β Scribed by Duncan Falconer
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In Falconer's mediocre fourth contemporary thriller to feature Special Boat Services operative John Stratton (after The Operative), a lucky missile strike downs a British helicopter in Afghanistan. From the wreckage, the Taliban retrieve a security case containing a computer chip with data on 1,443 indigenous British- and U.S.-run agents and informants throughout the Middle East. A doctor implants the chip in the body of a Taliban fighter, Durrani, who later winds up in American custody. Fearing embarrassment if the Yanks discover the chip, MI6 send Stratton after Durrani, who's confined in Styx, a secret prison 300 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico for highest-category prisoners and since the announced closure of GuantΓ‘namo... a terrorist-detention centre. In order to infiltrate Styx, Stratton takes the place of a look-alike inmate, Nathan Charon, who's being transferred there. Fans of cartoonish action yarns will be the most satisfied. (Apr.)
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For THE PROTECTOR: 'A gripping and authentic view of life and death in the dangerous world of private protection' SOLDIER For THE OPERATIVE: 'His novels contain even more bangs than rival Andy McNab's' MIRROR For THE HOSTAGE: 'Duncan Falconer's cracking debut novel ... Inevitably, he'll be compared to Andy McNab, but I'd say Falconer has the edge' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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SUMMARY: After the British military lose an officer to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, a desperate race begins to find his killers. Little do the assailants know that the precious information they have stolen could bring down the entire network of Western intelligence in the Mid-East. But then
SUMMARY: After the British military lose an officer to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, a desperate race begins to find his killers. Little do the assailants know that the precious information they have stolen could bring down the entire network of Western intelligence in the Mid-East. But then
### From Publishers Weekly In Falconer's mediocre fourth contemporary thriller to feature Special Boat Services operative John Stratton (after _The Operative_), a lucky missile strike downs a British helicopter in Afghanistan. From the wreckage, the Taliban retrieve a security case containing a com
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