Customer Reviews

Traitor (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Published in Great Britain As Boy Soldier)

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The book Traitor is by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby. Traitor is about a boy named Danny Watts living in Wiltshire, England who wants to join the army. Danny believes his application for a scholarship from the RCB (Regular Commissions Board) is turned down because his grandfather turned into a traitor. Fergus Watts, once an SAS hero turned against his country and befriended Columbian drug lords. Danny wants to go hunt down his grandfather for preventing him from entering the army, and for his betrayal. Members of MI5 (NOT MI6) are also after Fergus, and do not want Danny to know the truth. Danny's best friend, Elena, who is a semi-genius, helps Danny track down his grandfather. Let's not forget the cowardly but determined reporter, Eddie Moyes. All of these characters come together in the end in a clash that will test the trust of some, and strengthen the trust of others. Traitor is a lot of action and fast-paced events, as well as some humor and intrigue. I recommend this book for anyone who loves action books. I enjoyed this book thoroughly, because of the ways Danny and Fergus manage to escape from the MI5. Remember, you never know who you can trust.

Do you like heart-stopping plot twisting books that are changing all the time? If you have answered yes then Traitor by Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby might be the book for you. This book is the story of a seventeen-year-old boy named Danny Watts, who is training to be in the army. Danny is kept out of the army because of his grand father, Fergus Watts who is a supposed SAS traitor. Danny is an orphan living at an orphanage called foxcroft where his friend Elena helps him find his grandfather. This story is written from Danny's point of view and from Fergus's. This is probably one of the best non-fiction books that I have read in a long and Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby's style of writing makes this book even more enjoyable. So if you are between the ages of 10 and 14 and like a good book with an unpredictable ending that is writing very well I highly suggest that you give this book a try.

This is another example of an author lending his name to a book that was entirely written by a third-tier writer. The plot was more boring than the dialogue. Don't waste your time with this one.

great book. kept me reading the whole time. but is there going to be a sequal?

An excellent story with a page-turning suspense. Couldn't help but read it in one sitting. Can't wait to read the rest of the series!

These two books are the same but under different names.
After reading just about all of Andy Mcnab's books (except Payback,the same series; and Grey Man), I can tell that this is not Andy McNab's style. May be he provided the story line, but I am almost certain that Mr. Rigby penned the rest. Die-hard McNab fans will be disappointed because it does not have the seriousness and technical details of some of his novels(like how to defeat a motion detector,or setting up a two-men sniper team etc) which I really like, and which make his writings enjoyable, because one knows that everything he wrote is real, unlike many other spec op writers (Tom Clancy included)who interview a bunch of people and try to bluff their way out. I honestly could not believe that McNab could call a HK MP5 a machine gun. But it would just show that Rigby has no background in these matters and neither does the editor. One reads this no different from reading a Nancy Drew novel. It is Ok when you are sitting on the john,but you know it is not real. A book for kids, yes, but not for adults who want some serious reading.

I picked this book up at my school library, hoping that i'd like it. Better than that, I loved it! Filled with action, and suspense, Traitor by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby was by far one of my favorite books of the year!

Ridiculous. I dowloaded Kindle for iPhone, downloaded my first teaser, decided to buy it. Can't! OK, maybe the server is down for a bit? Understandable. But no! Can't buy it for three days. Then I try by computer. Can't buy it because of geographical restrictions!! Ridiculous. Take this book off your site, Amazon, or fix it. This is ridiculous. What a letdown!!

This book was alright i didnt like how it uses so many military terms. The other reasont it only got a 3 out of 5 is because the only real suspenseful action part of the book is the last ten pages. I would not wait in line too long for this book.