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Firefight | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Ryan
Creator: Jonathan Keeble
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 50101
Format: Audiobook
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Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1846571421
EAN: 9781846571428
ASIN: 1846571421
Publication Date: September 25, 2008
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Real issues wrapped up in brilliant fiction November 9, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Terrorism all wrapped up with the issues of veterans returning to civilian life and all the anxiety that it brings. As far as thrillers go this was very good. The characters were deep and enthralling, keeping your interest all the way through. There was enough suspense to keep you turning the pages, and plenty of action. If you enjoy Lee Child`s Jack Reacher books then this will please you. I`m a series fan and enjoy Child and Michael Connelly books immensely, if you like the terrorist plot kind of thriller read the `Soft Target` books by Conrad Jones. They are frightening and unputdownable!! The new Andy Mcnab is also a winner, I read it in two sittings. Back to the review, ten out of ten.
Ryan's best novel for some years. September 22, 2008
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
You know what to expect when you start reading a Chris Ryan novel. The formula has been well established by now and the author has become, over time, extremely proficient at his work. Readers familiar with Mr Ryan's style will naturally expect certain elements to be present in the work - the trademark action sequences and procedural details, for example - but many reviews of the authors' last few novels seem to suggest that, in doing so, the work has lost some of the immediacy that Mr Ryan's earlier novels undoubtedly possessed. An unfair assessment, to say the very least!
Firefight is certainly one of the best novels Ryan has written in many years, and that is said by a reader who has greatly enjoyed the most recent offerings, as much as the first 'glory days' of Geordie Sharp. Mr Ryan's novels are always tremendous fun to read and in this respect Firefight is no disappointment. As to the formulaic nature of Mr Ryan's style, the old cliche about 'not fixing it if it isn't broken' works well. Indeed in Firefight and many of the more recent novels the author does indeed seem to be breaking new ground from within a highly effective structure. Strike Back, with it's central character of a troubled, homeless veteran looked at the darker side of life after the army and the problems that often are encountered. Firefight also looks at some of the strains and traumas that ex-soldiers experience, while never failing to keep the excitement and energy one expects from Mr Ryan's novels, at full throttle. The plot works extremely well, based as it is around compelling anxieties, about the threat of terrorism, that are very much in the public consciousness. Taking his themes and ideas from the 'headlines' and predominant cultural anxieties has proved to be another of Mr Ryan's strengths. His work always have some degree of popular relevance to support the trademark excitement. While Mr Ryan's style is unmistakable and reassuringly familiar in Firefight, it is a pleasure to read the novel and notice how the author's work has evolved.
In short, Firefight comes extremely well recommended. As ever, the action sequences are superb, the characters engaging and empathetic and the plot is one of the best that Mr Ryan has come up with in many years. Let's hope there will be more like this to come. An outstanding novel.
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