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Crescent Veil

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Ms Saunder's book is electrifying and full of interesting details. The knowledge of the author (and her backup group) about modern methods of war and especially about biological weapons is impressive. The story of Crescent Veil takes place in ancient history, on the mountains in post-Saddam Iraq as well as in western cities and beaches. It is so rich and well structured that it that somebody certainly would like to make the story into a movie.

Ms. Sanders writes in a compelling style that will pull you into the world of international terrorists and the people who possess the skills and courage to fight them. Ms. Sanders is in the same league as Baldacci, Grisham, and Brown. This is an incredibly entertaining read that will also open your eyes to the most frightening possibilities of biological and chemical warfare. Ms. Sanders and her husband Dr. Malinoski have done a great job researching the possible outcome of biological and chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The character development was great, and the writing was so well done that I was experiencing all the fears and excitement described for the characters in the book. The ending gave me a few surprises as well. I look forward to the next book by this author!

An engaging contemporary novel by Judith Sanders, Crescent Veil is an account of the former Major General Tariq Saeed's discovery of the biological and chemical weapons left behind by Saddam and overlooked by the American government. General Saeed is determined to use these weapons of mass destruction to destroy America in retaliation for Saddam's downfall. Remarkably presenting the ideals of the Iraqi General Saeed and his vision of war and prosperity, Crescent Veil diligently carries readers through the many questionable happenings had America truly missed the realities of Iraq's contained biological war foundations. Crescent Veil is very strongly recommended for all readers searching for an outstanding and creative interpretative novel of an hostile Iraqi perspective of America's removal of power that is a mandate we see present in today's anti-American, fundamentalist, guerrilla warfare oriented Islam.

Crescent Veil was a codename given to an elite force of men sent to Iraq to locate and destroy the hidden biological weapons that our inspectors never could find.

This story actually had very little plot to drive it forward. If the whole story had been written from the perspective of the two main characters being the reincarnates of the previous Queen of Assyria and her top-ranking officer in the King's Army, then the dropped-in historical lessons would have been unnecessary. Then the story could have been moved through visions, dreams or deja vu situations from the main characters' points of view.

This felt like a strategic political story, like the author actually had inside information as to the location of the weapons of mass destruction and yet is keeping this information to herself.

This reviewer had a difficult time reading a non-plot-driven story that was in need of a line-by-line edit. The grammatical errors throughout the book created a substandard read.

This seems to be the case with print-on-demand published books as someone has not taken the time or expense to edit/review the copy before it actually comes to fruition as a hard copy to be sold to the public.

Armchair Interviews says: Another example of a good story that could have made a better book if more attention was given to detail.