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

Reader Reviews:

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.

a good read (0/1 people found this helpful)

if you like mcnabs style then this is a must read. probably better to read the books in this series in order though, so get remote control first.

Looking for more and more (2/3 people found this helpful)

General comment
I must admit I found Andy by chance in a library. I guess it was "Crisis Four" that I read first. Since then I read most of what Andy wrote and still have 2 waiting to be read. I am also happy to find out that next books are still being written.

Last Light
As usually extremely professional. You can tell by each word used in the book that it has been written by someone who has really experienced all that. This is what makes all Andy's books so special - the level of details. Details in everything. If there is a room described - you get all the details and impressions Nick notices. This I find amazing and superb.
I don't have to emphasise the level of professionalism - both in the military art and the writing. I am just totally fond of all Andy's books. With no exception I must say.

Conclusion
I'll keep reading them as long as Andy writes them. His name is a guarantee of high quality.

Andy McNab

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