The Watchman
by Chris Ryan | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 009940608x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 009940608x Global Overview for this book
Registered by AngelChild of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 5/29/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
I just can't get on with SAS thrillers, so i'll pass this one on.....
Readers of Chris Ryan thrillers know exactly what to expect: gritty, pared-down prose with regular doses of bone-crunching action and a hero not usually given to introspection. His books do not inhabit the same atmospheric world as such thriller writers of the past as Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, and he lacks the political sophistication of such current writers as Gerald Seymour. But Ryan knows exactly what his readers want and can always be counted upon to deliver a tough and fast-moving package. And that's very much the case in this latest thriller.
The theme in The Watchman is a duel to the death between an SAS soldier and the man who trained him. Ryan's protagonist, the resourceful Alex Temple, has been recently commissioned from the ranks, and returns from a hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone to find that someone has been gruesomely murdering MI5 officers, Hannibal Lecter-style (a skinning knife is involved). The security services believe that the killer is an insider, SAS-trained, and Alex is ordered to track him down. As he gets closer and closer to the eponymous Watchman, the body count rises inevitably. This one will glean no literary prizes, but the legion of Ryan fans will devour this as eagerly as they did The Hit List and Zero Option. The villain, too, is a memorably nasty creation.
Readers of Chris Ryan thrillers know exactly what to expect: gritty, pared-down prose with regular doses of bone-crunching action and a hero not usually given to introspection. His books do not inhabit the same atmospheric world as such thriller writers of the past as Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, and he lacks the political sophistication of such current writers as Gerald Seymour. But Ryan knows exactly what his readers want and can always be counted upon to deliver a tough and fast-moving package. And that's very much the case in this latest thriller.
The theme in The Watchman is a duel to the death between an SAS soldier and the man who trained him. Ryan's protagonist, the resourceful Alex Temple, has been recently commissioned from the ranks, and returns from a hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone to find that someone has been gruesomely murdering MI5 officers, Hannibal Lecter-style (a skinning knife is involved). The security services believe that the killer is an insider, SAS-trained, and Alex is ordered to track him down. As he gets closer and closer to the eponymous Watchman, the body count rises inevitably. This one will glean no literary prizes, but the legion of Ryan fans will devour this as eagerly as they did The Hit List and Zero Option. The villain, too, is a memorably nasty creation.
Journal Entry 2 by AngelChild at -- Somewhere In London š¤·āāļø in -- Somewhere in London š¤·āāļø , Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, October 30, 2004
Released on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at about 9:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Somewhere in SE England in Don't Know Where???, England United Kingdom.
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Now this is a strange one! I released this book about a week ago and for got to do a Release Note..... Now i can't remember where i wild released it!!!! Be interesting to see where it turns up! lol
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Now this is a strange one! I released this book about a week ago and for got to do a Release Note..... Now i can't remember where i wild released it!!!! Be interesting to see where it turns up! lol
transferred from caffcaffs shelf
Journal Entry 4 by BigBoss at Book Box in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 13, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/13/2005 UTC) at Book Box in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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caffcaff is forcing me to cull my mount TBR, so this one will be going in a box for Acanthium32 to boost her AVL's
caffcaff is forcing me to cull my mount TBR, so this one will be going in a box for Acanthium32 to boost her AVL's
Released 18 yrs ago (6/5/2005 UTC) at
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