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Oil Commission

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This is the follow up to the author's "Jihad" book. It is another engrossing read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The two biggest drawbacks was the price (way to expensive for a soft cover) and the ending. I wont give it away, but it semed as if the author was more interested in ending the book quickly then writing more. Overall the book was good, but not worth the price.

In the arcane realm of the techno-thriller there are but a few leading lights. The names of Tom Clancy, Larry Bond and Dale Brown are familiar to aficionados of this genre. JIHAD: World War in 2036, elevated MacDonald Reid into that pantheon.
For those of you who eagerly waited for Reid's second novel, OIL COMMISSION will keep you clamoring for more. OIL COMMISSION is big (four hundred ninety two pages, has many maps and a plethora of characters. As we'd expect, the action shifts rapidly and dramatically. The military situations and tactics are realistic, and Reid's technological innovations have hit a new high. Nor has Reid lost the storyteller's touch. OIL COMMISSION will grab you on page one and not release you until you've finished reading it.
OIL COMMISSION is a brutal yet poignant story of war in the Middle East and North Africa twelve years after JIHAD. Many of the major characters we met in Jihad are in also in OIL COMMISSION. Sergeant Al Murphy is still the archetypal John Wayne. An older but wiser Dave Duncan is still flying. Blacky Breckenridge commands the Oil Commission Armed Forces. You'll be reintroduced to General Benhamin Hammedyanni, once the haughty chief of staff of the Revolutionary Guards Army. You'll meet General Leonid Melenkov, a dedicated, professional soldier.
And then there is Rachel....
Yet, OIL COMMISSION is a story of hope, climaxing in a reaffirming shout of Hallelujah! A new society emerges from the shadow of war. A new era dawns, bearing with it the promises of peace and prosperity for all Mankind.
Even if you're not "into" techno-thrillers, I recommend OIL COMMISSION by MacDonald Reid. If you are, you'll love it as much as JIHAD: World War in 2036.