The Kill List

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In Virginia, there is an agency bearing the bland name of Technical Operations Support Activity, or TOSA Its one mission is to track, find, and kill those so dangerous to the United States that they are on a short document known as the Kill List TOSA actually exists So does the Kill List.Added to it is a new name a terrorist of frightening effectiveness called the Preacher, who radicalizes young Muslims abroad to carry out assassinations Unfortunately for him, one of the kills is a retired Marine general, whose son is TOSA s top hunter of men.He has spent the last six years at his job He knows nothing about his target s name, face, or location He realizes his search will take him to places where few could survive But the Preacher has made it personal now The hunt is on.An extraordinary cutting edge suspense novel from the master of international intrigue and 1 New York Times bestselling author. Read The Kill List Author Frederick Forsyth – kino-fada.fr Frederick Forsyth is one of my favourite thriller writers His books are usually about commandos, cops, mercenaries, spies, dictators, terrorists and assassins entangled in some conspiracy or some covert mission There s plenty of twists, gun fights, commando raids and a little bit of investigation too If you prefer the realistic stories and moral ambiguity of John Le Carre, then definitlely Forsyth is not for you but if you want action and thrills then h...I wonder why I keep reading this type of book But I know the answer to this question I like the idea of a well written, gripping adventure yarn A good story that leaves you breathless, with engaging characters, striking locations, edge of the seat suspense A book where you feel that you are in good hands , where you can trust the expertise of its writer as a craftsman If we were talking about food, I d be looking for a burger, but delivered by the best burger bar you can think of, succulen I wonder why I keep reading this type of book But I know the answer to this question I like the idea of a well written, gripping adventure yarn A good story that leaves you breathless, with engaging characters, striking locations, edge of the seat suspense A book wher...When you begin your career writing Cold War thrillers like The Day Of The Jackal and post war Nazi hunts like The Odessa File keeping up with the changing geo politcal landscape over the past fifty years is a daunting task for even acknowledged masters of the genre Somehow Frederick Forsyth has evolved with the times.The Nazi s are all dead or caught, the Iron Curtain rusted away but the heart of the political thriller a global threat and a contemporary superman to oppose the threat still beats When you begin your career writing Cold War thrillers like The Day Of The Jackal and post war Nazi hunts like The Odessa File keeping up with the changing geo politcal landscape over the past fifty years is a daunting task for even acknowledged masters of the genre S...I ve enjoyed Forsyth s writing over the years and The Kill List is no exception It s a high tech military tale about hunting down the bad guysterrorists It s strong on insider knowledge about the military, high tech espionage, and terrorist thinking It s short on characterization which is the book s biggest weakness Forsyth doesn t flesh out any of his protagonists They all remain one dimensional but if you re looking for a fast moving, up to date political story look no further I hav I ve enjoyed Forsyth s writing over the years and The Kill List is no exception It s a high tech military tale about hunting down the bad guysterrorists It s strong on insider knowledge about the military, high tech espionage, and terrorist thinking It s short on characterization which is the book s biggest weakness Forsyth doesn t flesh out any of his protagonists They all remain one dimensional but if you re looking for a fast moving, up to date political story look no further I have little knowledge about such topics so I m not a good judge but the story is all too believable Drones that can track and kill as well as surveil Highly trained military personnel who are excellent killing machines Terr...As a life long fan, I am disappointed at the sloppiness of Forsyth s research This kind of plot driven, technical thriller relies heavily on attention to detail and truthy facts to establish the author s credibility as well as the authenticity of the story Unfortunately, Forsyth revealed opposite tendencies in The Kill List As anyone with access to Google knows, Echelon is not a facial recognition database, and it certainly does not reside in an FBI facility Also why would the President ne As a life long fan, I am disappointed at the sloppiness of Forsyth s research This kind of plot driven, technical thriller relies heavily on attention to detail and truthy facts to establish the author s credibility as well as the authenticity of the story Unfortunately, Forsyth revealed opposite tendencies in The Kill List As anyone with access to Google knows, Echelon is not a facial recognition database, and it certainly does not reside in an FBI facility Also why would the President need JSOC as