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As POTUS, Donald Trump pushes his exclusionary, racist and divisive agenda on the US and the world, England has already taken the next frightening step.
In London, a delusional racist aristocrat, invisible, privileged, and well-protected by his station, ruthlessly coordinates a diabolical attack, a slaughter disguised as a domestic terror assault.
Deep in the core of MI5, a traitor, misuses, redirects and controls official resources. Manipulating a group of cowards, rapists, murderers, and virulent racists culled from the ranks of the English Defense League, the aristocrat and the traitor aim to throw England into a state of xenophobic frenzy.
Only two men stand a chance of stopping their fanatical plot.
One is a victim of state-sponsored madness twice over, a humble Egyptian cab driver who brought his family to England in search of a better life. Aalim is meant to be a scapegoat for the actions of his captors, a “rag-head” who can be made to take the blame for their actions lest his innocent wife and son, taken hostage, suffer a terrible fate.
The other, Wilson, is a crotchety intelligence analyst. An iconoclastic workaholic, rapidly losing patience with his superiors’ political gamesmanship, Wilson relies on his own brand of intelligence analysis when one of the plotters makes the attack personal and when one of his closest friends at MI5 pays the ultimate price for discovering too much.
Can Aalim’s faith and humanity overcome his fear of the monsters keeping his family captive?
And can Wilson overcome the Bad Analysis that infests a system that, from the very beginning, was set against him?
In London, a delusional racist aristocrat, invisible, privileged, and well-protected by his station, ruthlessly coordinates a diabolical attack, a slaughter disguised as a domestic terror assault.
Deep in the core of MI5, a traitor, misuses, redirects and controls official resources. Manipulating a group of cowards, rapists, murderers, and virulent racists culled from the ranks of the English Defense League, the aristocrat and the traitor aim to throw England into a state of xenophobic frenzy.
Only two men stand a chance of stopping their fanatical plot.
One is a victim of state-sponsored madness twice over, a humble Egyptian cab driver who brought his family to England in search of a better life. Aalim is meant to be a scapegoat for the actions of his captors, a “rag-head” who can be made to take the blame for their actions lest his innocent wife and son, taken hostage, suffer a terrible fate.
The other, Wilson, is a crotchety intelligence analyst. An iconoclastic workaholic, rapidly losing patience with his superiors’ political gamesmanship, Wilson relies on his own brand of intelligence analysis when one of the plotters makes the attack personal and when one of his closest friends at MI5 pays the ultimate price for discovering too much.
Can Aalim’s faith and humanity overcome his fear of the monsters keeping his family captive?
And can Wilson overcome the Bad Analysis that infests a system that, from the very beginning, was set against him?
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 9, 2016
About the author
Colin Knight
6 books82 followersColin Knight was born in Manchester, England to working class parents – his father painted houses and drove delivery trucks; his mother worked in a retirement home. He and his four siblings shared a small three-bedroom house on an unremarkable city owned housing estate ten miles from the city centre. From seven to sixteen years old, he held newspaper and milk delivery jobs, which he did, before school. Educated to state standards, at an experimental public high-school for boys, Colin graduated at sixteen with minimum credentials. At eighteen, he joined an American international company as a general office helper. By twenty-three Colin had developed an aptitude for product management and marketing. His career with the American company provided work assignments in Italy and Switzerland, as well as travel to many European countries. In 1987, Colin immigrated to Canada to work for a distributor of the American company. In 1991, he took a chance and quit work to attend university. By 1997, Colin had obtained a BA Honors Degree in Political Science, and a MA Degree in International Relations. In 1999, after a brief return to the private sector, Colin joined the Canadian Federal Government. During his fifteen-year government career, Colin worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Public Safety Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and most recently, he was a Senior Policy Analyst in the Federal Privy Council Office. Government work and assignments took Colin to Europe, Asia, Latin America and the US. Colin retired from the government in 2014 to focus on family, writing and life. Colin lives in Ottawa, Canada with his wife and their three children. In between housework, groceries, shuttling children and general family support, Colin is working on his next novel. Squash, soccer, learning to play the guitar, and quality beer relieve stress and writers block.
