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Reluctant Hero

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This is no better or worse than Frederic Forsyth's more recent books. I prefered Forsyth's earlier works such as The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, & The Devil's Protocol as Forsyth had clearly done a lot of research digging up details on military hardware, gun smuggling, mercenaries, etc. It's as if Forsyth had the inside scoop on these subjects and spilling everything for the reader.

Forsyth's later books don't have the same kind of detail (though in fairness, I had read those earlier books when I was a teenager, so my perspective might not be the same today were I to re-read these books.)

The Reluctant Hero doesn't have huge amounts of details to impress the reader with the author's knowledge. It has basic character development sketched with the smae amount of detail as you might get for characters in a Bond film. It's a basic adventure story with rather generic villains and a rather generic plot. It takes place in an imaginary former Soviet Republic, and Dobbs does succeed in conveying a sense of the place that rings true. If you're looking for an effortless read to distract you on a flight or on the beach, this is worth getting. But we're certainly not breaking any new boundaries here.