Retaliation

by Richard Rohmer

Book by Rohmer, Richard H

293 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Major-General (Ret'd) Richard Heath Rohmer, OC, CMM, DFC, O.Ont, KStJ, CD, OL, QC, JD, LLD (born in 1924). Canada's most decorated citizen, an aviator, a senior lawyer (aviation law), adviser to business leaders and the Government of Ontario and is a prolific writer. Rohmer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and spent some of his early youth in Pasadena, California as well as in western Ontario at Windsor and Fort Erie.

The Peterborough Examiner's lead editorial of 14 January 2009 says this: "Rohmer, one of Canada's most colourful figures of the past half-century, was a World War II fighter pilot, later a major-general in the armed forces reserve, a high-profile lawyer and a successful novelist and biographer."

Reviews

[Reading Rohmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Paul James, former banker, decides two large Canadian banks should buy 51% of two huge American banks. This sounds good to the two Canadian banks, so they and the House of Saud spend $3 billion U.S. to do exactly that. The glasses-wearing daughter of James’ Swiss banker is kidnapped by mobbed-up Italians, but recovered by the Black Brigade, a highly trained cadre of highly-trained former members of Britain’s SAS, a regiment known for high training. Meanwhile, in Washington and Ottawa, the game of power politics is played at the highest level.

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