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February 14, 2017
'Bad Analysis' by Colin Knight is a very clever and well thought out conspiracy thriller that is fast paced, full of violent action, and twists and turns. There's lots of dominant characters too and in my opinion a typical Bond type villain (Anthony Mitton-Wells) on the end of a phone giving orders. This is an extremely intelligent book which shows a huge amount of attention to detail especially towards the analysing of data acquired by international government agencies in the hunt for the modern day terrorist. This is a very worrying book when you think about how easy it is to plan a terrorist attack today and agencies developed to tackle these plans have to be commended. The extensive research that has been done on the storyline must have been painstaking and very time-taking.
Due to the extreme racial hatred and violence contained here if you are very politically correct then maybe this book isn't for you. I perhaps shouldn't say I enjoyed it due to the sensitive nature of the plot but I did and wish Colin every success with this book 'Bad Analysis'.
Due to the extreme racial hatred and violence contained here if you are very politically correct then maybe this book isn't for you. I perhaps shouldn't say I enjoyed it due to the sensitive nature of the plot but I did and wish Colin every success with this book 'Bad Analysis'.
February 23, 2018
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A book of two parts. All of the facts present in this book are interesting, and thought provoking. The section on how bad intelligence analysis can affect things in a butterfly effect are very eye opening.
All of the nonfiction is the usual nonsense we read in the MSM about Trump supporters and Brexit. In other words, it's bad analysis.
A book of two parts. All of the facts present in this book are interesting, and thought provoking. The section on how bad intelligence analysis can affect things in a butterfly effect are very eye opening.
All of the nonfiction is the usual nonsense we read in the MSM about Trump supporters and Brexit. In other words, it's bad analysis.
March 26, 2016
So... at first I rated the book 4 stars because I did really like it- not because I like death and destruction, but because it was action-packed and kind of "James Bond" . So, I went off to mull over the review I was going to write. The more I thought about it the clearer it became that, in my eyes, the book deserves full 5 stars and here are reasons:
1. Complex plot which delivers a gradual build up to the end-game and offers a number of surprise twists.
2. Great execution of overall story- with the amount of characters and several locations there is no confusion as to what's going on and who's who.
3. Add to the above point- precision to detail and a glimpse into how a terrorist act might be plotted. Kind of scary, really...
4. A lot of knowledge has gone into the book... I wonder if the author got in trouble for his Google browser history! :)
5. There is no "here are the outlines of the event, color it to your own liking"- no, the readers was told pretty much in details what's going on and that adds to the horror and terror!
Basically, what you get is a proper build up for event(s) to unfold, proper full-speed-ahead action, some analysts trying to tie ends together and controversy. Of course, no book is complete without a handful of sick bastards!
If you have a very vivid imagination and are easily squeamish then there are parts in the book which can make you physically retch! Just saying... Racism, beatings, torture...
1. Complex plot which delivers a gradual build up to the end-game and offers a number of surprise twists.
2. Great execution of overall story- with the amount of characters and several locations there is no confusion as to what's going on and who's who.
3. Add to the above point- precision to detail and a glimpse into how a terrorist act might be plotted. Kind of scary, really...
4. A lot of knowledge has gone into the book... I wonder if the author got in trouble for his Google browser history! :)
5. There is no "here are the outlines of the event, color it to your own liking"- no, the readers was told pretty much in details what's going on and that adds to the horror and terror!
Basically, what you get is a proper build up for event(s) to unfold, proper full-speed-ahead action, some analysts trying to tie ends together and controversy. Of course, no book is complete without a handful of sick bastards!
If you have a very vivid imagination and are easily squeamish then there are parts in the book which can make you physically retch! Just saying... Racism, beatings, torture...
March 27, 2022
This book is a bit slow to get going. The first few chapters are disorienting and I feel introduce too many characters too quickly - it makes following chapters challenging to follow at first. The story certainly gets going, though, and the pace of the action picks up substantially. The reader is left with a slightly unsettled feeling about how much of this was based on the author's own experiences working within the Canadian government, and how little we as the public know about the actual security threats we face on a daily basis. The author does a good job of keeping the story firmly grounded in the realm of the possible, further adding to the emotional engagement of the reader. However, this book has been poorly edited from a spelling and grammar perspective - typos abound and it was frustrating at times to be so deeply immersed in the story only to be jarred out of it by some spelling or grammatical error that forced you to have to reread and infer the proper meaning of a passage.
March 22, 2017
I got my copy through the goodreads giveaway scheme and was intrigued by the sound of this book and by the interesting career of the author. The pace of the book was good and the concept was scarily believable that right-wing groups can be manipulated by higher powers to stir up anti-immigrant feelings for their own ends. The main character was good and I like the fact that he was constantly falling out with his bosses or going against them in his own way and the ending was certainly left for further books in this series. This was book 3 but I didn't feel that I had to have ead the others for this book to make sense.
