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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
By chazeem "pakpwr" (Corsicana, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PILLARS OF FIRE (Paperback)
The book addreses the mid east problem and the bond between the islamic countries. It is a great book to read through but if you are looking for some thing to interpret on, foget about it. As usual it displays only one side of the conflict portraying the muslims as the root of evil, while ignoring the position the "villians" stand on. The author sure did his research but the technicalities of the events are all wrong. The hero is depicted as an almost ultimate human and the villians as incompident, idiotic fools. It cruises nicely through out and is hard to put down. It gets a little cheesy with soap opera type romance but that does not shadow the supperior wrting style. If you're more concerned with reality, technicalities, and interpertations etc, I'd advise to pass on. But if you're looking for a simple escape with out any major thinking, You're in for a good treat. Enjoy
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Time line is Off,
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This review is from: PILLARS OF FIRE (Paperback)
One problem is that the book is set in 1991. Checkpoint Charlie was opened up when Germany Reunited in Oct 1990. The book has East Germany as a sperate country and with Checkpoint Charlie fully active 1n 1991 which it wasn't. This is too basic of an error. The Wall fell in 1989 & the book is copyrighted 1990. Seems like it was written before the Berlin Wall fell.
I've lived in Lahore, Pakistan and the landmarks descrivedare accruate.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting, but cliched,
By "tmershats" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pillars of Fire (Hardcover)
Steve Shagan shows his considerable skill at plotting, but unfortunately, his prose is lacking. American journalist (and CIA agent) Tom Lawford becomes involved in a German/Libyan/Pakistani plot to nuke Israel. His participation in the plot is relatively plausible, which is to say not the stuff of action movies. He mopes around Germany until he--in the book's lone headscratcher--takes on a mission for the Mossad. The real action is undertaken by the Israeli intelligence and military, whose ever-vigilant warriors Shagan clearly admires. The plot moves quickly and intricately, sketching out the reactions of all countries concerned and their neighboring countries as well. The downside is that Shagan's prose is not up to the task, and his characters never come to live. Lawford is your typical beefy hero; his female contact in Germany immediately falls in love with him. Everybody else is exactly who you would think--the head of the CIA is cold and practical; the head of the Israeli secret operations division is world-weary; the brilliant Israeli scientist is of course eccentric. Reading "The Pillars of Fire," the events have the ring of truth, but the characters have the ring of a Steven Segal movie.
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