Product Details

• Published on: 2005-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

From the Publisher
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

From the Back Cover
Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading oil nation, is on the brink of revolution. While the Royal Family is ransacking the dwindling coffers, the country seethes with unrest. Vowing to end the destructive rule, Crown Prince Mohammed sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry. In search of an ally, a nation with a naval power willing to help in return for a share of the oil wealth, he turns to France. Her lethal Hunter Killer submarines can inflict devastating damage to the country’s massive oil installations and help shift the power structure of the world’s oil giant.

On the other side of the globe, as the ferocious battle for the desert kingdom begins and the world’s oil markets plunge into chaos, Admiral Morgan, former Security Advisor to the President, and Lt. Commander Ramshawe are summoned to the White House. Here, they discover the masterminds behind the evil plot: a mysterious French Colonel they call ‘The Hunter,’ and none other than Morgan’s arch enemy, HAMAS General Ravi Rashood …

Praise for Patrick Robinson
‘The new Frederick Forsyth’ Guardian
‘Britain’s answer to Tom Clancy’ Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller‘An edge-of-your-seat terror ride … A spellbinding novel’ Herald Express

About the Author
Patrick Robinson is the author of seven previous international bestselling thrillers: Nimitz Class, Kilo Class, H.M.S. Unseen, Seawolf, The Shark Mutiny, Barracuda 945 and Scimitar SL-2. He is also the author of several non-fiction bestsellers including True Blue (with Dan Topolski) and Born to Win. He is the co-author with Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward of One Hundred Days.

Customer Reviews

"America's Best, Forget the Rest" -- if you like that, buy this!
"America's best, forget the rest" is a motto followed by some writers. There are those who despite this attitude manage to write entertaining novels, such as Tom Clancy.
Hunter Killer, however, is not one of those novels.
The story is boring, not well told, and the constant French bashing, along with unashamed and abundant praise lavished on the USA, is a bit tiring. A little more balance would not have hurt.
In closing, this is a great book for francophobes.

French Bashing
This is the first book I've read by Parick Robinson and it'll be the last.
Right I'm French, but still I was astounded by the idiocy of such a scenario from a right-winger who certainly cannot be compared to Frederick Forsyth. Robinson just imagines a most improbable plot in which a nation like France perpetrates the most abominable terrorist attack on the scale of the planet. Thank God Admiral Morgan and the USA are there to save the world and in the end France is exposed as the villain of the piece and humiliated in front of the whole world at the UN.
When you realise that that book was written when G.W.Bush launched his attack against Iraq on the basis of a pack of lies, when the French were mocked as cowards for not joining in, (which Robinson , no doubt a fervent supporter of Bush and the Iraq war, can't help reminding the reader ), it's no wonder, yet a bit rich to write a story having the President of France , (of all stupid ideas a former communist,) allowing himself to be dragged into a terrorist act of war and giving orders to that effect which will be carried out down the military hierarchy without anyone protesting or leaking it.
Now if you are fond of technological details about the navy high-tech weaponry you may enjoy that kind of story,but I cannot recommend that book to anybody. Personally I soon got bored but I kept reading it just to see what end such a stupid story could be leading to.

Great fun
Unlike some of the other reviews I read books to be entertained and this book did it for me. Far from the plot being far-fetched find it completly possible. The Saudies are going to fall it is only a matter of when and picking the French as the devious nation to be party to the fall is perfect as they are the most self centred and power hungry nation in Europe. This was fun and I past a dull and wet weekend being amused and thrilled in turn. It was a nice touch of Clancy and like him the attention to detail was first class. Will now set out to read his other books. More please.