On the downside I found the constant use of acronyms quite annoying because as you read them I feel that you sub consciously try to translate them which slows you down as you read and I found several spelling and grammatical errors in my copy so I hope that these will be rectified by the editing team but overall a good solid read and I would read more.
On the downside I found the constant use of acronyms quite annoying because as you read them I feel that you sub consciously try to translate them which slows you down as you read and I found several spelling and grammatical errors in my copy so I hope that these will be rectified by the editing team but overall a good solid read and I would read more.
February 10, 2018
Thank you to author Colin Knight for this Kindle copy of Bad Analysis. Also, thanks to Goodreads for hosting this opportunity through the First Read program.
I liked it. Using one of the human failings - Act like me, think like me, dress like me or be outcast - we're carried along as two ideologies collide. Here, we have one religion and race trying to stir the pot with a terrorist action that could wipe out tens of thousands unsuspecting lives. The race is on, using analytical thinking and technique, to decipher and stop the atrocity and find who is behind the madness. The story and characters are pretty well done, the action moves along at a nice pace. The use of 'points in time' for chapters bounces forward and back a bit, but easy to follow along.
As with all e-books I've read, there is neglect on the editing side.
Overall, a good read.
I liked it. Using one of the human failings - Act like me, think like me, dress like me or be outcast - we're carried along as two ideologies collide. Here, we have one religion and race trying to stir the pot with a terrorist action that could wipe out tens of thousands unsuspecting lives. The race is on, using analytical thinking and technique, to decipher and stop the atrocity and find who is behind the madness. The story and characters are pretty well done, the action moves along at a nice pace. The use of 'points in time' for chapters bounces forward and back a bit, but easy to follow along.
As with all e-books I've read, there is neglect on the editing side.
Overall, a good read.
May 1, 2022
I'm almost embarrassed to admit I finished this book due to the amount of profanity and brutality described. I should have quit early on, but I was curious to see not only how it ended, but how analysts worked. I assume the descriptions of their work practices are accurate (altho, I don't know). These analysts worked for anti-terrorism teams in Canada. It is scary how easy it is for them to fail to analyst correctly. It followed one primary analyst Wilson, who is a good guy who really tries to do the right thing, putting in tremendous effort. Then, there are the chapters about the terrorist members who planned a horrific event. There was far more description of brutality and foil behavior than I wanted to read. While they probably ARE that evil, less detail would have been better for me. This is my personal opinion.
October 16, 2022
In London, a deranged racist aristocrat, inconspicuous, advantaged, and well-protected by his station, ferociously coordinates a fiendish attack - a slaughter disguised as a domestic terror assault.
Craig Wilson, a cantankerous intelligence analyst. A nonconforming workaholic, relies on his own brand of intelligence investigation when one of the plotters makes the attack personal and one of his closest friends pays the price for discovering too much.
Can Wilson conquer the Bad Analysis that breaches a system that, from the very beginning, was set against him?
Craig Wilson, a cantankerous intelligence analyst. A nonconforming workaholic, relies on his own brand of intelligence investigation when one of the plotters makes the attack personal and one of his closest friends pays the price for discovering too much.
Can Wilson conquer the Bad Analysis that breaches a system that, from the very beginning, was set against him?
December 20, 2020
Good story realistic and fast moving plot of a rightwing setup to discredit innocent muslims. However it has two major flaws. Firstly, clues that confuse all Western intelligence yet even a boyscout could have worked out! and secondly, credibility given to a major actual rightwing setup of this type, that of the Lee Rigby file: a man with apparently two different and distinct hair lines and no blood!
June 1, 2017
I received Bad Analysis by Colin Knight in a Goodreads Giveaway.
Knight portrays an in depth knowledge of Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Terrorism that is frightening real in todays life.
A hard hitting novel that will keep you rivetted until the final page.
Knight portrays an in depth knowledge of Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Terrorism that is frightening real in todays life.
A hard hitting novel that will keep you rivetted until the final page.
March 8, 2018
The story was interesting. The analysis by security experts was led astray which almost ended up disastrous. I think the book could have used some proofreading as there were numerous missing words, wrong words, misplaced words, and erroneous spellings.
October 22, 2021
Bad Analysis is a very good read that opens the world of intergovernmental agencies in England and Canada. It certainly sets out the mistakes of analysis and wrong directions the agents can make. The book ended and left me wanting more!!
