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Summoned to war-torn Bosnia to replace a Liaison Officer in the Royal Wessex Regiment, ex-SAS man Jeff Hawkins soon realizes he's been pitched into a task far more dangerous than he had imagined. Hawkins' main role is to keep the UN aid convoys running at all costs. But his new Company commander isn't up to the job. His colleague in Liaison is tied up with the British Secret Service and running his own agenda. The uneasy alliance of local Muslims and Croats is breaking down with the arrival of fundamentalist fighters from Afghanistan. Then there's the matter of mercenaries for hire and the CIA stirring the pot for its own ends. Only the arrival of the winter snow brings a welcome lull to the mayhem. But it brings another vast problem. It's vital that one huge convoy runs the gauntlet of fighting along the icy mountain roads, breaking the siege of Sarajevo with essential provisions and medical supplies before Christmas. Defying all odds, the twin-air horns of a hundred trucks blast defiantly as their giant wheels begin to roll on a journey to hell and back ...
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Terence Strong was brought up in south London, after the Second World War. He has worked in advertising, journalism, publishing and many other professions. His bestselling novels include THE TICK TOCK MAN, COLD MONDAY and WHEELS OF FIRE. He lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Visit www.twbooks.co.uk/authors/tstrong.html
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This has to be one of the best novels I've read for years. It was so action packed that I literally couldn't put it down and just read from cover to cover. Jeff Hawkins is a totally believable hero; tough, ruthless but with a soft centre. The action in war torn Bosnia gives a completly different perspective on what really went on. And the love interest was first rate.
Can't wait fot the release of his next book
Can't wait fot the release of his next book
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Terence Strong is up there along with Forsyth, Clancy, Ryan and McNab as a teller of action-packed tales of adventure. Well worth a read.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The main interest of this book resides in the detailed descriptions of (fictitious) events in a real war. It was a good idea from Mr Strong to set his latest novel in the complex setting of the Bosnian war in the 1990s. The book helps to appreciate the relationships between the warring factions (Muslims, Bosnian Serbs and Croats) and the roles of the various UN-sponsored organisations. It also help to appreciate the convoluted behind-the-scene actions and decisions which peace-makers have to take.
However the book is let down by a poor storyline, caricatured characters and a large number of unbelieveable events. Every 50 pages or so, the main character makes a decision so outrageous that you would think he should be sacked on the spot. Well, it does not happens: it always turns out that his (outrageous) decisions are always the right ones. I found the book decreasingly engaging as I read on. The last 100 pages were definitely of no interest. How is that for a thriller?
However the book is let down by a poor storyline, caricatured characters and a large number of unbelieveable events. Every 50 pages or so, the main character makes a decision so outrageous that you would think he should be sacked on the spot. Well, it does not happens: it always turns out that his (outrageous) decisions are always the right ones. I found the book decreasingly engaging as I read on. The last 100 pages were definitely of no interest. How is that for a thriller?
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