- Mass Market Paperback: 656 pages
- Publisher: Warner Vision; First Edition edition (31 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446611778
- ISBN-13: 978-0446611770
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 3.2 x 17.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,630,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Last Man Standing has the essential elements of a terrific David Baldacci novel: a tough but tender-hearted hero, dirty dealings in the nation's bureaucracy and a roller-coaster plot. Web London, a member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, froze up on a drug raid and thus became the sole survivor of a remote-controlled ambush that killed six of his compatriots. Now the only witness has disappeared and the inside man on the botched raid has gone underground.
As a pretty psychiatrist puzzles over the corners of Web's brain that kept him alive, Web himself stays on the move. He's certain that the ambush is connected to the prison escape of a neofascist leader, Ernest B Free, whom he helped arrest five years earlier, and a series of new murders leads him to a Virginia horse farm and the driving force behind all the carnage. It may seem as though Baldacci gives away the mastermind too soon, but both the bad guys and the good guys are complex enough that there's plenty of punch all the way to the last page. --Barrie Trinkle, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Accomplished and amazing - one of the hottest reads around' (DAILY MAIL) 'A plot strong enough to make the bath go cold around you' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY) 'An adrenaline-pumping plot that could, once again, make you late for work' (HEAT)
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I made the (perhaps understandable) mistake of reading Baldacci's last novel, "Wish You Well", which was not a thriller, but a family saga, and I read it because I was a big fan of his earlier work (particularly Absolute Power and Total Control). Wish You Well, was well, tedious - "Last Man Standing" ROCKS all the way to the stunning ending. Baldacci is back!
So what's this one about? Our hero, Web London, the best of the best in the Hostage Rescue Team, chokes on an op, leaving his men dead. But why did he freeze? And who was behind the massacre? Stir in a love-interest, a sexy psychiatrist who can get into your mind and your bed, and some rather evil bad guys. Brew ungently for a few hundred pages, and - voila!
I have two quibbles, small, but things I should let you know. The book seems to me too long @ 550 pages. This is a 400 page novel overpacked with insider research about things covert. Secondly, the hero's name, Web London, bugged me @ first. Web? What's that? And London might sound kool in the US, but for us living in London, it sounds naff.
Small quibbles, these, since this is the best thriller I've read for a while. A couple of books you'll probably like if you're into this genre: Dexter Dias's "Power of Atttorney" - a fine thriller about what happens when witness protection programmes go pear-shaped and murders result. Also, Robert Crais's "Hostage", another HRT story.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a terrific read, a real novel in the style of a thriller. The characters have plausible depth to them and likewise subject matter expertise is there in abundance, across a variety of areas, to provide a breathing space between the twists and turns of a totally believable plot. ...More importantly this was my first Baldicci book and I'm delighted to have discovered another of the decidedly few authors who can compose and elaborate with style, depth and eloquence.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An FBI Agent, point-man on a hostage rescue team, is desperate to find answers to why people connected with him are being silenced.
Last Man Standing, is a techno-thriller minus the jargon; it is an adventure, a fantastic psychological thriller, & Baldacci has convincingly combined the elements of all these sub-genres in an action-packed book.
While the action is not past paced, it is thick & furious. London is a real fallible hero, similar to the protagonists in many Frederick Forsyth novels, which makes the character & the story totally believable.
Web London has many features of a series character, & I wouldn't be surprised to catch him in any future Baldacci novels.
I enjoyed this punching chiller-thriller.
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The longer is not always the best, nor the better
The book is absolutely fascinating, but slightly too slow and long, especially at the beginning. But when we are captured by the story and the story really starts moving, we are... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU
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When I read this book I had never heard of David Baldacci and only started reading it because I had nothing else to read and thrillers of this kind were not my favourite read. Read more
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The only book I can remember that I couldn't finish. Very hard going. Got to page 176 by shear hard work until I decided there were better thing to do in... Read more
The only book I can remember that I couldn't finish. Very hard going. Got to page 176 by shear hard work until I decided there were better thing to do in... Read more
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Fast Paced and Thrilling
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David Baldacci is the man of the moment for me
I have just completed another rollercoaster ride with one of Mr Baldacci's brilliantly formed characters. Read more
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