The Great Satan (Shadow Squadron)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
'THE GREAT SATAN is just that - GREAT! David Black's plot is brilliant, well thought out and very gripping. ' Sean Rayment - Defence/Security Correspondent - The Sunday Telegraph
'It all reads as authentic, page-turning stuff. Let's hope no one mistakes it for an instruction manual.' Jeremy Clarke - 'Low Life Columnist, The Spectator
‘Pat Farrell - Part time taxi driver, part time SAS soldier - is a true hero for our times.' Robert Jobson, News of the World
‘From traffic jams to behind enemy lines...’ Ross Lydall, London Evening Standard
'It all reads as authentic, page-turning stuff. Let's hope no one mistakes it for an instruction manual.' Jeremy Clarke - 'Low Life Columnist, The Spectator
‘Pat Farrell - Part time taxi driver, part time SAS soldier - is a true hero for our times.' Robert Jobson, News of the World
‘From traffic jams to behind enemy lines...’ Ross Lydall, London Evening Standard
Product Description
In the bitterly divisive aftermath of the Iraq War, the former political leaders of the UK and USA are condemned as deceitful and mendacious, allegedly fabricating excuses for their martial actions. In The Great Satan, the first of his compelling new Shadow Squadron series, author David Black takes their rationale to its logical conclusion to produce his own fictional nightmare scenario: What if the Iraqi weapons that were said to be dismantled in the late 1990s included the ultimate WMD? And what if the deposing of Saddam Hussein left one of his most ruthless military leaders at large, actively seeking revenge? . . . In The Great Satan, author Black and his main character - Special Forces team leader Pat Farrell - are so close as to be synonymous, both having worked as London taxi drivers during a tenure as Territorial SAS members, ready to be called into action in time of national emergency. The principal difference is that the author is now retired from the forces, while his fictional counterpart is left to contend with 'the real world . . . with direct relevance to the grisly global horrors being perpetrated today.' In The Great Satan, the current world situation meets the page-turning action prose of pulp fiction. The central antagonist is General Jamal Al-Mahdi, veteran of Saddam s campaign against the Kurds, who transports the ultimate hidden WMD to the UK the nuclear bomb that is the greatest Satan of all, awaiting deployment by a young British jihadi at a point where we can only hope fiction diverges entirely from fact . . .
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as part of my summer reading collection and I'm very glad I did. I was reading this by the pool, over breakfast and even after waking up early in the morning!!
Excellent story concept, ex SAS turns part time SAS because of the mundanity of everyday life and then the story runs away with itself dragging you into a world of counter intelligence, anti-terrorism and action. Liked the little human touches as well.
Looking forward (hopefully) to the next SAS Shadow Squadron deployment...
Excellent story concept, ex SAS turns part time SAS because of the mundanity of everyday life and then the story runs away with itself dragging you into a world of counter intelligence, anti-terrorism and action. Liked the little human touches as well.
Looking forward (hopefully) to the next SAS Shadow Squadron deployment...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a really good thriller, right out of the top drawer. The hero, Pat Farrell, is a great character, a tough-as-nails soldier who spends half his time with the SAS and the other half driving a taxi - brilliant idea. Farrell is pitched into the middle of a story based on the idea that Iraq did actually have a nuclear weapon and after the US/UK invasion it went missing (scarily possible!). Overall, very exciting stuff, a well-paced and gripping story, brilliant characters and highly recommended. An author to watch.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This isn't usually the type of book I read, but I throughly enjoyed it. With twists and turns throughout. Set in modern day London with the all real spectre of terrorism a very real threat it treads a very fine line between thriller and documentry. I hope that this is the first of a series of books featuring 'The Shadow Squadron'.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good story, shame about the quality
This is a gripping story and kept me turning the pages. The idea of "ordinary" people, with everyday jobs, being involved in SAS operations is highly appealing. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Skytriker
The Great Satan
The Great Satan is the 2nd David Black book that I have read and it was every bit as well written as the Siege of Faith. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dec
Compelling Thriller ~ thoroughly recommended
I have just finished reading "The Great Satan" by David Black. If this is his first novel, then I look forward with keen anticipation to his second and subsequent stories. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Vicky
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
