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Operation Motherland
by
Scott K. Andrews (Goodreads Author)
Lee Kegan travels to Iraq on the trail of his missing father, only to find himself caught between desperate rebels and a general who wants to strap him into an electric chair. In England, Jane Crowther, one time matron matron of St. Mark's School for Boys, attracts the wrong kind of attention and has to fight to protect her new school from unlikely enemies. And in a bunker...more
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Published
July 17th 2009
by Abaddon Books
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Grim and unleavened by the humor that lightened up the first book, Operation Motherland still reflects Scott K. Andrews' skill in weaving tense and never-boring post-apolyptic thrillers. Here the novelist offers a new conceit: alternating viewpoints. Jane, the matron Lee crushed on in Book One, provides counterpoint to the mayhem surrounding the series' main protagonist.
The story begins with Lee's ill-fated efforts to pilot a plane. After a crash landing in Basra, Iraq, Lee attempts to rescue h...more
The story begins with Lee's ill-fated efforts to pilot a plane. After a crash landing in Basra, Iraq, Lee attempts to rescue h...more
This is a post-apocalyptic novel that takes place after the world has been destroyed due to the Iraq war. The main characters are Lee and Jane. Lee's father went missing in Iraq and has a high ranking in the U.S. military. Jane runs a school for boys in England. This novel starts with Lee going to Iraq to try and find his father. His plane crashes and he gets thrown into the chaos of the post-apocalyptic world. A lot of this book contains detailed descriptions of the battles and fights the chara...more
As an American I have problems seeing us as the bad guys. Realizing this is a British author I understand the pov though. Action packed from beginning to end. Good read.
This book suffers from disappointing "middle of the series" syndrome. That said it is still very much a worthwhile read.
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I have written episode guides, magazine articles, film and book reviews, comics, audio plays for Big Finish, far too many blogs, some poems you will never read, and a trilogy of novels for Abaddon. My wife and two children indulge me, patiently.
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