February 22, 2018
the focus jumps around the world, the Canadian protagonist's analysis alternates with scenes from the action related to that analysis. Fun read and good story.
March 8, 2018
I enjoyed the outcome. Story of plans made and implemented to pull off a terrorist attack. How they manipulated and framed a Muslim broke my heart. Good triumphs evil.
August 19, 2019
Not one I could get into. The first few chapters were all over the place
September 3, 2021
An ok story and plot but s little to long
The story was somewhat drawn out and much roo long in content for me to really get into the story itself and the characters
The story was somewhat drawn out and much roo long in content for me to really get into the story itself and the characters
January 2, 2024
Taut thriller that doesn't sag.
March 8, 2017
Craig Wilson works for Canadian Intelligence, a loner whose work is too good to allow him to be retired while his frequently divergent opinions make him unpopular with his bosses. However, when the brewing of a new terror crisis in the slums of Europe sends vibrations through the webs of the international intelligence community, Wilson’s instincts are triggered. The death of an old friend in British Intelligence, and an uncharacteristically cryptic message left behind him only strengthen Wilson’s feeling that there’s something very far amiss – but will he be able to unravel it in time to avert a tragedy?
Bad Analysis is an excellently-paced spy thriller, hitting all the right notes of intrigue, duplicity, and desperation. The protagonist is sufficiently flawed to be credible, and the case is convincingly built on a series of tiny details, luck, and hunches. The conflict between the politic aspirations of Wilson’s bosses and the very real danger posed by their myopia is an especially nice touch. Unfortunately, the stellar plotting and story of this book was badly undermined by the technical aspects of the writing, especially in the punctuation. This is the kind of book that would easily hit five stars if not for the fact I had to stop on multiple occasions to figure out where the comma should have gone, and what the most likely meaning of the phrase had been intended to be.
Reviewed for By Rite of Word.
Bad Analysis is an excellently-paced spy thriller, hitting all the right notes of intrigue, duplicity, and desperation. The protagonist is sufficiently flawed to be credible, and the case is convincingly built on a series of tiny details, luck, and hunches. The conflict between the politic aspirations of Wilson’s bosses and the very real danger posed by their myopia is an especially nice touch. Unfortunately, the stellar plotting and story of this book was badly undermined by the technical aspects of the writing, especially in the punctuation. This is the kind of book that would easily hit five stars if not for the fact I had to stop on multiple occasions to figure out where the comma should have gone, and what the most likely meaning of the phrase had been intended to be.
Reviewed for By Rite of Word.
May 7, 2016
Bad Analysis 31
Author – Colin Knight
Genre – Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
326 Pages
Rating 4 stars out of 5 Posted 5/7/16
Craig Wilson is an analyst with Canada's Integrated Terrorism Center
Morris Marshall is the head of the English Defense League, a radical right wing racist organization.
Anthony Mitton-Wells is a highly respected, wealthy, fanatical, domestic terrorist.
My impressions: terrifying, possible, fanatics, high placed domestic terrorist, despicable thugs.
It took a while for me to get into this plot, but then I was engrossed to the end. I even stayed up past midnight to finish it. Racist hatred is the central theme and manipulation of the losers at the bottom of the economy is the means of implementing a major act of violence to rid England of all immigrants, especially Muslims.
Of course, it takes a sick minded but intelligent, wealthy, high placed person or small group of people to put an outrageous plan like this in action, so we have the upper and lower classes uniting in an evil plot.
Craig Wilson is the experienced and respected analyst who has a bureaucrat for a boss instead of a professional who has advanced through the organization gaining a background in what Craig is most proficient at.
The guts of the story lays out Craig's fears of terrorist slipping through their nets due to bad analysis of available information or management's inept, micromanagement of his conclusions. Craig's fears soon prove to be real and he has to put his career on the line to force people above him to listen before thousands of victims are injured or killed.
The plot is well thought out and maintains intensity from start to finish.
The flaws are that internal thoughts need to be in italics, and there are occasional common editing errors. If those issues don't turn you off the story gets a 5 star rating based on the strong intense plot. If perfect editing is a must for you, knock the rating down a bit.
This review was provided in exchange for a free book.
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Author – Colin Knight
Genre – Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
326 Pages
Rating 4 stars out of 5 Posted 5/7/16
Craig Wilson is an analyst with Canada's Integrated Terrorism Center
Morris Marshall is the head of the English Defense League, a radical right wing racist organization.
