Last Light

In Last Light, after terminating an officially approved assassination bid at the Houses of Parliament when he realises the identity of the intended target, McNab's hard-as-nails protagonist Nick Stone, "deniable operator" of the intelligence services, is severely disciplined by his bosses. He is told to travel to Panama and finish the job, or he and Kelly (the 11-year-old girl he is guarding) will be "taken care of" themselves. As Nick gets ready for his assignment in central America, he soon finds that his enemies have turned the tables on him: he is now the hunted, and finds himself up to his neck in a murky plot involving Colombian rebels and the US government. All the usual McNab fingerprints are here: not too much shading, but flinty characterisation and a barrel load of high-velocity action.--Barry Forshaw

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a bit uneventful (1/2 people found this helpful)

McNab's previous books have been great but I thought this book was awful and I couldn't finish it.

SPOILER:
Basically he goes to do a job of assassinating someone but somehow his consience gets the better of him so he doesn't do it. So he's told he must go to Panama to do the job again or his daughter dies. The entire book from then to the last chapter is about how he prepares to go out and do this again.

Then once the moment comes you feel sorry for the guy he wants to kill because he's just an innocent victim in a political game. But you feel like he must be killed because you've just spent the last two weeks strugling to read this book and you want to feel like it's been worth it. Only he does the same thing again and doesn't kill him.

Maybe this wasn't the book for me but Nick Stone didn't seem to achieve anything at all except waste a bunch of time and a bunch of mine.

Another Goodun (2/3 people found this helpful)

You've gotta feel for Nick Stone, especially if you've read the other books before this one. Again, McNab develops his main character incredibly well. In the other books theres twists and in this book there are twists and then some more after that! If you like fast-paced weaving plot lines, this is absolutely the book for you. Ten out of ten, unfortuantely there are only five stars so I'll have to settle for five out of five. Same thing I suppose.

Too Realistic to be fiction, A Very good read. (2/4 people found this helpful)

This story is my personal favourite in the Nick Stone saga. Though it lacks the plot originality of earlier members it out dose them all in plot twists (which are presented in an extremely unique fashion) and heart-stomping explosive action. McNab (which is not his name as a matter of interest) has actually been there and done it, he has a huge edge over other thriller writers.

Good, but the same (0/0 people found this helpful)

I am a huge fan of Andy McNabb, and as with his previous and follow on books I found it hard to put down. It is a shame however that McNabb is following the same pattern with every book; opens with a mission, gives info leading into a mission, then does the mission. Although the layout of the storyline is now predictable, McNabb still has a habbit of stealing my time when I should be sleeping at night!!

Another faithful Nick Stone Book (15/16 people found this helpful)

Another Nick Stone book from Andy McNab, UK SAS Sgt Gulf war hero turned author. Without wanting to talk about the plot too much Nick attempts at the request of the shady UK int. community a co-ordinated assasination (JFK style) in the UK which 'goes wrong'. He is sent to Panama to try a second time where he gets embroiled with a woman and an anti-ship missile and makes it out alive with a trail of bodies behind him.

Again McNab shows that he can write informative, interesting and intelligent novels following a character through several books. The story line is a little (as ever) unlikely but the action moves at a fast enough pace that you accept it - the technical know how is interesting, the fight sequences are probably some of the best I've read since his first book.

Overall if you've read the other books then this is much the same - not taking you anywhere new but continuing along in a good action packed enjoyable easy to follow style, if you haven't read any of Andy McNabs fiction books then I recommend you do soon.

Andy McNab

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