Kurzbeschreibung auf Amazon:
"Chris Ryan legt mit „Machtgier“ einen harten, authentischen Militärthriller vor, der Vergleiche mit den amerikanischen Meistern des Genres nicht zu scheuen braucht. Für Matt Browning, einen ehemaligen Spezialagenten, wird seine letzte Mission zu seiner größten Herausforderung: Ein Verräter in den eigenen Reihen erpresst ihn, während eine internationale Terror-Organisation Pläne verfolgt, die ganz England bedrohen."

Amazon.co.uk Review
"Matt Browning has left the SAS, and life is not treating him well. For a start, he's up to his ears in debt, and if he doesn't pay the £500,000 he owes, he'll be dead. Then, out of the blue, he is given a lifeline: a carefully targeted hit on al-Qa'eda, with the full cooperation of MI5. Matt's job is to bring together a close-knit team of ex-SAS men to lift $10 million in gold and diamonds from the world's most lethal terrorist organisation. Along with MI5's clandestine assistance, there's another bonus--there will be no charges made. Needless to say, this isn't the perfect crime. The money is stolen, then the killing begins. A panther-like assassin is tracking down the team one by one, bloodily slaughtering both them and their families. Matt realises that he has to take the fight to the enemy if he himself isn't to join the dead."


Meine Beurteilung, wenn ich es gelesen habe...

I read the German translation. The German title literally translates to Lust for Power, which makes no sense in the context of the book. I should have seen it as a bad omen. Very, very lame book. Or perhaps not only the title was badly translated, but the whole book. It might be ok in English. In German it was definitely not worth my time. Don't bother.