Anthony Mitton-Wells is a highly respected, wealthy, fanatical, domestic terrorist.
My impressions: terrifying, possible, fanatics, high placed domestic terrorist, despicable thugs.
It took a while for me to get into this plot, but then I was engrossed to the end. I even stayed up past midnight to finish it. Racist hatred is the central theme and manipulation of the losers at the bottom of the economy is the means of implementing a major act of violence to rid England of all immigrants, especially Muslims.
Of course, it takes a sick minded but intelligent, wealthy, high placed person or small group of people to put an outrageous plan like this in action, so we have the upper and lower classes uniting in an evil plot.
Craig Wilson is the experienced and respected analyst who has a bureaucrat for a boss instead of a professional who has advanced through the organization gaining a background in what Craig is most proficient at.
The guts of the story lays out Craig's fears of terrorist slipping through their nets due to bad analysis of available information or management's inept, micromanagement of his conclusions. Craig's fears soon prove to be real and he has to put his career on the line to force people above him to listen before thousands of victims are injured or killed.
The plot is well thought out and maintains intensity from start to finish.
The flaws are that internal thoughts need to be in italics, and there are occasional common editing errors. If those issues don't turn you off the story gets a 5 star rating based on the strong intense plot. If perfect editing is a must for you, knock the rating down a bit.
This review was provided in exchange for a free book.
Vigilant Reader Book Reviews.
December 16, 2016
Mt Knight should be proud to have penned such an excellent book which I believe well deserves 5 stars.
The author skillfully presents an intelligent and reasonably complex plot whilst managing to retain both momentum of story line and clarity of prose, making for easy and enjoyable reading.
Two story is comprised of two main threads. The first follows the exploits of three sociopathic, racist thugs and their socially superior puppet-masters whose aim is to rid England of its immigrant plague. The second follows Craig Wilson, a British ex-pat working with a Canadian anti-terrorism government department. For Wilson, it's a race against time to unravel a deep-rooted web of deceit and corruption, before his adversaries are able to perpetrate a most horrible crime that would change the face of England forever.
As well as considerable talent, it's evident from the author's profile that years of experience within government and an academic background in politics and international relations, have been fed into this book. This transforms it into something that is actually quite brilliant.
Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. My assessment of the work has in no way been influenced by this.
The author skillfully presents an intelligent and reasonably complex plot whilst managing to retain both momentum of story line and clarity of prose, making for easy and enjoyable reading.
Two story is comprised of two main threads. The first follows the exploits of three sociopathic, racist thugs and their socially superior puppet-masters whose aim is to rid England of its immigrant plague. The second follows Craig Wilson, a British ex-pat working with a Canadian anti-terrorism government department. For Wilson, it's a race against time to unravel a deep-rooted web of deceit and corruption, before his adversaries are able to perpetrate a most horrible crime that would change the face of England forever.
As well as considerable talent, it's evident from the author's profile that years of experience within government and an academic background in politics and international relations, have been fed into this book. This transforms it into something that is actually quite brilliant.
Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. My assessment of the work has in no way been influenced by this.
April 9, 2016
"Evil prevails when good men fail to act."
Bad analysis--woe to the innocents. Craig Wilson knows any number of things can contribute to a successful terrorist attack: weak intelligence, misaligned resources, personality conflicts, even a misspelled name, but his greatest fear is bad analysis. As a senior analyst on an international risk assessment team he takes a low tech approach when correlating incoming data; a white board and magic markers. Scorn he can handle, as long as he gets it right.
Money and new members are suddenly pouring into the English Defense League, an anti-Muslim protest movement supported by both soccer hooligans and blue bloods. When MI5 fails to issue an alert, red flags start Wilson's calculating mind racing. Under direct orders to end his investigation, he knows the clock is ticking, and it's up to him to neutralize the threat of thousands of deaths and casualties.
Intelligent, without being overtly intellectual, Bad Analysis deconstructs xenophobia. And it's a damn fine conspiracy thriller, to boot.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
Bad analysis--woe to the innocents. Craig Wilson knows any number of things can contribute to a successful terrorist attack: weak intelligence, misaligned resources, personality conflicts, even a misspelled name, but his greatest fear is bad analysis. As a senior analyst on an international risk assessment team he takes a low tech approach when correlating incoming data; a white board and magic markers. Scorn he can handle, as long as he gets it right.
