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Overkill (Hardcover)

by James Barrington (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (6 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405041765
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405041768
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 527,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A group of disgruntled Russian supremos decide the time has come to deploy their secret nuclear arsenal, and so team up with al-Qaeda in order to neutralise America and take political and economic control of western Europe. Only one man can stop them - a British agent called Paul Richter. As a Special Operations Officer working for British Intelligence, Richter discovers that Europe has been seeded with neutron bombs, while more lethal nuclear devices have been planted in strategic cities throughout America, which can be detonated by satellite at any moment. Now the US government is about to be handed an ultimatum - abandon Western Europe to the Russian forces or see millions of its citizens destroyed. But what the renegade Russians don't realise is their own allies' even deadlier agenda.


About the Author

James Barrington is a trained helicopter pilot who has worked in covert operations and espionage. He now lives in Spain, and this is his first novel.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, 27 Jun 2005
By N. Brett (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Overkill (Paperback)
This is a top notch techno espionage thriller, very much in the vein of Clancy, Vince Flynn, Stephen Coonts etc. What is great to see is that this first novel is very much as good as the best of the above authors!
There is much to enjoy about this one, not just the plot and the writing but the strong characters and the British spin.

This is about a plot with rogue Russians working with terrorists to plant neutron bombs in US and European cities. Maybe elements have been seen before, but the author provides a new slant on it and takes us down some unexpected routes.

Very enjoyable and a much needed new talent into the market. Highly recommended.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read", exciting, contemporary thriller, 16 Jun 2005
By Martin MacLeod (Chislehurst, Kent, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Overkill (Paperback)
I bought "Overkill" in Spain last Sunday as I'd just finished my final Ludlum novel and, as I'd another day's holiday left I needed some new reading material to help keep me sufficiently distracted from too many thoughts of work.

It took me no time at all to get hooked on "Overkill". The subject matter was current and the UK slant for much of it was quite refreshing compared to most of the US focused novels I've been reading as of late. I just kept reading and got more and more absorbed in the various threads of the plot as the hours went by.

My initial disappointment, that this was James Barrington's first book (published last year) and thus I couldn't just go out and buy more of the same - has been overtaken today by anticipation, given I've just seen that "Pandemic" (another in the series) is available now and another one is planned shortly. Hopefully I will be able to get my copy of "Pandemic" by the weekend!

I can't really remember a book that has offered me the satisfaction and mix of emotions when reading that Overkill did. I felt compelled to finish it - and sadly that happened last night! The detailed descriptions of the aerial combat sequences were great. Having had a PPL in the past I could both understand some of the jargon used and it helped to keep me gripped as the action continued. Certainly gruesome at times but not in too gratuitous a way - just made it more realistic. Fast paced and grounded with a level of realism and technical explanation it just seemed to hit the right mark for me. Having some of the action take place in Orpington - a couple of miles from my home in Chislehurst was simply icing on the cake!

Well done to James Barrington on producing such a great first novel - and for persevering to get it published. I wish him every success with "Pandemic" and hope that many more novels will be forthcoming in the not too distant future.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, but not bad., 14 Mar 2006
By James (Devon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Overkill (Paperback)
A little disappointing, but not bad. I found the plot obvious and the indestructible characters stretched my imagination a little too far. The story kept my attention though and must say I enjoyed the book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing stuff
The basic plot, disaffected Russians invading the West, seemed a bit outdated to me. Somewhere between a Connery Bond film and Len Deighton. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark Mcclelland

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
What a great read. Like early Clancy before he disappeared up his own backside. Well drawn action, credible villains with plausible motivation. More of the same please.
Published 22 months ago by Paddy

5.0 out of 5 stars Andy Jones
Although i'm quite new to this kind of book, i found it gripping. Its the sort of book you can't put down. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2007 by Mr. A. JONES

4.0 out of 5 stars very good
Quite good work. A book with a lot in common with Clancy stories, or more correcly with his older stories.
Very good indeed
Published on 9 Mar 2005 by grayghost25

4.0 out of 5 stars James Bond without the Glamour
This is a very well writen and exiting tale. The person who wrote it must have done a great deal of rescherch on the subject and I feel must have been closly associated with the... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2004 by Michael.S.Routley

2.0 out of 5 stars So-so sub-Clancy stuff
What should have been a fast-moving thriller is torpedoed by the author's desire to explain *everything*. In excruciating detail. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Non stop read
This is very, very good. The hero doesn't waste time; the research is very thorough, but the technical detail is easy to read and even for a dumb-head like me, was easy to... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars More holes than a Swiss cheese!
An attractive cover and an exciting sounding precis of the book tempted me into making the purchase. However I have to report disapointment. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2004 by drambuster

5.0 out of 5 stars A new Tom Clancy appears
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Published on 7 Sep 2004 by Colin

5.0 out of 5 stars A Double First for Overkill
As I am not at all interested in "girly" reading, I picked up this book with eager anticipation. The cover was excellent, (a dishevelled James Dean with a gun! Read more
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