant Christian dialogue and interaction. He doesn't disrupt the flow of action or the integrity of the characters' development to include a salvation message. His inclusion of the Christian message is seamless within the fabric of the book. Mission Compromised is the first of a three-book series. This means that not everything is wrapped up by the end of the book. It also means that there are two more books to look forward to reading. Despite being book one of three, Mission Compromised does have a definite conclusion and epilogue, so it doesn't leave the reader hanging; however, it does leave the reader with a hunger for more to read. I hope the second book will be out soon.
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Summary: Gripping
Review: I found this book to be a gripping read ... the chapters were well organized and the sub-stories all came together very nicely throughout the book starting with Mogadishu and ending with the Gulf War era ... since I also enjoy politics, I found the espionage and corruption storylines in this book to be plausible which made it all the more interesting to read ... fortunately for Oliver North, the book was co-written by a great story teller using North's real-life knowledge in counter-terrorism ... soon after finishing this book, I purchased the sequel "Jericho Sanction" which was also very good but didn't measure up to Mission Compromised. Definitely a worthwhile read, I have recommended it to all my friends.
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Summary: Mission Compromised
Review: War stories have never been of much interest to me, but I loved this book. The writing style reminds me a lot of Tom Clancy without the tedious details.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: You'll notice I'm not male and yet I loved this book. It is an excellent book to spend time reading. A good story, very likable characters, and an accurate depiction of the political scene (I can personally vouch for it). It's suspenseful and loaded with superb plot twists. So what's the big deal that North launched a few well deserved jabs at those in high places. Not altogether undeserving given what we know. Christian themes are deeply rooted in many Marines lives (personal knowledge hereagain). And what are we expecting here, remember it is a work of fiction. Take it as that and enjoy yourself. This is a tremendous effort and well worth reading.
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Summary: Off to a great start.
Review: Oliver North (with help of co-writer Musser) is off to a great start as a novelist. I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. It has an exciting, intriguing plot & interesting characters. Yes, there are some boring spurts of techno-jargon (but not nearly as much as in some contemporary military thrillers) but I just skipped over those. It's the characters & the plot that drive this book (which is as it should be). I especially enjoyed North's rather daring move of making himself a character in his own novel. Not many authors would have the moxie to do that -- but it worked. I also liked the Christian sub-theme which I thought was very well done & seemed natural as part of the plot. So many Christian novels are too didactic & preachy. In this one, the characters' conversions seem like a natural development of their own personalities & the plot. A Christian-military novel is a narrow niche, but this novel is far far superior to another example I just read -- or, rather, tried to read -- it was so awful I gave up quickly. I refer to Mel Odom's "Apocalypse Dawn" -- a real turkey! If this is Ollie's literary revenge on his adversaries, that makes it even more of a fun read. I can't wait to read the sequel!
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Summary: Save your time and money
Review: I bought this book because it was reviewed with 4/5 stars. This book is a huge dissapointment. The first 300 pages are decent and had the makings of a good novel. However, I had to force myself to read the last 300 pages. They consisted of nothing more than 300 pages of Christian preaching and self indulgence. The book ended bad enough that this will be my first and last north book. How this book has received a 4 out of 5 rating is beyond me.
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Summary: The ending from hell
Review: First let me state that I think the author had a very good story line and started off very well. As I progressed through the book it became more and more obvious that the author had a Christian agenda that he wanted to push. I found this very distracting, however that was the author's choice. The biggest disconnect that I found, and ruined the story for me, was not only the Christian theme but the end results. There was no redeeming value when ALL of the "good people" were killed and ALL of the "bad people" went on as if they had done nothing wrong! This to me was a very unsatisfying ending. I know that we do not live in a perfect world and the story after all is fiction, but just like the real world there could have been some accountability. Alas their was none and hence my poor review. The author has good writing skills and if he wants to preach Christianity he should write books for sale in Christian bookstores. I would expect in a good action book there would be no preaching (or at least very little) and accountability of the evildoers.
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