Money and new members are suddenly pouring into the English Defense League, an anti-Muslim protest movement supported by both soccer hooligans and blue bloods. When MI5 fails to issue an alert, red flags start Wilson's calculating mind racing. Under direct orders to end his investigation, he knows the clock is ticking, and it's up to him to neutralize the threat of thousands of deaths and casualties.
Intelligent, without being overtly intellectual, Bad Analysis deconstructs xenophobia. And it's a damn fine conspiracy thriller, to boot.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
April 29, 2016
I was asked to read/review this Bad Analysis by the author. The blurb looking intriguing so I delved in. Once I had got past the first couple of chapters and kind of established who was who and what the objectives were it became riveting.
For fans of Bond type movies with a bit of brutality thrown in .. not for the faint-hearted or politically correct sensitive sort but it is all written with complex entirety valid to the story.
I’m not going to try and explain the plot basis .. suffice to say it is very well written, explained and contoured so you can visualise and failing that the descriptive text leaves little to the imagination!
Plenty of twists and turns, will good outdo bad or vice versa .. scarily relevant in today’s world climate. Just how likely is this fiction going to become reality? A tense page turner that will thrill to the end. Will happily read more books by this author!
Thanks to Colin, this is my honest opinion in exchange for a copy.
For fans of Bond type movies with a bit of brutality thrown in .. not for the faint-hearted or politically correct sensitive sort but it is all written with complex entirety valid to the story.
I’m not going to try and explain the plot basis .. suffice to say it is very well written, explained and contoured so you can visualise and failing that the descriptive text leaves little to the imagination!
Plenty of twists and turns, will good outdo bad or vice versa .. scarily relevant in today’s world climate. Just how likely is this fiction going to become reality? A tense page turner that will thrill to the end. Will happily read more books by this author!
Thanks to Colin, this is my honest opinion in exchange for a copy.
April 9, 2016
I was contacted by Mr Knight and asked if I would like to read and review his novel, Bad Analysis. I agreed and am glad I did! I admit that I was hesitant when I first read the summary of this book. It is not the typical genre that I read so I wasn't sure how I would feel about it. To be perfectly honest, there were a few things that I personally didn't love (the detailed violence and the choice language) because I'm just not a violence and terror kind of girl but I could totally see this becoming a movie!
Bad Analysis was well written and extremely detailed. Colin Knight certainly did his research! This is not a fluff book or one for the faint of heart! If you enjoy reading Thrillers then you will probably love this book! Go get it!
*Note: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Bad Analysis was well written and extremely detailed. Colin Knight certainly did his research! This is not a fluff book or one for the faint of heart! If you enjoy reading Thrillers then you will probably love this book! Go get it!
*Note: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
April 18, 2016
This book a a well executed thriller with a believable plot. The story line will pull you in and keeps your attention with intricate twists and turns. While there is a component of graphic violence, it is not gratuitous as it serves to explain what can happen in a terrorist situation. The situation that unfolds in the book is well explained and had me wondering how easily a similar incident could happen anywhere. With everything that has been happening in the world in the recent past it has left me questioning public safety and the evolving world of terrorist threats and the importance of a strong intelligence community protecting your country. I have to agree with one of the previous reviewers that the book would lend itself to the big screen and make an incredible movie.
April 30, 2016
The story is well laid out, characters are forceful, and reading intense. I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what was next. I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway.
In England, a terrorist attack, coordinated by a delusional aristocrat and a MI5 traitor, is about executed. Aalim, a humble Egyptian cab driver and Wilson, a crotchety intelligence analyst are the two people that can prevent the attack. Aalim's family is kidnapped by vicious rapists and killers to coerce him to be the scapegoat for the terrorist plan to attack in England.
In England, a terrorist attack, coordinated by a delusional aristocrat and a MI5 traitor, is about executed. Aalim, a humble Egyptian cab driver and Wilson, a crotchety intelligence analyst are the two people that can prevent the attack. Aalim's family is kidnapped by vicious rapists and killers to coerce him to be the scapegoat for the terrorist plan to attack in England.
January 24, 2018
I was looking forward to reading this book and I was not disappointed. A truly realistic rendition of what could have been terrorist activity. The writer used his personal knowledge of the system, explained in vivid detail and kept the reader enthralled. His Hero, Craig was a no-nonsense individual, who listened to his own knowledge and interpretation and got it right. Proving that not all data is to be relied upon, it is the interpretation of that data.
I would recommend this book.
I would recommend this book.
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