The Delta Decision [Hardcover]

Wilbur A. Smith (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Yestermorrow Inc (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567231357
• ISBN-13: 978-1567231359
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,992,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. After the successful publication of WHEN THE LION FEEDS in 1964 he became a full-time writer, and has since written 30 novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books have been translated into twenty-six different languages

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fanatastic could not put it down., December 19, 1998

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[e-mail] (Coral Springs, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delta Decision (Signet) (Paperback)

Read the book when it first came out. It was one of those thrillers that grabs you on page one and never lets go. I've recommended it to friends for over 10 years but recently have not been able to find it in book stores. It turned me into a big Wilber Smith fan but this was his best. The intrigue and excitment of his plot has stayed with me for over 15 years and it's one of the few books I could read again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Florid bodice-ripper in praise of world domination (spoilers), January 27, 2011

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Lars Ericson (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Delta Decision (Hardcover)

The hero works as a soldier for a global counter-terrorism hostage-rescue unit. In the course of the novel, he kills several hostage-takers and in retribution, his daughter is taken hostage.

The hostage situations are thought to be the handiwork of a Carlos the Jackal-like terrorist mastermind who has pefect information and seeks to control world events.

It turns out (spoiler) that the head of the counter-terrorism organization is planning all of the terrorist incidents that the organization defends against.

The hero kills the evil organization head and then is offered, and accepts, the job of the man he kills, assuming (without authorial irony), that he will do a better job and that in consequence the organization will no longer be ill-conceived.

Along the way to this illogical conclusion, many glasses of pink champagne are consumed in floridly described locations like English castles, Swiss ski resorts and Tahitian hideaways, and the physiques of many adolescent women are appreciated. Strong-willed thin adult brunettes with small breasts and large nipples are also praised and coveted in detail. Violence towards the hero's daughter is described in detail, and a long, bruising brawl between the hero and his girlfriend consumes several pages.

If you don't gag on the prose, the pacing is good, and the action and detailed travelogue are good. The author's politics burn through the page at various moments, such as when one of his characters laments the declining support of the neutron bomb and the trouble with striking coalminers. If you can get past that, it's actually a pretty good read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, December 1, 2010

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Mercury 6 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delta Decision (Signet) (Paperback)

First picked this up years ago based on a comparison to Ludlum. Actually found it better than most Ludlum books. Fantastic writing, plot twists that are truly suprising and great action!