- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; First edition (1 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 059304617X
- ISBN-13: 978-0593046173
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 506,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Last Light (Nick Stone 04)
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Last Light is a resounding demonstration of Andy McNab's evolving abilities, offering a richer level of plotting, along with the customary well-turned rough stuff. McNab might initially have seemed to be some kind of briefly shining star in the bestseller firmament, his SAS experience and well-advertised pseudonym guaranteeing a couple of toughly authentic thrillers in the style of Bravo Two Zero, and no more. But such successive books as Firewall, Remote Control and Crisis Four have categorically demonstrated that he has more than enough top-flight skills to sustain a long writing career.
In Last Light, after terminating an officially approved assassination bid at the Houses of Parliament when he realises the identity of the intended target, McNab's hard-as-nails protagonist Nick Stone, "deniable operator" of the intelligence services, is severely disciplined by his bosses. He is told to travel to Panama and finish the job, or he and Kelly (the 11-year-old girl he is guarding) will be "taken care of" themselves. As Nick gets ready for his assignment in central America, he soon finds that his enemies have turned the tables on him: he is now the hunted, and finds himself up to his neck in a murky plot involving Colombian rebels and the US government. All the usual McNab fingerprints are here: not too much shading, but flinty characterisation and a barrel load of high-velocity action.--Barry Forshaw
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'Gripping stuff...Nick Stone makes Action Man look like a couch potato' Daily Express; 'McNab is a terrific novelist. When it comes to thrills, he's Forsyth class' Mail on Sunday; 'McNab's great asset is that the heart of his fiction is non-fiction: other thriller writers do their research, but he has actually been there' Sunday Times
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As someone who is virtually housebound, I get to read an awful lot of books (and a lot of awful books!) so I know a good one when I see it. I always buy the new Andy McNab when it comes out, and I haven't been disappointed yet. Same this time. "Last Light" is a phenomenal read. Gutsy, credible, you really think you're living the action every inch of the way. But there's more to this book than blood and bullets. The characters, especially Aaron I thought, are really vibrant, living people. You care about what happens to them. Well done Andy on another magnificent achievement. I know they don't put books like this in for the Booker Prize and things like that, but they jolly well ought to. Nick Stone would win hands down.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Last Light is definitely McNab's best yet. From its breathtakingly audacious opening to its surprisingly poignant conclusion, this book is a winner.
The thrills are here in droves, of course. So's the tradecraft, and the McNab hallmark gifts of absolute authenticity and relentless excitement. But the real plus for me, this time around, is that McNab dares to take his hero to the kind of psychological low that we haven't seen in thriller fiction since John Le Carre's Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and that makes the tension, both in London and the Panama jungle, almost unbearable.
Nick Stone is a satisfyingly complex character, who becomes more interesting with every novel. He is the guy who does the dirty jobs that we need him to do - and he pays the price.
Can't wait for the next one.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
McNab (actually I should probably call him Mr. McNab) just gets better and better. What I admire about this guy is that he was not put on this earth to be a novelist. If it wasn't for Bravo Two Zero he'd probably be a bodyguard to some Sheikh in Saudi Arabia. But he has fashioned a new career and he gets refreshingly better with every sip. Last Light is a real paradox - it's incredibly slowly paced but never bores you. You'd think you'd get bored of ten pages of surveillance in the Jungle in Panama but you don't. I believe this is because the reader knows in the back of his mind that Mr. McNab has definitively been there and done that before. He was probably stalking Noriega in Panama in 1988. So the realism on each page absolutely screams back at you. The other great thing about these novels is that the central character - Nick Stone - is not some Ninja king who can kung fu fifteen opponents while picking his nose. He gets scared, he gets hurt, and he's not a particularly likeable character. But, bejesus he's believable. And for that reason alone this book is worth reading. The special forces have become so romanticised in the mass media (especially in light of current events), that I think Mr. McNab and his books should be required reading in order to understand that a small group of men - however well trained - cannot save the world from terrorism. After all, they're only humans. And there's no doubt that Nick Stone is human.
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Got this for a pound .....
picked this up in a bargin bin .... result.Real characters, compelling storyline and levels of detail that are fantastic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Danny
Just what i wanted!!
This is the final Hard back book needed for my collection of Andy McNab books and i am very pleased with it.
Published 12 months ago by wolfie
A bit more than a walk in the jungle.
Nick Stone is once again working for a section of MI6. The book starts off with Nick Stone in the UK planning an a assassination with three other special ops. Read more
Published 20 months ago by M. Jones
Good McNab read.
Typical McNab, packed full of action along technical and operational details. Storyline may not be one of the best (and that's only my opinion) but still a cracking good read... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Clive Cole
Dull!
I found this book extremely boring after a while as it is slow. 100 pages in and hardly anything had happened. For action packed thrillers, I would recommend Chris ryan books.
Published on 28 Feb 2010 by caroline
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This was purchased for a friend who is housebound and she was delighted with it.
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by Book Lover
A bit uneventful
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The book was just about readable and not the best of the Nick Stone series. Read more
The book was just about readable and not the best of the Nick Stone series. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2009
Another Goodun
You've gotta feel for Nick Stone, especially if you've read the other books before this one. Again, McNab develops his main character incredibly well. Read more
Published on 4 April 2006
Too Realistic to be fiction, A Very good read.
This story is my personal favourite in the Nick Stone saga. Though it lacks the plot originality of earlier members it out dose them all in plot twists (which are presented in an... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by Sam Anders
a good read
if you like mcnabs style then this is a must read. probably better to read the books in this series in order though, so get remote control first.
Published on 1 Feb 2005 by R. Merriman
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