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Predator Strike
Was the hunt for Osama bin Laden all a lie, and if so, just how far would the CIA go to hide the fact that they’ve had him in custody for years?
When Sam Ryan is unexpectedly deployed to Afghanistan to investigate an apparent suicide, he immediately senses something isn’t right. Why is he being sent all the way from Sydney, when the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service, ADFIS, already has people on the ground?
Hitting the ground running, Ryan finds himself plunged into an investigation with a terrifying international twist.
When Sam Ryan is unexpectedly deployed to Afghanistan to investigate an apparent suicide, he immediately senses something isn’t right. Why is he being sent all the way from Sydney, when the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service, ADFIS, already has people on the ground?
Hitting the ground running, Ryan finds himself plunged into an investigation with a terrifying international twist.
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 16, 2012
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Liam Saville
8 books23 followersLiam is the author of two military crime novellas, PREDATOR STRIKE, and the recently released RESOLUTE ACTION.
He resides in Sydney, Australia with his wife, two children and their German shepherd.
He resides in Sydney, Australia with his wife, two children and their German shepherd.
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January 6, 2013
Osama bin Laden was not killed by a SEAL team in a Pakistani hide-out in 2011. He was captured 10 years before and secretly held prisoner by the United States until his death was convenient. Well, that’s a popular conspiracy theory, at least. In Predator Strike!, Australian writer Liam Saville wraps that conspiracy theory into a taut military mystery novella. Saville does not claim to believe the bin Laden theory, but he has succeeded in turning it into a plausible plot line.
Australian Defense Force Investigative Service officer, Captain Sam Ryan, is rushed to Afghanistan to investigate the apparent suicide of an Australian soldier who, only weeks earlier, had survived a blue-on-blue attack on his sniper team by an American Predator combat drone. Ryan leans that in the days leading up to his death, the young sniper claimed he and his partner had seen bin Laden in the custody of American soldiers in Afghanistan only days before he was reportedly killed in Pakistan. Ryan quickly finds himself targeted by unknown forces trying to thwart his investigation by bluff and violence.
An army officer turned police officer, Saville writes with a clean, thrifty grace. He doesn’t waste words, but brings the reader along with a clear and vivid narration. Sam Ryan is no Dirty Harry; he’s a realistic, professional investigator and military officer. He’s also someone you enjoy spending time with.
Saville’s depiction of the war in Afghanistan rings with authenticity, from his biting description of the overwhelming wealth of the American military compared to its poorer Aussie cousin, to his descriptions of combat action. But above all else, Predator Strike! Is an excellent example of a police procedural.
Predator Strike! Is the first of a planned series of mystery novellas. I, for one, am looking forward to reading about more of Captain Sam Ryan’s cases.
Australian Defense Force Investigative Service officer, Captain Sam Ryan, is rushed to Afghanistan to investigate the apparent suicide of an Australian soldier who, only weeks earlier, had survived a blue-on-blue attack on his sniper team by an American Predator combat drone. Ryan leans that in the days leading up to his death, the young sniper claimed he and his partner had seen bin Laden in the custody of American soldiers in Afghanistan only days before he was reportedly killed in Pakistan. Ryan quickly finds himself targeted by unknown forces trying to thwart his investigation by bluff and violence.
An army officer turned police officer, Saville writes with a clean, thrifty grace. He doesn’t waste words, but brings the reader along with a clear and vivid narration. Sam Ryan is no Dirty Harry; he’s a realistic, professional investigator and military officer. He’s also someone you enjoy spending time with.
Saville’s depiction of the war in Afghanistan rings with authenticity, from his biting description of the overwhelming wealth of the American military compared to its poorer Aussie cousin, to his descriptions of combat action. But above all else, Predator Strike! Is an excellent example of a police procedural.
Predator Strike! Is the first of a planned series of mystery novellas. I, for one, am looking forward to reading about more of Captain Sam Ryan’s cases.
January 28, 2019
Compelling military action intertwined with an intriguing murder mystery.
A terrific conspiracy thriller with characters who are both three-dimensional and likeable, a fast pace and enough action, intrigue and suspense to keep the pages turning rather rapidly.
There's definitely that something extra that authors who are ex-military manage to incorporate into both the action sequences and the environment in which their protagonists are placed that produces a much more realistic feel that ensures a thoroughly enthralling read as an outcome. This author most certainly achieved that potential.
Liam Saville is now firmly entrenched on my favourites list. Here's hoping that there will be many more stories featuring Sam Ryan still to come.
Highly recommended
A terrific conspiracy thriller with characters who are both three-dimensional and likeable, a fast pace and enough action, intrigue and suspense to keep the pages turning rather rapidly.
There's definitely that something extra that authors who are ex-military manage to incorporate into both the action sequences and the environment in which their protagonists are placed that produces a much more realistic feel that ensures a thoroughly enthralling read as an outcome. This author most certainly achieved that potential.
Liam Saville is now firmly entrenched on my favourites list. Here's hoping that there will be many more stories featuring Sam Ryan still to come.
Highly recommended
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