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Summary: A great Military thriller
Review: In 1939, three young people meet on an archeological dig in Egypt. The world seems like a fine place for Rachel Stern, Johann "Jack" Halder, and Harry Weaver as the two males amiably compete for the attention of their female companion.Four years later, their idyllic time together seems like a distant dream. The three of them have been impacted by the war in separate ways. However, they are about to reunite in Egypt as Hitler has set up a plot to kill Roosevelt and Churchill. Halder and Rachel have been blackmailed to implement the assassination. Harry is the person assigned to eliminate the enemy before they even attempt to achieve their objective. THE SANDS OF SAKKARA is a non-stop World War II thriller that will prove much enjoyment to fans of the sub- genre. The story line uses authentic events, which enhance the speed of a novel that fills the desert with blood. Though the trio of lead protagonists never seems quite real, the audience will root for them as they remain intrepid and loyal in spite of overwhelming odds against their success. With this tale and others like SNOW WOLF, Glenn Meade is quickly attaining a reputation for his historical thrillers. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Non-stop World War II thriller
Review: In 1939, three young people meet on an archeological dig in Egypt. The world seems like a fine place for Rachel Stern, Johann "Jack" Halder, and Harry Weaver as the two males amiably compete for the attention of their female companion. Four years later, their idyllic time together seems like a distant dream. The three of them have been impacted by the war in separate ways. However, they are about to reunite in Egypt as Hitler has set up a plot to kill Roosevelt and Churchill. Halder and Rachel have been blackmailed to implement the assassination. Harry is the person assigned to eliminate the enemy before they even attempt to achieve their objective. THE SANDS OF SAKKARA is a non-stop World War II thriller that will prove much enjoyment to fans of the sub-genre. The story line uses authentic events, which enhance the speed of a novel that fills the desert with blood. Though the trio of lead protagonists never seems quite real, the audience will root for them as they remain intrepid and loyal in spite of overwhelming odds against their success. With this tale and others like SNOW WOLF, Glenn Meade is quickly attaining a reputation for his historical thrillers. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Wonderful WWII thriller: the pages virtually fly past
Review: This is the first Glenn Meade novel I have read. It is nonstop entertainment. What impressed me about Meade is his great sense of pacing. We already know Churchill and FDR were not assassinated, yet this book manages to keep us in suspense throughout. The characters were surprisingly well sketched for a thriller. I truly loved it and am seeking out his earlier books.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Glenn Meade's previous books were good escapist fun...a pleasant way to pass a long plane ride or a winters night. The plots centred around real people and events but Meade still made it seem as though his fictional events had happened and the characters, while being sterotypes, were good. Unfortunately, in this latest book, this is not the case. The plot is too flimsy to hold attention and the characters are boring...you don't care if they live or die. The big surprise at the end is predictable.
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Summary: Another great effort from Meade
Review: Glenn Meade is one of the best writer's out there and one the most under-rated. The plot in this another one of his winners is the planned assassination of Roosevelt and Churchill during their secret meeting in Egypt in WWII. The story about friendship, betrayal and spies is expertly written by Meade, who carries it from the beginning to the end.
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Summary: Good to pass some time. Excellent for a plane ride, or train
Review: If your looking for something lite to read, something without hidden meaning, to take you to the exotic local of Cairo, Egypt, then this is the book for that. The action was minimal, but enough to keep me interested, conflict between love, duty, and friendship plays a role in the 3 main charactors. Nothing stellar about the book, it was just OK. Lacked the drama and conspiritorial shine and polish of Christopher Hyde's WWII thrillers.
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Summary: Honor before blood
Review: Two friends: Jack and Harry are separated by war in 1939. Jack must spearhead mission to assassinate both Churchill and Roosevelt, while Harry finds himself working the security forces to protect the two world leaders as they discuss the Normandy invasion.
Jack and Harry love the same woman Rachel. (Okay, so it is a predictable triangle, but that's okay - it works for this story.) The three find themselves confronting each other in a series of escalating developments as they seek to accomplish their respective missions.
The story is based on an actual event and a German mission that almost happened. This is the type of plot that Mr. Meade excels at.
If you like fiction where the line is blurred between fact and fancy, then this is the book for you.
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Summary: BOOOOOOOOOrrring!!!!!
Review: The story line is excellent but unfortunately mired in too many depth-less characters and painfully convoluted subplots. It is slow on the uptake tho thankfully does pick up the pace, but only at the last, and after you have waded through so much extraneous babble that you often wondered where you were headed in the first place---which was, incidentally, a plot to assassinate Churchill and Roosevelt. The book flap summary---and even the design of the dust jacket---made it seem like I was in for a treat. Wrong!! I often did not want to pick it back up (it took forever to finish!!!) but I am determined that if I spend money on a book, I'm going to read it. I would recommend this story to only the most patient of readers and certainly will not read again myself.
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Summary: More like 2 1/2 stars.
Review: Being a big fan of the WW II espionage thriller and not having read one in a while, I looked forward to reading this book. Not far into it I realized that I read it already some 20 years ago when it was called THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. While SANDS is reminiscient of EAGLE it doesn't hold a candle to the Higgins classic. It took me four weeks to finish this book. Four weeks!!! That's how un-suspenseful and un-compelling I found this story. I read SHOGUN in less time. Meade's 3 main characters are paper thin, unsympathetic and just downright DULL. The back cover leads one to believe that you are going to read a thrilling cat and mouse pursuit between two friends who wind up on opposite sides of the war. Nothing like this happens. Weaver, the American "intelligence" officer, merely tags along behind Sanson, the British intel officer who figures out the threat, interprets all the evidence and does all the leg work. Halder, the German "super spy" thinks he can win the war without getting his, or anyone else's hair mussed. If you keep reading looking for the dramatic showdown when these two friends and the woman they both love confront each other, save yourself some time, it never really happens. Skip this one and pick up a copy of THE EAGLE HAS LANDED by Jack Higgins or EYE OF THE NEEDLE by Ken Follet.
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Summary: Extremely Enjoyable Historical Thriller
Review: Historical thrillers can sometimes become tedious when the author becomes too involved in facts at the expense of character and plot development. Glenn Meade avoids this trap is this very entertaining World War II novel. The story is based on a triangle of friendship that is threatened by love and deceit. The historical setting is simply a prop to the story line. For those that found the assassination plot implausable, I ask them to come up with realistic scenario for such an act at any time, let alone in the middle of a war. It's not supposed to be easy to gain access to a U.S. President. That's why such acts don't succeed more often.
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