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Title: Soft Targets

Author: Dean Ing

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

America thought it was safe from the dreadful plague of terrorism scouring the rest of the world. Somehow, the cruel violence could never pass our borders. Somehow, the oceans, or God, would spare us.

But jets do not stop for oceans, and the northern and southern borders of the United States are wide open. And while there may be some small effort at security on the East or West coasts, in the heartland there is none. Americans don't like security measures. Americans are going to like Hakim Arif even less.

Hakim Arif, leader of Fat'ah, a militant Islamic terrorist organization, knows how vulnerable the United States really is. And he intends to demonstrate that to the world. Fat'ah will bring war on innocents home to the American heartland, in a way no one will ever forget.

Critic Reviews:

"A fast-paced thriller." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A Tale with a Solution for Terrorism

Very impressed with Ing's clever solution to the crisis of international terrorism, although to make it would result in the kind of sacrifice he brings forward in this novel. It is not a recent novel but is relevant because the crisis remains with us as does the problem his solution targets. Excellent novel you'll burn through.

Five Stars

Excellent writing.

Good, but

The ideas in this book are VERY important. The writing is a bit strained however

Well-written story on ignored but very possible topic

I was pleased to see Dean's 1980 story, "Soft Targets", re-released. Dean's a family friend and autographs upon request all of his books we buy. Anybody who knows Dean can close their eyes and hear him talk through all of his books. Soft Targets addresses an entirely plausible issue whose nonoccurrence is taken for granted by the American public - terrorists loose in our own country, waging a religious war in the name of their leader. Hakim Arif stars as the leader of the Arab-backed El-Fatah band of terrorists who have in their group a Panamanian and - surprise - two Israeli members of a religious sect whose beliefs are so convoluted as to ally them with their own enemy. Maurice Everett is the FCC Chairman whose idea to have the country's major TV networks ridicule terrorists versus giving them the publicity they and their backers so crave, puts him and the co-creators of the idea at the top of El-Fatah's hit list. The two men match wits and cross each other's trails through several confrontations running the full gamut of terrorist activity and although Hakim's band succeeds in kidnapping a member of Everett's coterie of television co-conspirators - and scooping up Everett in his new identity through pure bad luck when the plan to fake his death backfired - Everett wins through, saving his fellow hostage after the terrorists have a falling out amongst themselves. Dean crafts his stories with technical excellence, fully accurate geographic detail, trademark colloquialisms and word usage, and draws on his experience as an ex-Air Force crew chief and small-car buff to put together yet another story that will draw you through from beginning to end. It's a great story. Those of you who have read other books by Dean may have noticed a common thread amongst his leading characters: a gruff, burly, worldly-wise and competent tough guy of mature years who nevertheless has his sensitive side.