Fire Hawk (Charnwood Large Print Library Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Geoffrey Archer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Charnwood Large Print Library Series | Publication Date: July 2000

Barney Packer, working for the Intelligence Services in Baghdad, is tipped off about a terrorist plan to attack Washington, but is arrested as a spy. He escapes to Britain with the help of his lover, who is then killed. When investigating her death, Barney gets drawn into the Iraqi weapons plot.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

?Geoffrey Archer has again used his ITN experience in a sinuous mix of international threats that are coming to have the same chill-factor as the fear that underpinned the best Cold War thrillers.? --Daily Telegraph --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

About the Author

Geoffrey Archer's gripping thrillers are inspired by a deep knowledge of international intrigue gathered during more than 25 years of reporting for ITV's News at Ten. The Burma Legacy is the third novel featuring MI6 agent Sam Packer, who first appeared in Fire Hawk and The Lucifer Network. It follows his other international bestsellers: Java Spider, Scorpion Trail, Eagle Trap, Shadow Hunter and Sky Dancer. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708991483
• ISBN-13: 978-0708991480
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,564,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent thriller, May 7, 2002

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snowy "Lorne Vallen" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire Hawk (Charnwood Large Print Library Series) (Hardcover)

When British agent Sam Packer was traded during a hostage swap with Iraq, the SIS couldn't decide whether the tip-off given to him about anthrax being shipped out of Iraq was true.

It was not until his lover, another agent, was found murdered in Cyprus while on the trail of an Iraqi defector, that connections were found to a Ukrainian criminal organisation, that Packer was assigned to carry outfurther investigation. Slowly, the threads on a horrendous plot began to unravel, with strings from Ukraine to Iraq, to Cyprus, London and all the way to the ultimate destination of a biological weapon attack.

Fire Hawk was a better thriller than what Ludlum or Clancy could have packed. The author managed to include a tightly woven tale with more twists and surprises without stretching credibility, fleshing out all-too-human characters in the cast of heroes and villains without stereotyping nor munchkinism.

An excellent read for those tired of overly grandiose plots, superhuman heroes and world dominating villains.

5.0 out of 5 stars A long but understandably compelling book, June 2, 2003

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Ufowriter "Ufowriter" (Eastern England, as usual!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire Hawk (Hardcover)

Fire Hawk, by the diplomatic correspondent Geoffrey Archer, formerly from ITV, is a fantastic read that uses information taken from today's main terrorist issues with the weapons and concepts of tomorrow. Sam Packer, an MI6 agent, is in love with a fellow agent, who shortly after the starting of the book mysteriously dies. Strange.. Yes, I thought that too. Of course, it's not as simple as that. Of course, the subplot intertwingles with the main plot: some Iraqis have built a dirty missile capable of killing the name "Washington D.C" or "New York". They do not want to use it to kill innocent lives: they want it to get the US to liberate Iraq after the Mukhabarat ( the Iraqi terrorist policing association) have killed so many people. The book, a tale of how a forty ton germmissile got from the Soviets to Iraq to the USA, and how love can kill of business, is the perfect concept of a modern tale which could so easily be done by normal people.

A scary insight into realism, Archer, and I hope moer of the same books can come on the market. I'll give it five stars.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sorrow, November 20, 2001

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Igor Korotyeyev (Ukraine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire Hawk (Audio Cassette)

To my regret can't write any review because you guys not able to deliver used books to Ukraine:))
Best regards,
Igor