Advantages: Quite full of action Disadvantages: Same man, same storyline, different place
As you can see from my previous book reviews I have been very lucky in choosing some pretty good reads. But boy was I hugely disappointed in this latest in Andy Mcnabs series of books featuring the indestructible Nick Stone.
My opinion
When I first seen this copy in my local library I couldn't wait to get it home. But after the 1985 prologue and only four chapters in, I quickly came to realise that this was basically the same storyline, where we see Nick Stone coerced into something he really doesn't what to do, get seriously beaten up lose a good friend but eventually prevails against the evil tyrant who rules from afar. The only difference is the location.
Thesis
O.K now that I have had my little rant here is the thesis of the book,
We first see Nick Stone in 1985 where he is on a mission to rescue some nuns from rebels in ...
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