Dead Centre: (Nick Stone Thriller 14)
£3.80
The new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero.
Somalia – a lawless, violent land, ignored by the West, ripped apart by civil war and famine, fought over by drug-fuelled, gun-crazy clan fighters. They want the world to sit up and take notice. They have a new and terrifying weapon – pirates.
And now, the pirates have in their possession the young son of a Russian oligarch, snatched from a luxury yacht in the Seychelles. His father wants him back, will pay anything, stop at nothing to retrieve his boy. Up to now everything he has tried has failed. He needs the one man with the know-how, the means and the guts to complete the mission: ex-SAS trouble-shooter Nick Stone…
Dead Centre takes you to the reality behind the headlines, into the poorest and most violent country on the planet, a place that no sane person would choose to be.
Andy McNab has been there, seen it, done it. No other thriller writer can take you so close to the action.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Transworld Digital (15 Sept. 2011) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 972 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 435 pages |
by Mr. N. J. Farmer
Kindle Version
Good reading and once you get started you want to finish it. Lots of historical and geographical information that may be of interest or just bore you.
Personally I found this the best that he has written since Nick Stone 1 & 2.
Maybe a bit too many stories now re Pirates and hostages (latest and very very poor Dan Shepherd story)
Nice touch with the Georgian’s getting involved but one has to ask how long Nick Stone can last? He must be well into his 40’s by now and his stamina cannot be as good as in the past.
I do wonder if Andy McNab is trying to let us down gently by introducing a decline in his ‘hero’ especially as he will now have ‘responsibilities (I’ll not spoil it for you by saying what)…. but there again the fact that he took on the guardianship of a young girl from book 1 is never ever mentioned now……
Come on Andy…some of us remember tell us what she is doing or reunite us somehow?
by Kindle Customer
That was one amazing fantastic action packed thriller.
Nick Stone is some man for one man nothing seems to scare him.
Right from the start it grabs your attention and keeps you guessing right to the end.
He is one man who you would want in your corner if you’re in trouble.
Wasent expecting the way it did end, but it was lovely.
I hope there is another Nick Stone.
by K. Bruce
As always a good story . Read it in 1 night
by SteveO
“‘Allahu-akbar’
God is great.
Maybe. But so was the AK on my shoulder, and I knew which one I trusted more.”
When I read this passage I knew it had be in the review, because it tells a lot about Nick Stone. Those who are new to the series get a good impression of his hands-on contribution to the genre. Those who know the series already find that he still got his skills, wits and sarkasm.
With references to the Arab spring, the Lybian freedom movement and the Fukushima incident, McNab’s novel is a fast-paced and up to date read. “Dead Centre” is the logical successor to “Zero Hour” and occasionally refers to situations from previous novels, which are explained in the context though.
Nick Stone should be in his late fourties by now, and I get the impression that he starts to act his age: More and more, he takes advantage of his experience and moves into a consulting role, which does not mean that there is a shortage of action.
by Roy Brookes
This is what we expect from Mr McNab – a hard, blood and guts thriller with lots of tradecraft where the hero gets hurt and bleeds, with some dirty dealing and a double-cross thrown in. It moves from the tsunami in Aceh to Hereford and the UK, to Moscow and then to Somalia and finishes in Libya. Along the way Nick Stone has to deal with politics, killers, pirates and a love affair that causes him some real heartache. The hero is tough and highly-trained but he is also human. I read all of Andy McNab’s books because this is how James Bond ought to be (and Daniel Craig plays Bond more like Nick Stone than previous actors – not to take anything away from Sean Connery & Co.). For hardened fans like me this book needs no introduction. For those who have never read a McNab book, I would recommend buying them all, starting from the first and working through them and you will be hooked.
by Mousley
I’ve ready pretty much all of the Nick Stone Books and there’s not a bad one amongst them, if this is the kind of writing that you like…It’s well structured and reads very quickly and keeps you interested the whole time…one reviewer mentioned that they weren’t fussed about the history and technical information that is put into the books, but I have to disagree – I would like even more of the technical and trail craft, along with history of special operations or government conflicts that aren’t always portrayed accurately by the media, which helps to set the scene for various aspects of the book…
If Andy’s reading this review: good work; keep ’em coming. please can we have more technical info, field skills, history and a bit more hand to hand combat – we all like it when the bad guy gets a pasting…as we had in some of the earlier books – can’t remember which book, but I remember the fight scene – Nick against some huge monster (maybe russian), about to get lights out time, when he manages to lock his teeth over the big lads nose bridge…I’ll not spoil it..you can go and read..
by Amazon Customer
I really love reading Andy Mcnab’s work. I always wonder how much is totally made up and how much him or his pals actually went through themselves, but he does always keep me gripped and once I start reading I don’t put it down until I have to. Finished this one on the ipad balanced behind my steering wheel in the van whenever the traffics stopped.
I love the Nick Stone character and the detail that puts you there with him. I also love although the military humour thrown in and the nicknames he gives other characters from Stone’s point of view. After meeting Andy once I found out all the cool or unusual names he has in his books comes from people he’s met or signed books to at signings, how cool is that ?
Recommend this to anyone into thrillers in general or the military in any way.
by Martin
Good read