Product Description

Recuperating in Switzerland after a job that cost the life of one of his closest friends, ex-deniable operator Nick Stone is looking for a quiet life. But when his private life starts to disintegrate, Nick is reluctantly forced back into action. The trail leads him to Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it isn't long before his dark past comes knocking on his door..."Recoil" is another pulsating example of modern thriller writing at its very best: compelling, authentic and utterly real. McNab has worked for many years behind the headlines and he knows only too well what makes them...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81309 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

From the Inside Flap
Recuperating in Switzerland after a job that cost the life of one of his closest friends, ex-special forces soldier and deniable operator Nick Stone has only one thing on his mind: the girl who left his bed this morning without saying goodbye. And when she fails to reappear, Nick knows the honeymoon is over before it has even begun.

Her trail leads him to Africa, and the deep end of a very dirty Congo war – where it isn’t long before the past comes knocking at his door, and Stone finds himself catapulted once more into the dark and brutal world he’d tried to leave behind.

As one bloody twist leads to another, his apparently simple quest becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy, to which he and his beautiful quarry unwittingly hold the key . . .

Violent and harrowing, Nick Stone’s ninth adventure is high-octane, no-holds-barred McNab – prose so testosterone-charged, action so adrenaline-pumping, it could only have been penned by the master storyteller at his electrifying, blockbusting best.

From the Back Cover
Praise for Andy McNab:

‘Andy McNab knows where his strengths lie, and it’s not just in his biceps . . . Only people who have not read this book could suggest that he is not a fine writer. It is a heart-thumping read.’
Daily Express

‘Addictive … Packed with wild action and revealing tradecraft.’
Daily Telegraph

‘McNab is a terrific novelist. When it comes to thrills, he’s Forsyth class.’
Mail on Sunday

‘McNab’s great asset is that the heart of his fiction is non-fiction: other thriller writers do their research, but he has actually been there.’
Sunday Times

About the Author
joined the infantry as a boy soldier. In 1984 he was 'badged' as a member of 22 SAS Regiment and was involved in both covert and overt special operations worldwide. During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his commanding officer, 'will remain in regimental history for ever'. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his military career, McNab was the British Army's most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS in February 1993. He wrote about his experiences in two phenomenal bestsellers, Bravo Two Zero, which was filmed in 1998 starring Sean Bean, and Immediate Action. He is the author of the bestselling novels, Remote Control, Crisis Four, Firewall, Last Light, Liberation Day and Dark Winter. Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and UK.

Customer Reviews

Gripping stuff
Recoil is well up to the standard of fast action thriller that we have come to expect from McNab. Other authors may be better writers but within the limited field that he knows and sticks to he is undoubtedly a master. For my taste, as in many of his other novels, he overdoes the amount of fine technical detail to the point where it interferes with the pace of the story but I realise that this is something many other readers enjoy. This is gripping stuff and a compelling read.

McNab again, but no bad thing.
I've read the majority of the McNab production line and this is more of the same. The question isn't really whether this book is any good, but more, do you enjoy McNab books?

It tells a story of kids forced into fighting in Africa, scatters in a few morals, some revenge and a love interest. Standard fodder for McNab. The tale is fairly slow to start and there are some fairly obvious appearances later in the story, you can see them coming and it appears to be a trade off between continuity in the series of Stone tales and making the book stand on it's own merits.

If you like McNab, you'll like this, guns, violence and enough special forces references for armchair action fans. If you are new to McNab it's an engaging enough thriller with some page turning action / suspense sequences.

I've only given it three stars as whilst it's a readable story, it doesn't really break the mould and the stories are becoming a bit manufactured for my liking.

Different but very good
Something has changed - the editor?

The language is a bit different, the style is different, etc. A story of a battle in details. But very well written and gripping. I finally spent the whole night just to get to the end. The end again is also a bit surprising.

The usual for McNab attention to details, the hero who isn't really a hero (makes a lot of mistakes), interesting characters, etc. The story develops, is fast and dramatic.

Recommended. I loved it.