his private army when as Commander in Chief, he has all US Forces under his command It also showed some insensitivity on his part to c...Superb It s amazing an author who began writing contemporaneously about the attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle long before such things as the internet and cell phones now writes contemporaneously with the same absolute authenticity about hunting the jihadi who recruits Islamist murderers online and in social media Forsyth accomplishes this with meticulous research including, in this instance, physically visiting Mogadishu at the height of its hellishness Disclaimer you might notice Superb It s amazing an author who began writing contemporaneously about the attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle long before such things as the internet and cell phones now writes contemporaneously with the same absolute authenticity about hunting the jihadi who recruits Islamist murderers online and in social media Forsyth accomplishes this with meticulous research including, in this instance, physically visiting Mogadishu at the height of its hellishness Disclaimer you might notice a few small things that are not quite right For example, Forsyth sometimes refers to an American installation as, Air Force Base Creech, the way his government names British installations as RAF Lakenheath, instead of the way we always do, Creech Air ...One of the characters in The Kill List has Asperger s he has to, he s a teenage computer whiz , and frankly the book does too It s a thriller with no emotions, no character development, a collection of plot points rigidly checked off a list It begins with mini bios of the main character, Kit Carson so named to distinguish him from his father, Christopher Carson , and his father, both Marines Carson is ambitious and smart, graduates from William and Mary, learns how to do deep scuba dives an One of the characters in The Kill List has Asperger s he has to, he s a teenage computer whiz , and frankly the book does too It s a thriller with no emotions, no character development, a collection of plot points rigidly checked off a list It begins with mini bios of the main character, Kit Carson so named to distinguish him from his father, Christopher Carson , and his father, both Marines Carson is ambitious and smart, graduates from William and Mary, learns how to do deep scuba dives and parachute, saves American lives in Afghan firefights, learns Arabic, studies in the Mideast, befriends wise old Arab men He marries a Navy nurse I ve already forgotten her name, because it was mentioned only once Karen Susan , it turns out she is infertile, and she is rapidly killed by a drunk driver Karen, or was it Susan, we hardly knew ye Literally, you h..., Bell , 2011 2014 , ,, Bell , 2011 2014 , ,, ,,, , , , ,, ,,, , ,, ,, , ,,,The jacket blurb for Frederick Forsyth s The Kill List says that the Los Angeles Times said of him, Forsyth is Truly the world s reigning master of suspense This book does nothing to refute that conclusion Forty pages into it, I knew that it was a five star book In it, a Marine major assigned to find terrorists so that they can get up close and personal with a drone is assigned to find The Preacher, who specializes in internet sermons to radicalize young Muslims living abroad to carry out The jacket blurb for Frederick Forsyth s The Kill List says that the Los Angeles Times said of him, Forsyth is Truly the world s reigning master of suspense This book does nothing to refute that conclusion Forty pages into it, I knew that it was a five star book In it, a Marine major assigned to find terrorists so that they can get up close and personal with a drone is assigned to find The Preacher, who specializes in internet sermons to radicalize young Muslims living abroad...Brilliance from The MasterFredrick Forsythe is back with a brilliant thriller that is thoroughly up to date well researched and could be happening right now Forsythe is master of the thriller genre and with the Kill List he shows his readers why he will long remain one of if not the best thriller writer in the English Language This is a book is worth every penny and you will want to reread it As always this book is a well researched well written book with nothing left to chance.The tracker is Brilliance from The MasterFredrick Forsythe is back with a brilliant thriller that is thoroughly up to date well researched and could be happening right now Forsythe is master of the thriller genre and with the Kill List he shows his readers why he will long remain one of if not the best thriller writer in the English Language This is a book is worth every penny and you will want to reread it As always this book is a well researched well written book with nothing left to chance.The tracker is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps who now works for a very shadow agency TOSA under the command of J SOC with a direct line to the President is charged with finding and dispatching Al Qaeda and all other associated terrorists There is one...

The Kill List
  • English
  • 25 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 332 pages
  • 0399165274
  • Frederick Forsyth
  • The Kill List