After his mission is suddenly terminated in Washington, D.C., British Intelligence agent Nick Stone decides to visit an old colleague, Kev Brown... read full description
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Aug 31, 2008
Bob
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As I said in a previous review, he's a really good story-teller. This is a well-composed story of drug-smuggling and government abuse of power. From someone else you might just accept that as part of the story, from McNab you'd suspect that it was simply well-informed. I was most impressed with the character of the young girl. He clearly knows eight-year-old girls well enough to know what they are really like, but can also put one through the experience of having her family killed and then havin
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Feb 23, 2008
Jim
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This is the first book I've read from McNab but I'm sure I'll read more. Similar to the Rogue Warrior series, I like McNab a bit better. McNab is not quite as arrogant, but nevertheless, special forces must grow an in-your-face attitude.
I particularly enjoyed the detailed observations and the reasoning behind the tradecraft actions. What's Nick Stone, the hero, doing looking inside a fire extinguisher? What's he going to make with the kitchen supplies? One always gets a bit more involved w More...
I particularly enjoyed the detailed observations and the reasoning behind the tradecraft actions. What's Nick Stone, the hero, doing looking inside a fire extinguisher? What's he going to make with the kitchen supplies? One always gets a bit more involved w More...
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Jun 03, 2011
Kay
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I’ve sometimes wondered how publishers choose the endorsements they put on books. Presumably if you like the writer giving the endorsement, you’ll want to read the book they endorse. But I can‘t imagine what the thinking was that resulted in having an endorsement for Michael Robotham’s The Suspect by Andy McNab. Robotham writes psychological thrillers. McNab writes espionage thrillers; he is above all an action man. Their books couldn’t be more different.
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Jan 22, 2011
Tak Yip
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Remote Control is a great book with a great plot. It is written through the experiences of Andy McNab who is a great action book writer. However this book is being constantly ruined by his use of bad language. The book is basically about a person who discovers that his friend and all of his family have been assassinated by terrorist organisations, and the only person left in this family is a young girl. he then decides to save her but runs into many problems which he normally resolves with viole
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May 03, 2008
Joel
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McNab has done a great job of taking his experience in the SAS in Britain and turniing it into action thrillers chock full of characters who use the skills any good SAS soldier needs.
From beginning to end this a book that will keep you turning the pages, driving to the end.
From beginning to end this a book that will keep you turning the pages, driving to the end.
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May 18, 2009
Marius
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Most good espionage thrillers are written by Americans, and this might cause us to forget that the British pretty much invented the genre, with John Buchan, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming among the most prominent pioneers. Andy McNab is now a member of the club. His style might not suit all, being politically incorrect and saturated with profanity. His approach to violence is also overly graphic. McNab has a tight approach to plot, and there is an intelligence that pervades his writing, that will
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Nov 24, 2010
Richard
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Flippin' awesome. This was the first book that got me into the idea of reading for pleasure as an adult. It's tense, gripping, full of suspense, twists and turns and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. But it also has some real humanity in there as well, as trained killer Nick Stone has to learn the nuances of childcare! It's packed full of exciting tradecraft too, so if you're a wannabe James Bond like me, there's plenty to learn from it. As you might expect from a care More...
Nov 11, 2011
Grace
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I started reading this not expecting to enjoy it. I made the mistake of reading another Andy McNab book first, Recoil, which happens to be the 9th book in the Nick Stone series and subsequently didn't enjoy it. Although to be fair a number of reviewers stated that this was not his greatest work.
This book was very enjoyable. The author gives an incredible amount of detail which obviously comes from him having "walked the walk".
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This book was very enjoyable. The author gives an incredible amount of detail which obviously comes from him having "walked the walk".
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Jul 07, 2011
Marc
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This thriller places its hero, Nick Stone, a British SAS operative on a deep-cover "deniable operation" assignment in the United States, into a situation that will be very familiar to readers of thriller novels: he's on the run, pursued by both bad guys who want to kill him, and police who want to arrest him for a horrible crime he did not commit. His employer has left him to fend for himself, and his only hope is to catch (or kill) the bad guys himself in order to clear his name.
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Jan 27, 2010
Graham
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McNab’s first fiction effort is a corker of a book, following a by-now familiar pattern in its structure but still remaining as fresh as its day of release.
The action-packed plot sees McNab’s hero Nick Stone taking out Irish bombers in Gibraltar, before we suddenly jump forward nine years and find him investigating the brutal slaying of a fellow SAS man in Washington. Before you know it, McNab concocts an enthralling odd-couple chase thriller, as Stone is forced to fly with the now- More...
The action-packed plot sees McNab’s hero Nick Stone taking out Irish bombers in Gibraltar, before we suddenly jump forward nine years and find him investigating the brutal slaying of a fellow SAS man in Washington. Before you know it, McNab concocts an enthralling odd-couple chase thriller, as Stone is forced to fly with the now- More...
