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Title: Shadow Over Babylon
Author: David Mason
Narrator: Bob Peck
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-03-09
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
On April 29, 1992, three shots are fired from a long-range sniper's rifle, and Hussein and two other men are killed. When the American Defense Intelligence Agency discovers the plot and puzzles out each element, who recruited the assassination team, how they managed to get into Iraq, how they succeeded in penetrating the defenses of the most challenging target in the world, the story emerges, step by stealthy step.
A technically expert masterpiece of suspense and ingenuity, and with a certain added intrigue given the news today, Shadow Over Babylon builds to a moment of truth so tense and real that you'll have to remind yourself it didn't happen.
Members Reviews:
One of the best
This may be one of the best novels of this genre that I have read, I write, so I think I know these things, action, intrigue and it never gets old, although the subject is dated.
Shadow over Babaylon
I found this book intrigueing & thought provoking, it tended to make you the reader think if this really did happen or could it really be accompliced & with David Mansons background I might to agree.
The detail & planning that went into this Adventuere (If you like to call it that) book was just amazing, it kept me hooked from start to finish, I also have read this book approx 6 times now & will definitly add this to my collection ( had a copy many years ago lendt it out didnt see it again )
Once again this is highly reccomended reading
A gripping story about a plot to assassinate Saddam Hussein
"Shadow Over Babylon" is the first book by David Mason and it's a gripping read very much in the style of Frederick Forsythe or Tom Clancy. The story revolves around a group of British ex-Special Forces men who are hired to assassinate Saddam Hussein and the planning and organisation involved to infiltrate Iraq, shoot Hussein and then escape. They draft in a sniper, Danny MacDonald, who is a deer stalker and we are introduced to Danny at the beginning of the book as he explains about shooting to a deer hunter. This aspect of the book - the technical detail of the sniper's craft - is fascinating and not something I've read elsewhere.
As the book progresses we learn more about the characters and the plans that they are making to carry out this difficult task, although we don't know the full plot at any time - as it unfolds we understand why they organised things as they did. There is a parallel story taking place in the American NRO (National Reconnaisance Office) as they find themselves tracking the team and trying to work out who they are and what they are doing. Big brother was definitely watching them!
The book has some technical detail but perhaps less than a Tom Clancy book - which isn't a bad thing. There is also more characterisation of the men involved in the mission - why they are doing it, how they handle the stress and violence - and even a couple of little romantic storylines for three of the main people involved.
And do they succeed in killing Saddam Hussein? Well, you'll have to read it to find out, but it's a really great read and there's a little twist in the tail which I wasn't expecting and was fun.
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Title: Shadow Over Babylon
Author: David Mason
Narrator: Bob Peck
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-03-09
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
On April 29, 1992, three shots are fired from a long-range sniper's rifle, and Hussein and two other men are killed. When the American Defense Intelligence Agency discovers the plot and puzzles out each element, who recruited the assassination team, how they managed to get into Iraq, how they succeeded in penetrating the defenses of the most challenging target in the world, the story emerges, step by stealthy step.
A technically expert masterpiece of suspense and ingenuity, and with a certain added intrigue given the news today, Shadow Over Babylon builds to a moment of truth so tense and real that you'll have to remind yourself it didn't happen.
Members Reviews:
One of the best
This may be one of the best novels of this genre that I have read, I write, so I think I know these things, action, intrigue and it never gets old, although the subject is dated.
Shadow over Babaylon
I found this book intrigueing & thought provoking, it tended to make you the reader think if this really did happen or could it really be accompliced & with David Mansons background I might to agree.
The detail & planning that went into this Adventuere (If you like to call it that) book was just amazing, it kept me hooked from start to finish, I also have read this book approx 6 times now & will definitly add this to my collection ( had a copy many years ago lendt it out didnt see it again )
Once again this is highly reccomended reading
A gripping story about a plot to assassinate Saddam Hussein
"Shadow Over Babylon" is the first book by David Mason and it's a gripping read very much in the style of Frederick Forsythe or Tom Clancy. The story revolves around a group of British ex-Special Forces men who are hired to assassinate Saddam Hussein and the planning and organisation involved to infiltrate Iraq, shoot Hussein and then escape. They draft in a sniper, Danny MacDonald, who is a deer stalker and we are introduced to Danny at the beginning of the book as he explains about shooting to a deer hunter. This aspect of the book - the technical detail of the sniper's craft - is fascinating and not something I've read elsewhere.
As the book progresses we learn more about the characters and the plans that they are making to carry out this difficult task, although we don't know the full plot at any time - as it unfolds we understand why they organised things as they did. There is a parallel story taking place in the American NRO (National Reconnaisance Office) as they find themselves tracking the team and trying to work out who they are and what they are doing. Big brother was definitely watching them!
The book has some technical detail but perhaps less than a Tom Clancy book - which isn't a bad thing. There is also more characterisation of the men involved in the mission - why they are doing it, how they handle the stress and violence - and even a couple of little romantic storylines for three of the main people involved.
And do they succeed in killing Saddam Hussein? Well, you'll have to read it to find out, but it's a really great read and there's a little twist in the tail which I wasn't expecting and was fun.