Liberation Day (Nick Stone 05) [Paperback]

Andy McNab (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004 | Series: Nick Stone 05

Operating in the dangerous underworld of the south of France, where al-Queda has embarked on a panicked roundup of funds using the ancient banking system of hawalla, Stone is in at the deep end of a very dirty war.

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Former British SAS agent Nick Stone sets his sights on al-Qaida in his fifth adventure (after Last Light), a search-and-capture mission weighed down by excessive detail and a numbing lack of action. Stone, now working for a special antiterrorist U.S. strike team, is assigned to the south of France to choke off al-Qaida's money line. Stone has taken the job reluctantly. He wants to retire, but the CIA has promised him U.S. citizenship and a new life with the woman he loves if he completes the task. On arrival in Cannes, Stone hooks up with two Egyptian sidekicks, and the trio begin tracking down the so-called hawalla, the secret network of underground bankers who finance terrorist operations and compensate the families of those who die in the cause. Specifically, Stone's job is to kidnap three of the bankers and whisk them to a U.S. warship just off the French coast, where they will be interrogated and forced to reveal the origin and destination of their money. As is his custom, Stone takes the beating of his life, but perseveres in the face of overwhelming odds. McNab, a British special forces member for more than a decade, is at his best when the action gets hairy, as it finally does toward the end. Too much of his latest, however, is spent following Stone through the mundane details of mission preparation-staking out locations, following suspects, ruminating about possible scenarios. Instead of biting their nails, readers will be staring at them absently, bored by the colorless plot.
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Kirkus Reviews

McNab writes like a dream...throat-clutching action, authentic scenarios, spectacular precision.

John Case

Author of the New York Times bestseller The Genesis Code

McNab is the real deal and a rare commodity -- a hard guy who knows how to write.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Corgi (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552152390
• ISBN-13: 978-0552152396
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.3 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,648,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best but.., June 27, 2003

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Drake "Drake" (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Hardcover)

I read the other reviews and I can't totally disagree or agree. And after reading most of the other books (not in order), I just finished reading Crisis Four after Liberation Day, I have to say that if you really enjoyed the other books you'll probably still like this one.

On that point, I do have to agree that it seemed to get a little tired. Like Andy wasn't trying that hard to make a good story. All the usual tradecraft descriptions were there, but the plot wasn't. The book is okay, but compared to some of his other books, it wasn't totally up to scratch.

But if you've only read this book then you should probably pick up one of the other books to get a better idea what the series is like. Though if you don't like a litany of tradecraft descriptions then you'd probably not like the others as well. But to me that is all part of the charm of the series. It adds to realism.

Better luck next time.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly slow story, September 10, 2003

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H. S. Wedekind "Mr. Weekend" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Hardcover)

I first met Nick Stone in McNab's REMOTE CONTROL. Stone is a man of action and a guy who can take a punch or two or three, as he gets bloodied in every one of his adventures and always comes out on top. While they were very entertaining and "fast reads," my own personal favorite was FIREWALL, I found LIBERATION DAY to be long on stakeouts and short on action. I remember wondering, when I was half-way through the book, whether McNab was the actual author. Something about the writing style and plotting of LIBERATION DAY seemed to be missing. While the previous books were true page turners, the last book was something of a yawner. I hope McNab goes back to the old formula when he writes the next Nick Stone adventure.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not his best, July 27, 2005

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This review is from: Liberation Day: A Nick Stone Mission (Mass Market Paperback)

McNab has written a number of thrilling books since leaving the SAS, but this one falls short. While endless radio checks and conversations may be realistic, that doesn't mean it makes for an exciting book. Let's hope McNab gets back on track as his other books were quite good.