- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; First edition (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593042379
- ISBN-13: 978-0593042373
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 349,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Crisis Four is Andy McNab's fourth book and his second work of fiction, but he has already established himself as a brand name. His trademark is the SAS and dirty operations, so it will come as no surprise to anyone that the hero, Nick Stone, is a hard but fair ex-SAS man, now working for £250 per day as a freelance agent for British Intelligence on undercover missions which will be denied if they go wrong. The basic story is relatively straightforward. Stone undertook a mission to Afghanistan in the late 80s with a mysterious femme fatale, the posh Sarah; they had a fling and she promptly dumped him on her return. In 1995, they meet up briefly on another undercover mission to Syria which starts to go horribly wrong as Sarah appears to be working to a different briefing. Then, in 1998, Stone gets a summons on his pager to meet his bosses at Gatwick. Sarah has gone AWOL from her apartment in Washington DC and Stone's job is to find her. This he ingeniously achieves quite quickly and there then follows a long, tense chase across the US. Sarah's true past, and the secret that she holds, is gradually revealed and the ending is truly gripping.
For all McNab's authentic detail--we get lots of information on how to kill people and survive attacks--reading Crisis Four is a bit like playing Tombraider on the computer. It's a compelling other world, where reality is only paid lip service to, but the action comes so thick and fast that you can't help turning the page. And this is what marks Crisis Four as a cut above the average thriller. It is an unashamedly blokeish book--you won't find much in the way of subtlety of characterisation--though compared to Dick Francis McNab is positively Henry James--and you have to put up with the odd few pages that read more like instruction manuals for military hardware than narrative, but these are relatively minor quibbles. So many times you get to the end of a thriller only to wonder why on earth you bothered; Crisis Four delivers on its promises. --John Crace
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The master storyteller hurtles us once more into his heart-stopping world of violence, betrayal and high-octance suspense. Nick Stone, ex-SAS, now a "K" working for British Intelligence on deniable operations, is tough, resourceful, ruthless. Sarah is beautiful, steel willed, intelligent, cunning, the only woman Stone has loved.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another work of brilliance from McNab,
By A Customer
This review is from: Crisis Four (Hardcover)
I have been a McNab fan since his very first book and have read every one several times over. I have just finished Crisis Four for the third time and I've only had it for a fortnight. The story is his most gripping yet and the attention to detail is outstanding, so good in fact that it makes you wonder whether the events are real or close to real. Whoever it was that said they anticipated the ending is either a great author or a great liar. I read books like this all the time and did not figure out what Sarah was up to, (don't want to ruin it for those who have not read it yet). McNab gets better with every book he write. I can't wait for the next Nick Stone installment. Keep writing Andy!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute must,
By A Customer
This review is from: Crisis Four (Hardcover)
After two autobiographical literary outings, Andy McNab ventured in to very different world of fiction with Remote Control. A story so believable you wonder whether the author was actually there. With Crisis Four he's done it again. The plot would be difficult to believe if it where composed by anyone other than McNab. Crisis Four is fiction mixed with fact, so cleverly written you find yourself shouting advice at the pages, angry and even upset when Nick Stone, the British freelance agent on deniable operations, doesn't heed your warnings. The author carries you through the first three-quarters of the novel, then in the last few chapters, he allows you to read between the lines and "catch on" before he does. This is an excellent book, please let there be more to come.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unputdownable!!,
By Philip (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crisis Four (Paperback)
I picked up this book whilst on holiday and it didn`t take long before I was hooked! It is the first McNab book I have read but now plan to read all of them. Nick Stone is an excellent character and the plot is exciting as well as believable. I cannot recomend this highly enough but read Remote Control first. I did not have the benefit of this but it did not spoil Crisis Four at all. This is a testamnet to how good the book is!
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