Kilo Option

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Summary: Kilo Option was a kiloton of fun to read!
Review: Kilo Option has more action on one page, than does Hunt for Red October in the entire book! Should appeal to the techno-thriller fan. One of his best books.
Read also "By Dawn's Early Light(written by him under the name of David Hagberg)

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Summary: Kilo Option was a Kilo-ton of fun to read
Review: Lots of action and intrigue. I had a lot of fun reading this book, and believe that you will, too. Definitely one of his better, if not, best books to date. Far better than Tom Clancy, if you want a book that moves along, he takes the appropriate amount of pages to tell a story, unlike Clancy who takes a thousand pages, to write a three hundred page story.
Unfortunately he no longer writes under this name, but now writes strictly under the name of David Hagberg, rehashing the same 'Formulaic' story over, and over again, with his semi-retired spy/assassin Kirk McGarvey as his main protagonist.

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Summary: Average Effort
Review: Pull back the reigns on this one, there is a lot going on and I just do not think the author had the skill to weave it all together in a tight, convincing way. Sure this book is interesting to read now given the state of American politics, but that is about the best I can say. And why the love interest from the past? I am convinced that long ago some book publishing executive wrote a set of rules which dictated that all action thrillers need some kind of sub plot love story. Then one just seemed to me to be thrown in by the author to placate someone other then the author thinking it was an intricate part of the story. I did find some of the detail of the Middle East interesting and the story does have its moments of fast paced action, but overall and average effort.

Rating:
Summary: Average Effort
Review: Pull back the reigns on this one, there is a lot going on and I just do not think the author had the skill to weave it all together in a tight, convincing way. Sure this book is interesting to read now given the state of American politics, but that is about the best I can say. And why the love interest from the past? I am convinced that long ago some book publishing executive wrote a set of rules which dictated that all action thrillers need some kind of sub plot love story. Then one just seemed to me to be thrown in by the author to placate someone other then the author thinking it was an intricate part of the story. I did find some of the detail of the Middle East interesting and the story does have its moments of fast paced action, but overall and average effort.

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Summary: Another shoddy techno-thriller
Review: The first thing I thought when I finished this novel was say to myself: "What the hell was going on?" Even from the start of Kilo Option, Flannery baffles the reader. It reads as if he just slapped together a few action filled chapters without connecting them. The dialogue sounds like something out of an old G.I. Joe cartoon, and the characters all look alike and talk like John Wayne. I think Flannery intended Bill Lane to be the next Jack Ryan or Jake Grafton, but it doesn't come off. Bill Lane doesn't have the intelligence to be either of them. Flannery's novels do not have the authenticity of either a Clancy or Bond, and the scene aboard the freighter is an absolute and shameless rip-off of The Hunt For Red October. The plot is not well thought-out. What in the hell is Kilo Option anyway? The reader keeps guessing, and never finds out, and on top of that, we're threatened with a sequel. If you want to read something more plausible, read any novel by Clancy or Bond. Even a James Bond novel seems more plausible than this.

Rating:
Summary: Another shoddy techno-thriller
Review: The first thing I thought when I finished this novel was say to myself: "What the hell was going on?" Even from the start of Kilo Option, Flannery baffles the reader. It reads as if he just slapped together a few action filled chapters without connecting them. The dialogue sounds like something out of an old G.I. Joe cartoon, and the characters all look alike and talk like John Wayne. I think Flannery intended Bill Lane to be the next Jack Ryan or Jake Grafton, but it doesn't come off. Bill Lane doesn't have the intelligence to be either of them. Flannery's novels do not have the authenticity of either a Clancy or Bond, and the scene aboard the freighter is an absolute and shameless rip-off of The Hunt For Red October. The plot is not well thought-out. What in the hell is Kilo Option anyway? The reader keeps guessing, and never finds out, and on top of that, we're threatened with a sequel. If you want to read something more plausible, read any novel by Clancy or Bond. Even a James Bond novel seems more plausible than this.

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Summary: A Good Action Book!
Review: This book had nonstop action from the start to the finish.You
have Bill Lane as the hero of this book. The very evil villain in this book is Ukranian agent Valeri Yernin. Frances Shipley rounds out the cast of characters in this book. You are on the vege of war with Iraq being aided by the Ukrain. Because of evel deeds by the Ukrain nation Saudi Arabia and Iran are about to go to war. Bill Lane is in a nonstop shooting war with Valeri Yernin
on all corners of the world. Saddam Hussein even has a role in this story. Add all of these characters together together and
you have an exciting story. After reading this book I have already purchased Achilles Heel. Buy and read this book. It is good.