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A review by weaselweader
Avenger by Frederick Forsyth
4.0
Don’t get mad, get even! On second thought, do both!
Who remembers THE EQUALIZER from 1980s television starring starring Edward Woodward as a retired intelligence agent with a murky, mysterious past? He used the skills garnered from his past career to exact justice for innocent people trapped by circumstances in dangerous situations – a soupçon of spy, a dash of military thriller, a pinch of private detective, with a heaping helping of vigilante sauce added on top of the other ingredients. With AVENGER, one need only add counter-terrorist and trained black ops commando to the mix! If all of that sounds very over the top and pushing the limits of credibility, be assured that it is but AVENGER is still one of the most compelling action thrillers that you’ll ever read.
On top of that, AVENGER might be characterized as a fascinating and wonderfully informative brief history of the dark world of modern war and terrorism – from Vietnam’s tunnel rats and Pol Pot’s reign of terror in Cambodia, through the Serbian genocide of warlords directed by Slobodan Milošević, up to Osama bin Laden’s plans for his ultimate act of terror in 2001. Forsythe brilliantly intertwines a series of vignettes in each of these settings to craft the back story of the AVENGER and the supporting cast who will wage an undeclared war to revenge the death of a young man murdered as he sought only to do charitable work for an NGO in a setting troubled by war and revolution.
Definitely recommended. Oh my word, yes!
Paul Weiss
Who remembers THE EQUALIZER from 1980s television starring starring Edward Woodward as a retired intelligence agent with a murky, mysterious past? He used the skills garnered from his past career to exact justice for innocent people trapped by circumstances in dangerous situations – a soupçon of spy, a dash of military thriller, a pinch of private detective, with a heaping helping of vigilante sauce added on top of the other ingredients. With AVENGER, one need only add counter-terrorist and trained black ops commando to the mix! If all of that sounds very over the top and pushing the limits of credibility, be assured that it is but AVENGER is still one of the most compelling action thrillers that you’ll ever read.
On top of that, AVENGER might be characterized as a fascinating and wonderfully informative brief history of the dark world of modern war and terrorism – from Vietnam’s tunnel rats and Pol Pot’s reign of terror in Cambodia, through the Serbian genocide of warlords directed by Slobodan Milošević, up to Osama bin Laden’s plans for his ultimate act of terror in 2001. Forsythe brilliantly intertwines a series of vignettes in each of these settings to craft the back story of the AVENGER and the supporting cast who will wage an undeclared war to revenge the death of a young man murdered as he sought only to do charitable work for an NGO in a setting troubled by war and revolution.
Definitely recommended. Oh my word, yes!
Paul Weiss