Pirate: A Thriller
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With inexorable excitement and in spectacular style, counterterrorist operative Alexander Hawke returns in this electrifying New York Times bestseller from Ted Bell, “the new Clive Cussler” (James Patterson).
Aboard a ship in the south of France, an American spy faces certain torture and death for the vital, explosive intelligence he possesses. In Paris, a ruthless and powerful successor of Napoleon has forged an unholy alliance with China for its growing nuclear arsenal, poised to send America and the world to the brink of a gut-wrenching showdown. Now, in a maelstrom of razor’s-edge danger, Alex Hawke must enter the nightmare visions of madmen to defuse an axis of evil no historian could have predicted — and no living soul would survive.
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Compared to Ted Bells additional books, this was a huge letdown. I hope his next book is better.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I just finished the book (unabridged audio version)and establish it to be an OK thriller provided you can overlook the major faults with the weapons and tactics used in many places in the book. There are more problems and plot holes with this book then there are with a book by Clive Cusler.
For example the US military loans Hawke a preproduction model of the F35 to glide into a hostile foreign airstrip to test the status of the now glide zone and how they will react to the US. First he’s not really trained on the plane which even the leader admits flies substantially different than less advanced fighters, but the terrible guys (foreign nations) would just about do anything to get a effective version of the plane which he had plotted to land in their laps. Later in the book there is an insane (from a military standpoint) intent to use a super gun with 120+ mile range to take in the 20 mile wide Strait of Hormuz. Not only wouldn’t it be appropriate to use it there the installation parameter and the relatively flat trajectory the gun installed where it’s supposed to be would negate the effectiveness and range of this gun which was in the real world is proposed to launch it’s shell in a ballistic trajectory. Beyond the faults with the weapons there are additional problems that our hero solves in impossible ways or in impossible time periods. The hurt to the auxiliary engines latter in the book is just one glaring example.
The book is like a James Bond movie. It works if you don’t care about the details. This was the first and will be the only book I read by Ed Bell.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this book for help on a 12 hour flight, what a mistake. Really improbable, filled with fluff, a waste of my time, and yours too. See my listing, you can buy it for $10
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This is a real terrible version of a Tom Clancy technothriller. The characters are cartoon like, continuity editing is missing and is continuously harping about the evil French. The premise could be appealing, but it is written for an extremely simple minded audience.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This book is a book written as a “formula” book. It has several outright inaccuracies as has been previously cited. Hawke was agreed the first F35 to buzz around in? Riiiightt! Come on that plane wouldn’t have been allowed to be photographed much less flown by a rouge guy like Hawke. What was the point of the F35 Flight in any case?
An anti gravity train? Is this Science Fiction?
Another case was when Jet was about to be set upon by a frothing at the mouth Doberman, Jet says relief the dog. It turns out the dog was a long lost pet of hers named Blondi. Riigghtt! A pet does not show fangs and froth at the mouth.
I judge several parts of this book were just stuck in for filler.
To regularly a name shows up miraculously just at the right time to save the day.
There is a fantastic lack of creditability in this writing.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5