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Iran's Supreme Leader will use three nuclear weapons, VX and two armored forces driving on Riyadh to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. Can Russian agents, Saudi tanks and American technology stop him in time?
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"Excellent combination of spies, military, and politics! I loved the characters and their back stories. Speaking from The point of a retired military officer the author send to have a fairly good grip on the tactics employed by spies, the military, and politicians... Or at least it makes it all sound like he does. Overall the plot was very good and plausible, the characters engaging and realistic, and the story moved at a pace that kept me up most of the night reading. This is one of the best books I have read in quite a while."
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The SaudiIranian War Ted Halstead Books Reviews
- The author has done an outstanding job of exploring vastly different cultures and weaving the military tactics into those variations, waking the reader to underlying issues in a part of the world we rarely give much thought to until a seemingly random flair up attracts our attention. Realistic, gritty action sequences with well researched military weaponry, complex identifiable human issues/behavior and a thorough explanation of those politics makes this a truly believable-and potentially possible-scenario of world interaction in what would originate as a fist fight between countries we don’t often think about.
- Loved the book, loved the story, loved the way the author built this fictional world up. While I can’t recommend the book enough and can’t wait for the next book by the author to come out, I do have one criticism. It’s the same I had in his first book. Far too much time is given to the esoteric descriptions of the weapons. The story is moving at a nail biting pace and then there is a long description of the weapons, the designation numbers, The planes or tanks carrying.....I really found these descriptions annoying!! Of course to a certain extent they do have to be described, but enough is enough!! Anyway, if you like imaginative political and military fiction, this is just fun and a great read. Do read.
- Excellent combination of spies, military, and politics! I loved the characters and their back stories. Speaking from The point of a retired military officer the author send to have a fairly good grip on the tactics employed by spies, the military, and politicians... Or at least it makes it all sound like he does. Overall the plot was very good and plausible, the characters engaging and realistic, and the story moved at a pace that kept me up most of the night reading. This is one of the best books I have read in quite a while.
- This is a book about a not entirely improbable clash in the near future between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is a genuine military techno thriller, and unlike in many others of this genre, the author displays an excellent knowledge of the hardware and of the area of operations. Unusually, the heroes are not CIA or Israeli agents (one male and one female naturally), but two men from the FSB, the successor of the KGB. They are portrayed sympathetically and are admirable, but I could not understand why their masters sent them on their mission. The author tries to explain, but given what we know of Russian foreign policy and aggression since Putin's accession to power, this is just too much of a stretch. But then again, the author is a former State Department officer... On the plus side, he has a lucid style, a dry sense of humor, and there are only a few spelling errors.
I would have liked to give this book five stars, but much of the story was just too pat, and while the author deserves full marks for his knowledge of military technology, this is not so for his familiarity with Saudi military capabilities. For example, Saudi artillery does not appear in any of the battles, nor the many anti-tank vehicles of the Saudi National Guard. Beyond these points, I think the author would have done well to limit his digressions into Middle Eastern stories and jokes. While they are all interesting and show the author's intimate knowledge of the Middle East, they do slow down the plot, and several are derogatory to Arab and Iranian culture and sensitivities, definitely not pc. - Enjoyable and hard to put down. Likable characters and villains. Good plot and story line. Will definatly read author again.
- As previously stated in other reviews, just a little less technical breakdown on the weapons. The story is a entertaining mix of actual events and imaginative fiction. I like the idea of an Iranian government that looks inward instead of outward for fulfillment of its people.
- ...but the story ?
Not so good ! - Enjoyed the whole plot. The different players from the usual gave the story added interest. Its not a part of the world we normally hear much about in novels and it gave a new insight into the area
