Siege (Scope #1) in SSG: Spy/Spec-Ops Group

Jul 13, 2014 David Dalton rated it it was amazing

Shelves: thriller, action, isolated-location, suspense, intense, violent, favorites, guns-gun-and-more-guns, profile-shelf, police

I was very impressed by Simon Kernick's Siege. This was my first Kernick book and it certainly will not be my last. I picked Siege to read first because I am a total "Die Hard" junkie. "Die Hard" is my All-Time Favorite book. I love all the "Die-Hard" movies, except for the last one. That said, to relate Siege to "Die Hard" is not really fair. Siege can stand on it's own in terms of action, excitement, and suspense.

I thought Siege was different enough from "Die Hard" in many different ways. For I was very impressed by Simon Kernick's Siege. This was my first Kernick book and it certainly will not be my last. I picked Siege to read first because I am a total "Die Hard" junkie. "Die Hard" is my All-Time Favorite book. I love all the "Die-Hard" movies, except for the last one. That said, to relate Siege to "Die Hard" is not really fair. Siege can stand on it's own in terms of action, excitement, and suspense.

I thought Siege was different enough from "Die Hard" in many different ways. For one thing, no single central character. Simon has several key characters involved in various plots/sub-plots, so we as readers get involved in the story from different points of view. I kept grinning thorough the book as the author kept introducing new plot twists. Just when you think he will follow a formula, the story veers off. Bad-guys as bad guys, bad-guys as good guys (or a killer with a conscience), some folks caught in the wrong place wrong time, and a couple of gritty female characters (one is a disgraced cop (who gets things done) and the other is the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC), in charge at the site (who is also deeply involved in other plot threads). On and on it goes. I loved the action and the way Simon brought a new approach to the "Die Hard" type storyline.

I plan to pick up his next book coming out on Jul 29th, "Stay Alive: A Thriller". And then have plans to pick up another new title in September, "Ultimatum: A Thriller". I'll get both of these books via my Entitle subscription service and read them on my 1st Gen Kindle Fire and/or HTC-One (and save a few bucks as well). I found two more Kendrick older books available at my digital library that I will add to my "Wish List". I also plan to order at least two more Kernick books from Amazon: "Relentless: A Thriller" and "The Last 10 Seconds: A Thriller".

He still has several more books I will get to if I break down and spent over $7 a book( like "The Business of Dying: A Novel (Dennis Milne Series)". Sigh, I probably will because I can tell I will want to read all of his books. Just picked up "The Debt" today, a free 32-page digital book. I think I skimmed over his titles in the past, but this time I slowed down enough to give Siege a serious look. Been awhile since I got this excited about an author, kind of like reading your first Matt Reilly action thriller ("Ice Station (Shane Schofield Book 1)" for me). 5-Stars easy.
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