- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; New Ed edition (23 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330367404
- ISBN-13: 978-0330367400
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,792,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Can one man trigger a nuclear war? Military intelligence analyst Bill Lane is about to find out. When the National Security Agency assigns him to investigate a mysterious commando raid on Iran's Persian Gulf submarine installation, Lane fears the worst--that terrorists have stolen the technology they need to ignite a full-scale nuclear war in the Middle East.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Average Effort
11 April 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Good Action Book!
5 Sep 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
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.
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
just keeps going and going and going an.....
21 Dec 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For those who know their military hardware, "Kilo" refers to a class of Russian built electric-powered (non-nuclear) submarines. Though shorter-ranged than nuclear subs which can remain submerged for months, the electric-drive is inherently quieter than nuclear power (which relies on pumps and piping), making boats like the kilo harder to detect, and thus deadlier. Add late 1980's technology to increase efficiency, throw in some deep-pockets clients from the sunnier (and less-stable) regions of the globe (where they watch C-span with a laugh-track) and the kilo becomes the cheap answer to submarine warfare - fast, deadly and impossible to find.
Strangely, the plot of "Kilo Option" similarly escapes detection, but that doesn't help things. Instead, "Option", in which charachters load up on plots and counterplots, goes beyond incomprehensible. Describing what the book is about is impossible, though it's safer to say what's in the book - Saddam Hussein plotting; fanatical Iranian mullahs; rogue Russians selling their hardware and services to the highest bidder; lots of shooting; lots of hardware; a hunky hero who never manages to get the bad guy (it's hard yto like a hero who fails to bring an end to this interminable book); and a Russian agent whose less a charachter than an engine of doom with dialog (even Darth Maul had funnier lines than this guy). with the plot so murky, there's never any sense that Flannery is working up to a climax, as if he can sustain a climax from an early shootfest thruought the length of his book. Thus, we only have a dwindling number of pages to mark the passage of the book (and even that can't always convince).
The weirdest thing about this book is the way it parallels the nonesensical "Crossfire" written by David Hagberg - Flannery's alter-ego. Throwing in some stuff about subs (sunken U-boats), a hunky (though retired) intelligence agent, some misunderstood Iranians..., mercenary Russians (with planes instead of subs), a Russian agent turned killing machine who seems to eliminate life out of compulsion, and no coherent plot to arrange them in, Hagberg has essentially written an earlier version of "Kilo Option".
What little that can be understood is annoyingly unoriginal, and the ... fundamentalist muslims, scheming Russians, rogue nukes, hunky heroes and Saddan Hussein lack the slightest hint of any development, as if they were off-the-shelf components for some cut-grade weapons system. If you come upon "Kilo option", I'd suggest another choice.....
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