Jun 15, 2011
Trung
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Great read on the end of being an enjoyable action thriller. It's written smartly without having to sacrifice to become simplistic. McNab's an author who will just use a phrase and explain it easily without having a huge lull in the action. You can tell that he was somebody who did the deed back in the day and isn't afraid to relay that information through his character, Nick Stone.
Maybe if I read enough of these books, I'll be able to have enough know how of tradecraft to get by if I More...
Maybe if I read enough of these books, I'll be able to have enough know how of tradecraft to get by if I More...
Jun 21, 2009
Michael
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Nice and pacey. Straightforward reading that managed to be brief but flowed well. Mcnab proves you don't need to be verbose to do this sort of book. A good story that seems believable and the scenes are credible. The hero isn't a superman, he makes mistakes, gets unlucky and gets hurt too. Then he wins. I'm definately going to read more.
Jan 14, 2011
Kelanth, in tenebris lux tua
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Non vorrei sbagliarmi ma questo è il primo libro con le avventure di Nick Stone, ex Sas e ora "costretto" a lavorare per l'intelligence. Ho letto tutti i libri della serie di "Nick Stone" e questo è tra quelli che più mi hanno preso. La lettura scorre velocissima, tra intrighi, tecniche dei corpi speciali, suspence, combattimenti, insomma adrenalina pura al 100%. Le descrizione degli eventi e dei personaggi, il loro girare tra le pagine con un impatto devastante ti fa appicci
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Oct 10, 2009
Jim
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The first Nick Stone novel, and one of the best. A more involved plot (something I find lacking in the more recent Stone novels), and a real page turner. Much more 'down and dirty' that other 'spycraft' novels I have read, and the main character is very engaging.
Jan 30, 2009
Steve
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Typical spy-thriller (figure out who double crossed who, who is really pulling the strings, not getting killed while getting to a safe point with the good information), but with an 8 year old kid in tow! It just felt wrong, and a bit abusive. Oh, and when I read the info about the author, something about how he's been in Special Ops or something (I'm like the main character), so he can't give any info or 'they' will kill him. Just forced, like most of the book. Hmm, pen names and book agents..
Feb 07, 2012
James
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Loved it. Slow to start and keeps taking you in diferent directions geographically and in the plot. It is fairly violent and there is plenty of swearing either of which particularly surprizing considering the authors background and the topic.
Nov 03, 2011
Lindsay
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This book should be a 1.8 stars. The beggining of the book started out great and I was already looking into the next title in the series and then the begining kept going and going and it felt like we really weren't achieving anything.
I might try another book by this author another time but I am not in a hurry and I might try one of the newer ones to see if he has gotten better.
I might try another book by this author another time but I am not in a hurry and I might try one of the newer ones to see if he has gotten better.
Apr 11, 2009
I read this back in 1999, when it was first published in the U.S. Like several of the other books I've read recently, I was just looking for something easy to re-read.
This is the first in his Nick Stone series of novels.
This is the first in his Nick Stone series of novels.
May 03, 2010
TheIron
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If you enjoy an exciting spy thriller with plenty of action this is a good choice. At times the violence is a little overly graphic but that may well be McNab's world. Worth reading if you're a fan of this genre.
Dec 03, 2011
Gem
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Meet Nick Stone - cool, calm and collected with plenty of finesse and a level head in every situation. Stone really is a 'too good to be true' kind of character. And I love him!
I read this book a long time ago on a plane but I know that it was one of my favourites. The techniques that McNab outlines evidently come from experience and the action never lies dormant for long. I can remember this one being a little more complicated to read than the likes of Chris Ryan and Lee Child but i More...
I read this book a long time ago on a plane but I know that it was one of my favourites. The techniques that McNab outlines evidently come from experience and the action never lies dormant for long. I can remember this one being a little more complicated to read than the likes of Chris Ryan and Lee Child but i More...
Jul 31, 2011
Justin
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He used a lot of stuff from Bravo Two Zero which was a bit disappointing since I read them back to back.
Nov 04, 2009
Pygmy
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Feels like Lee Child-light, with the same feel but with less brain, less action, and less tension.
Put it down, couldn't muster any feeling (positive or negative) to pick it back up.
Put it down, couldn't muster any feeling (positive or negative) to pick it back up.
Jun 18, 2010
Dawn
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One of the boys in my sons boy scout troop recommended this author since I like books by Vince Flynn. He was right, I really enjoyed the book. British Spy novel, not something I'd usually love, but really, really liked this.
Dec 17, 2009
Kirk
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This book was just O.K. It was very intense throughout and relatively confusing in the beginning. It had extreme violence and brutality. On average it said the "F-word" almost every page (not exaggerating).
Aug 28, 2010
Moominboy
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The big story arc is nothing special (but still on-par and engaging) but the book is worth reading for its portrayal of how a covert intelligence operator thinks and works.
